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LG 42LH3000 42in LCD TV

Budget box that punches above its weight

Unfortunately, the rear-mounted USB port turns out to be for service use only, so you don’t get the media playback features found on LG’s slightly higher end 42LH4000.

LG 42LH3000 LCD TV

Control freak: don't worry if you lose the remote

As with most of today’s TVs, the initial set up is a pretty painless process. The various menus are nicely presented with slick graphical icons, and tuning in the Freeview and analogue channels takes mere minutes.

However, the 3000 only has a standard hybrid tuner, so you’ll need to buy a separate set-top box if you want to receive Freeview HD channels. At least the Freeview electronic programme guide (EPG) is cleanly laid out and quick to navigate around. Although channel changes aren’t exactly lightning fast, they're but not sufficiently slow to become a problem, either.

In fact, the only real issue we had with the Freeview side of things is that the Info and Guide buttons have been plonked at the bottom of the remote and so are a bit awkward to reach when you’re channel surfing.

LG 42HL3000

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