“Idiot box” is a 'Once upon a time' story.... Televisions have undergone an ocean of change from the old 'cinema and news only' viewing CRTs to the latest
LCDs which are intelligent, interoperable with external gadgets, laden with advanced features and technologies and much more. LG has constantly strived to bring out LCD TV models that are better looking and performing than their predecessors. The latest ones to hit the market are
LG 42LG6100 Full HD LCD TV, LG 52LG7000 HD Ready LCD TV and LG 32LG4000 widescreen LCD TV, that come with completely new sophisticated glossy looks and great technologies.
Slimline Scarlet LG 42LG6100, true to its name, is really slim, measuring about 45mm in thickness, with a black bezel and a scarlet back. LG 52LG7000 is also stylish, with a black bezel and back and a reddish touch to the edges. LG 32LG4000 is no behind in looks, with a black bezel again and a red strip running along the bottom side, extending behind like a back-pack.
Throwing a glance at the processing techniques and features of these LCD TVs
The Expert mode with ISFccc gives you a variety of options to control picture quality to suit your tastes. The 3 pre-set AV modes allow suitable adjusting of picture for viewing cinema or sports or playing games. The Grid type Home Menu with easily recognizable icons has been designed for convenience and easy understanding. The E Con remote control has been laid out well with good spacing between the buttons. The multi-purpose buttons here, help in keeping things simple, when compared to other button infested remote controls. The HDMI 1.3 deep colour inputs give rich colour ratios for achieving brilliant coloured pictures. The Simplink feature allows controlling all HDMI devices connected to the TVs with the same remote control. The Invisible speakers located around the bezel, but hidden, use SRS TruSurround and Clear Voice technology. Human voices are amplified, thus reducing background noise and producing clear sounds. Another highlight here is the tuning of these speakers being done by the famous audio expert, Mr. Mark Levinson.
Looking individually at the 3 LCD TVs, LG 42LG6100 is a 42” 1080P Full HDTV with screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, peak brightness of 500cd/m2 and contrast ratio of 50,000:1. An Intelligent Sensor feature incorporated in the LCD screen, alters screen brightness, colour, contrast and picture sharpness with respect to the room lighting and screen colour temperature. With 100Hz TruMotion picture processing feature, smooth and clear motion pictures can be viewed. The connections of this TV include 4 HDMI inputs, 2 Scart inputs, a USB 2.0 port, a component video and audio input, a composite video input, an RS-232C, an AV input, a digital audio out and a PC input.
LG 52LG7000 also being a 1080P Full HD TV, has a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This 52” TV has a screen brightness of 500cd/m2 as well. The contrast ratio offered is 15,000:1. This TV employs Dual XD Engine with 100Hz TruMotion and Intelligent Sensor. The connections present are same as that of LG 42LG6100. What makes LG 52LG7000 LCD TV stand out, is its bluetooth capability. It allows you to transfer photos or music from bluetooth devices to the TV. Also, a bluetooth wireless headphone could be used to listen to the TV if required.
Coming to the third among the trio, LG 32LG4000 LCD TV, a little brother to the other two, is a 32” LCD TV which has a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, a peak brightness of 500cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 50,000:1. The connections that this TV offers are almost similar to the older brothers, except that only 3 HDMI inputs are present and there is no USB port. One additional feature that this LCD TV has is the Integrated DivX DVD player, which sits on the right side of the TV.
On the performance front, the trio definitely promises to give great quality pictures accompanied with wonderful sound effects. LG seems to have put on their creativity caps and taken LCD TV designs to a whole new level of sophistication, style and of course, performance, with the LG 42LG6100 LCD TV, LG 52LG7000 LCD TV and LG 32LG4000 LCD TV.
