LG Electronics 32LF5600 32-Inch 1080p LED TV w/ Fire TV Stick

We upgraded our televisions throughout our house back in Spring 2015. After much research and a few returns, we decided on going with these LG televisions. These are the ones we bought:55" Smart LG for living room, 42" Smart LG for our son's bedroom, 42" Smart LG for my mom's bedroom. The missing ones was our daughter and my own personal one for my home office. I prefer the small legs on these over the middle stand. The Smart features work easier than any of the other Smart televisions we tried and for us, the picture quality was better on these LGs than any other brand. We did have budget limits on those and I'm sure I could have paid triple and got a better television, but these LGs really are a good value for their price.It came down to my personal television. I had set a budget at less than three hundred dollars. I use my television as a computer monitor and to play video games on. I had been using a 24" Toshiba for both, but as I'm getting older, I'm realizing I need a bigger screen. I picked this 32" LG for several reasons:Just an excellent picture and since I'm using it for the internet and Xbox One games, the picture quality was very important to me.Has pretty decent sound for a flat screen. I also use a Bose SoundLink Mini with a bluetooth dongle for added sound.Is close to perfect as a computer monitor. I don't like keyboard trays on my desks. They always break. With this LG's design (legs on the far ends and no center stand) I can lay the keyboard between the legs when I'm done typing for the day.And the price really surprised me. It's around three hundred now, but I bought it back before Christmas as got it for two hundred and thirty here at Amazon.If I have to nitpick it, there's only 2 HDMI ports. I still get my Xbox 360 out some and have to swap the HDMI from the Xbox One to the Xbox 360 when doing this. It's minor, but should be mentioned since most of the televisions I've looked at in this price range have 3 HDMI ports and the Toshiba I replaced with this LG had 3 HDMIs.I chose the non-smart version simply because I don't use any of the apps when in my office where this television is. It's working on the computer or playing a video game. And for those two things this television works great.A few tips:When first setting this television up to work with my computer, I had a lot of trouble with the resolution being off. My icons were twice the size they should have been and the far left ones were cut in half. I used the Cinema setting in the picture menu then adjusted the colors, brightness to the level I wanted it. The Cinema one seems to work best with a PC.On the video game system I just used the standard setting and adjusted the color, brightness, tint.None of the video presets were going to work for me without customizing the color, brightness, tint, so be sure to try those before letting the odd presets frustrate you.

I have had this TV for about 2 months. I have bought Samsung TVs and monitors, and have generally been happy with them, but I had a 40 inch Samsung that still works, but had horizontal lines that kept getting worse. Wary of Samsung, I bought this to replace it. My living situation changed, so I am now using this TV as a monitor for PC gaming. The pixels are visible at close proximity, so I don't think it would be great as a main monitor; but that is true of all TVs (also, I couldn't imagine trying to write a Word document on 42 inches). Once you get about 10 feet away, you don't notice.The picture is very good. Great resolution, great color, not washed out. I haven't changed any of the picture settings, but it has presets and customizable settings that can be saved. I haven't had much of a glare with this TV as I did with my older one.The sound is fine. Nothing spectacular, but as good as or better than any other flat screen I've seen. I don't really use the on board speakers, so I can't give a solid opinion.The width and height of the LG 42in is actually about the same as the old Samsung 40in, because this LG has a very narrow rim/border whatever- I'd say 1/2 to 3/4 inch. The LG is also much narrower and has a more uniform back, so I think this would be a good one to mount. It's pretty light, I had no trouble setting it up by myself (although, the size makes it awkward to carry, you should use 2 people if you can).The only mixed feelings about this TV I have are the legs. I think they look cool, but it requires you to have a stand about as wide as the TV itself. I have mine pretty close to the edge, and decent knock to my cabinet could probably send this thing into a tumble. It's not a huge problem, because the legs are sturdy. Also, the provide and anchoring kit to hold the TV to the wall if it were every knocked over. I don't use it, but it's a good idea.I paid about $400 for this TV. It's hard to part with $400 and not feel some sort of buyer's remorse, but so far I think this TV has a pretty good bang to buck ratio.

I have this set wall mounted with an articulating mount with x-shaped arms and didn't have any problems attaching the various cables. The 1080p really looks good with hd content. I have a noisy ceiling fan and with the sound set at Standard I had a hard time hearing what was said, voices seemed muffled, however, outside of my room, the sound was clear. I decided to play with the sound settings and found that for me, "Cinema", made the voices clear so I could turn down the volume and still have the fan on. The remote looks fairly simple and the text is fairly large compared to some remotes that I have had.The only cons I found, compared to the no name tv brand I had before is that it has less ports than the previous tv which had 3 hdmi, USB, component and composite (the LG has 2 HDMI, shared component and composite) and it only has digital audio out. The tv tends to be a bit reflective as well.