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I've had my new LG for a week and I'm thrilled with it. We bought this T.V. to replace an older 19" CRT for the den, where my wife and I end up watching T.V. in the evenings because the kids are doing homework or entertaining in the room with the big HDTV. The picture is so crisp, and the colors so vibrant, that I find myself looking for excuses to turn it on and watch it. I'm afraid to admit it, but I may actually prefer my new 32" LG to my 60" Sony! I liked the swivel base, so I was choosing between this set and a Samsung at the same price point. The pictures were very, very similar in quality, but I chose the LG because it was a newer model than the Samsung, and the Samsung was really at the low end of the Samsung line, while this LG is more in the middle of the LG line. The picture was great out of the box, although the T.V. is packed with features allowing you to tune and tweak the picture settings to your heart's content. I'm also very happy I didn't spend more money for a 1080p set. At 32" the 720p resolution looks awesome, so I can spend that extra $150 on something else. Add to all the above the fact that the set looks fabulous sitting in its cabinet, and you have a great value. Thanks LG!

This TV deserves another 5 star rating! It's perfect for our bedroom. The picture and sound were great on standard settings right out of the box, although it has several alternate pre-sets and infinitely tweakable custom settings. The big menu is very intuitive but it also has a quick menu that pops up in the lower right corner for quick changes to common things. The remote is small and has well spaced, easy to use buttons.

I wanted a solidly built TV with decent sound and my wife wanted no clutter and simple operation. This one is all black, no "bling" but has enough features and connections so we could use it for more than a standalone TV. The "invisible speaker system" is pure genius and gives a surprisingly full sound without needing a speaker system and amp (no clutter). More importantly (to me since I'm a bit hard of hearing), the clear voice and auto sound leveling (quiet parts automatically turned up while commercials don't come out blaring) both work well. It's one of those "set and forget" things. Here are more pictures and specs: [...]
A technophile could hash over the finer points and compare this to others in its class, but as far as I'm concerned: it's a new model, has a clear, bright picture, the faces and landscapes all look realistic, and it has great sound, so how much better can it get? Of course the news and some commercials are still way over the top with color saturation and contrast, but that's not the TV's fault.

6ave get's five stars too. I'd never heard of them until I saw this item, but 2 minutes on their website convinced me they were organized and reputable. It came wrapped in a second box with foam peanuts all around it to prevent shock. The order was placed on Sunday and it arrived Wednesday morning in perfect condition. They are in the same league with NewEgg, B&H Photo and BuyDig. Also UPS called us to make sure someone was home to sign for it.

One last thing... the manual power switch and all the other side controls/connectors are on the right side out of view, and that little bump on the bottom frame (on the right) is a subtle status indicator light that glows red or blue. The main jacks are all on the rear left (as you would face the screen) and it has a built in wire guide that can help keep a few wires neater.

Overall we are both very, very pleased and now we are planning on replacing our big rear projection box with a sleek LCD TV, probably a bigger version of this one.

So get off the Samsung bandwagon and get this one before they sellout. Nothing against Samsung at all, but some marketing genius has stolen the attention from other well engineered new TVs available on Amazon.

this was on sale at BB. Ordinarily I'm not that crazy about lg. The samsung in the same size had A LOT more reflection. if this is an issue for you, think hard about the LG. This set has an excellent picture, good sound, and it is easy to adjust the picture. No need in my opinion for 1080 in this size (or any other size unless watching a lot of blu-ray.) Big features of this set were light weight (easy to move) and very low reflection from other light sources.
I'd get it again.

I bought this TV on 7/7/09. After I'd set it up and fallen in love with it it malfunctioned-I turned it off and it wouldn't turn back on. I returned it to Best Buy and exchanged it for the Sharp LC32SB27U that the salesman there had tried to convince me to buy in the first place. (The Sharp was on sale and saved me around $70.) That was okay...but I didn't like the Sharp very much. The pedastal is much better w/the LG and the picture was better right out of the box. I kept the Sharp until 7/14,when I simply threw up my hands and went back to BB and exhanged this for yet another LG. (Ironically, the LG was now on sale. It cost less than the Sharp had cost when IT was on sale. Karma.) Once again I'm in love w/the set. The picture is fine and everything about the set seems more substantial than the Sharp. But will it last? I sure hope so. I'm not wealthy and a new television is a big deal to me. (I'm using this as my primary TV,while most of the reviewers seem to consider it too small for that.) I'll come back in 6-9 months and follow up on how the set's doing. I've got my fingers crossed.

Update 9/27: I had reported a problem with my DVD player with this TV. I'd believed that the LG didn't have enough plugs to run my ancient DVD/VCR combination player and my wife's Wii system. The DVD combo is so old that there's no outlet for an HDMI cable. There ARE enough outlets on this TV. Finally I got things hooked up correctly, and my DVD player, the TV and my wife's games are all coexisting cheerfully. The strange thing I now have to deal with is that my DVD player won't work properly unless I run it through my cable box with a coaxial cable hookup to the TV. Instead of using the DVD player through the input menu I use the "cable" input. Harmless but strange-this is no doubt a result of using very old equipment and the AT&T Universe. So I no longer have issues of any kind with this TV.

I bought this TV about two weeks ago and love it. I have a 46" Samsung in the family room downstairs, but wanted a HDTV upstairs in the bedroom. For a 32" 720p HDTV this thing is great. I have my rabbit ears hooked up and the tuner brings in all the locals that I can get. I found the TV on here and read good reviews from most other sites and got a hold of 6th Ave Electronics for a price match of the best I could find ($[...]). I used them before and they had the best price on the receiver I bought and matched the price on this. Shipped and got here in two days. Looks great in the bedroom and picture is clear and great. Perfect TV for a secondary room as 720p is good enough on a TV this size. Would be a great gamer TV too.