Reviews for LG 42PJ350 42" Plasma TV

Great flat panel TV for the $$

Strengths: Many different inputs (including VGA), easy-to-use menus, good remote, thin design, very sleek looks.

Weakness: No native 1080p HD resolution (but it will display 1080p content as either 1080i or 720p), and no S-Video input.

Have owned this unit for 3 weeks and I love it!! Granted it is my first flat panel HD-TV, but LG makes good TVs and the price was very affordable. The picture quality is great, and that's what we are all looking for, right? There are plenty of every type of input (except S-Video), and even SD-TV content looks great from any source or input. Sound quality is very acceptable from built-in speakers, although I have a 5.1 surround receiver setup also. I love the fact that the bezel (frame around the screen) is so thin -- makes the TV look like it's just the screen itself. And the unit is so thin front-to-back, it's almost as thin as the new LED TVs! After viewing many TVs in stores and friend's homes, I prefer Plasma over LCD for the contrast, better blacks and shadow detail. Also, even with contrast and brightness set to moderate levels (i.e. 65% -- you shorten the life of any flat-panel display by running it at 100% all the time), the picture is still very crisp, very bright, and the colors and detail just blow me away. I would recommend this TV to anyone!!

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LG 42PJ350

The LG 42PJ350 is a member of the PK550 series and is one of the two smallest plasma TVs available in the series. The other smallest is the LG 50PJ350 at 50 inches, with the rest of the PK550s coming in close behind. It is 42 inches, is HD ready, and is designed with a slender frame so it is easy to incorporate it into a household electronics setup. It comes with a USB connection and three HDMI...

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