Lg 42PC1D Plasma Tv

First of all let me start by saying I know very little of the technicalities of the televisions out on sale in this ever evolving world. I had no reason to buy this plasma tv over any other, other than its looks! In my view it is one of the best styled units available at a reasonable cost. I have had mine for 11 months, but after just a couple of months on about a dozen or so occasions, like the previous reviewer, the tv would lock out. The only way to restart it, was by disconnecting then reconnecting it to the power supply. A little annoying, but was able to live with it. However, The tv has now had to have the power supply unit panel replaced, due to the fact that when the tv was switched on from standby to on, it would power up for about 10 seconds, make a slight bang sound and revert back to standby mode. The repair guy knew what the problem was straight away and already had the new panel with him, but said it was not a normal fault on this tv. So all in all not that impressed, also there is no excuse for not having an on/off button instead of having to have it on standby mode all the time.

I got this plasma as a replacement for faulty LG plasma I owned before. At first the TV works fine for the first 6 months or so. Then you will start to notice speckles start to appear in the dark areas of the picture when the TV is first turned on and cold. After about 15 - 20 minutes they will disappear for about 1 to 2 hours then every signal input (especially when viewing HD content) the dark areas of the screen start to get orange speckles all over them. Also when I first turn the TV on sometimes it completely locks up and the only way to clear it is to turn of the mains power as there is no power on/off switch only a standby switch. The built in freeview tuner scans for channels but there is no way in the menu for you to rearrange them so your stuck with the order there scanned in. The previous LG plasma I owned had the same fault and they could not repair it so gave me another one. i wouldn''t recommend anyone buy this TV or any LG plasma.

After months of trawling web sites and electrical retailers i decieded to opt for this LG model for a number of reasons.Firstly was the price as i was working off a ltd budget,secondly was its looks,and last of all connectivity.I was upgrading from a 26"lcd which was great but wanted a large screen tv mainly for movies and sport,after weighing up all the different technologies that are around today i chose plasma.Upon recieving the tv it took me approximatley 25 mins to set up and begin watching tv.I didnt tune in the freeview as i have sky so dont see the point .Picture quality is good though not quite as good as some more expensive models out there,some slight picture noise sometimes but barely noticeable,sound okay but i always have my tvs through separate audio system.overall then i would rate the following things- Picture 4/5Sound 3/5Connections 5/5 I definatly recomend this tv to anyone.