LGE one of the best known brands in electronics and have exceptional name in flat screen LCD TV’s production. The latest addition, LED TVs, the SL9000 series, have set tongues wagging; the combination full HD capabilities and hassle free functionalality and a long life have been drawing in converts. But are their new LED models any good?

LG have produced, what would appear to be, beautiful televisions at competition beating prices.LG’s new offerings includes the LG 47SL9000, one of the smaller sets, although the features are pretty much the same across the board.

LG’s SL9000 range of HDTV’s use a series of LED’s located on the edge of the screen rather than the traditional LCD technology seen on many models currently available. Light Emitting Diode has become the new byword in an industry that strives to produce ever greater levels of detail and viewing quality. There’s no denying that the 47SL9000 and it’s larger, 47 inch sibling produce exceptional viewing (the 3,000,000:1 contrast ratio alone produces a truly stunning range of hues and shades of black breathing new life into HD viewing). There is one downside to the screens on the 47SL9000 – the 1080p HD panel has been coated with a glossy layer that has a habit of reflecting a lot of light off the surface so you’ll need to make sure you place it where the sunlight doesn’t hit the screen. LG has coined the term ‘borderless’ to describe the SL9000 series but, although it’s slim compared to many of their earlier models, it’s not the thinnest on the market (3.5 cm at the edges and over 4 cm at the bottom). 

When first switched on, the LG 47SL9000 loads up the default factory settings as default which, to be honest, not designed for optimal viewing. Make sure you read your instruction manual and set up the TV to your own requirements rather than using the default LG settings. Probably the best on the 47SL9000 is the Cinema Mode ,designed for, an all-round quality viewing experience out of the box. We found that this setting will need very minor adjustments to get a great picture (some minor tweaks to you backlighting settings will do the trick).

Unfortunately, LG have decided to build the 47SL9000 TV with 100Mhz motion control – the motion control features built into the SL8000 series is a more capable200 Hz – although the set still handles fast moving action well.

The build and design quality are up there with the best names in TV manufacturing and the SL9000 series features just about all the connectivity options you’ll need to turn it into a decent multimedia centre. These options make connecting the TV to your HD games console or a Blu-ray player easier and there’s plenty of support for old dinosaurs such asVCR’s and SD format devices. Sadly, there’s no SD card reader as LG have built this HDTV with a USB port. But that’s ok as the USB port lets you plugin a wide range of multimedia devices (AVC HD, SD and HD DivX). Another plus for the 47SL9000 is the support for DNLA compatible devices which let you to connect to networked content via the Ethernet port.

LG have made the remote commander simple to use and it also has the benefit of being backlit making it simple to see what you’re doing when used in a dark room.

The LG 47SL9000′s audio capabilities could be better. LG havent’ deliberately missed out on these on features; more like a lack of planning. The culprit here is the super model-like chassis which, thanks to it being only 2.9 cm thick, doesn’t allow any no room for decentspeakers! The results are is sadly lacking in depth of sound but this shouldn’t pose a problem for buyers with plans to hook the 47SL9000 up to a home theatre.

The 47SL9000 LED TV gets a large round of applause up in the power consumption department. The 47SL9000 uses a miniscule 0.3 W in standby which, although a bit more than other LED TV’s on the market, is still a huge improvment over most of the flat screen TV’s on the market right now.

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