What initially drew me to this TV was the price. The TV at the time was under 500 hundred dollars, no tax, and free shipping. I was relatively hesitant to purchase a TV online since I could not compare and contrast without going to a store and finding similar if not same models.
I am very happy with the purchase. LG HDTV's have great contrast and the color seems to "pop" more than other brands. With an HDMI cable and a PS3, the visuals get down right beautiful. There are obviously much much much better HDTV's on the market but this is the one that caught my eye because it has plenty of value behind it. 32" is the perfect size for my living room since I sit only 5-6 feet away from it.
I would recommend this TV to anyone. The packaging was good, no dings, dents, tears, scuffs, etc. The TV came out pristine.
32LH30 LG - Price and Features
To Compare its features and the price it is the best 32 inch LCD TV I can find. I did read a few different 32-Inch specs and user menus. Samsung and Sharp (I do not remember what modles) are better than this one but about $300 higher. JVC (1080p at sam's club) about the same price (but $40 tax) and feature but this one has a better picture quality. Vizio has different modles and the picture quality none of them better than this one. I also compare LG32LH40 (120Hz) with this one about $100 higher but some reviews of LG32LH40 reporting few minor issues.
32LH30 LG - Great TV, Even Better Price
After spending numerous hrs online, Best Buy and Fry's, decided on 32lh30 lg. I was debating between this tv and Samsung LN32B550 to replace a Samsung LN32B540 (720p). I've had the samsung 720p a few days and picture quality is excellent except it's not 1080p. The main purpose of this TV will be as a 2nd computer monitor, the other is a 23" LG W2353V.
Went to bestbuy and compared image quality, it seem identical, but TVs were not side by side.
Fry's actually has both the Samsung 550 and LG H30 side by side so you can do a nice comparison. Samsung has deeper blacks. The LGs seem more on the green/gray side when compared only to the Samsung.
I played a bit with the settings but couldn't replicate the blacks produced by Samsung. However all other colors are almost if not identical to the samsung (GREAT!!!). At Fry's they were playing iRobot this is where the black levels are noticeable, the TVs were also playing some HD landscape content and here it really becomes a coin toss between Samsung and LG. Some scenes look better on LG others on Samsung. I don't think you can go wrong with either set. However you will pay a little more for the Samsung, I do have a slight preference to the Samsung bezel though. I figure since I'm already using another LG screen this will compliment it well.
LG is a clear winner on price. LH30 $450, Samsung 550 is $650
However if your looking for a bigger TV run to your local Fry's...
LG42LH40 $547 and the 47" for a few $$ more (website shows higher prices)
Too bad 42" is a little too big as computer screen since I sit about 2 feet away
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