LG 42LE5500 Review: 42” LED HDTV

Up for Review: LG 42LE5500 LED TV. Stunning the critics at CES 2010, LG brought in some cool HDTV’s this season with a lot of promise. Taking the home entertainment environment pretty seriously, the LG 42LE5500 is a good pick for those who wish to have handful of latest technology without wanting too much of it. Falling in the slim TV category, this one is also loaded with LG’s trademark NetCast Entertainment Access would ensure you can stream content from a number of entertainment websites including the popular web video website YouTube, and movie websites like Netflix, and VUDU and music websites like Napster. With this model from the LE series, you can also make video and audio calls with Skype. The Yahoo! Widgets would give you access to a number of web applications from the internet like New, weather, finance etc. making it even more powerful.

LG 42LE5500 is also equipped with TruMotion 120Hz refresh rate that would prevent any blurring of the image during faster transition of scenes in your popular sports or movies. The LED Plus Technology and backlighting technology is ready to improve the TV watching experience with the 1080p powered LCD screen. Boasting of the Picture Wizard, the LG LE425500 promises optimum performance. Along with it we also have the Clear Voice II as well as AV Mode II that improves visual and audio experience. As this model is net-cast enabled, it would fit easily with the wireless entertainment devices at your home and help you stream video and music files with the use of a USB wireless broadband adapter or dongle that is sold separately. At the same time, you can also use your USB devices to plug in and view photos or any other media files with ease.

LG 42LE5500 Features and Specifications Review:

• 42 inches LED/LCD screen
• LED backlit and local dimming technology
• Full HD 1080p
• NetCast Entertainment Access from Netflix, YouTube, Skype, VUDU, Napster and Yahoo! Widgets
• Picture Wizard
• Clear Voice II
• AV Mode II
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) technology
• Wireless Media Hub – can be added separately

To go well with your Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certified devices, LG LE425500 is also powered with the required technology. It would allow you seamless entertainment from varied sources that you can name. Making your home theater complete with great picture quality and equally good sound quality, you can just relay on one device for all your media requirements. As it is a 42 inch screen, you can easily place it without having to do many changes to your existing furniture and you need not worry about the lighting of the room as it has local dimming that would ensure you get clear images no matter what lighting scenario you have got in that room.

Made for the mid-budget customer, LG LE425500 is a powered with most of the latest technology brought in so far. It is also ideal for the office environment as it can be used for audio and video conference and its medium size would also fit in a mid-sized cubicle.

YouReviewElectronics.com gives LG 42LE5500 4/5 stars!