LG 47LH90 LCD HDTV Review - Audio & Menus |
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Published on October 19, 2009 Comment on this |
Audio Quality (5.5) The 47LH90's speakers weren't bad. When the surround sound mode was off, the sound was a bit flat. It didn't have much bass and there just wasn't a lot of presence to the sound. Turning surround sound mode on gave a bit of depth to the overall sound, boosted bass quite a bit, and gave the high end better articulation. It didn't, however, do much to actually create a "surround sound" experience. Also, one of the 47LH90's selling points is its hidden speaker system, which, in addition to adding a marvelous aesthetic, supposedly delivers a wonderful aural experience. We didn't notice a significant difference between this and past LG TVs.
Menu Interface (7.0) The 47LH90's menu system is fairly intuitive. Pressing the menu button will let you chose from one of eight different items. Selecting one will bring up a second screen, where the eight main items run down the left side and the selected menu is expanded to the right.
There's also a quick menu. This is presented like a rotary dial: left and right rotate the wheel of menu items, and up/down alter its settings. This is tehcnically quicker for changing certain items, but the rotation animation slows the process down a bit.
Manual (4.5) The 47LH90's manual really isn't great. The only thing it does well is pictures, which are very detailed and employed frequently, if they are a bit small. The table of contents is very limited, there isn't an index (although there is a brief appendix), and the pages aren't tabbed. The font size is a bit on the small side as well.
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• Middling audio quality that gets slightly better when surround sound mode is enabled.




