I purchased this item and delivery was fast from California... The items box is very small and well packaged. I save all my item boxes for at least a year, in case I need to sell or ship an item back.I read the 4 previous reviews that were here prior to purchasing this item, so I knew its faults like weak speaker output. But I wanted the item for my bedroom TV viewing (where i use low volume or headphones), and also to use it as a Computer Monitor for my 2nd desktop computer. This way I can switch from the HDTV over to the monitor (at HD quality 1920x1200 coming from a connected HD4770 -HD quality computer video card), then connect to HULU online and catch up on my missed TV episodes, or scan the web, or play video games. This thing is just great. I've got another HDTV in the living room and the ATSC tuner in this thing picks up more channels that any other HD tuner that I used, whether it be in an HDTV or an HD tuner card for the computer (both internal & external - and I've went through about all of them).
The main thing for me is picture quality... and this thing has it. It is just GREAT! It blows away my other HD set in the living room. Also the specs were not really covered properly by either amazon or the manufacture on its website. It says it only has an ATSC tuner, but it has 3 tuners. It will collect HD, QAM, and NTSC, but it only has 1 catv input (that's always the trouble with these things, never enough of something). I guess you could connect this thing into a dual-tuner system, like a TIVO HD tuner and have it made. But it does have a lot of other connections on the rear for inputs, and I manage with that.
When I go in to edit/delete TV channel, there are 4 sections for channels, so it must have 4 tuners: DTV (ATSC), CADTV (cable HD(higher QAM), CATV (cable, original (QAM), TV (NTSC).
One thing about the remote, is there are not a lot of options on it. I like what my other hdtv remote has, it allows me to press SKIP (for 30 sec intervals), so if I am watching a channel and a commercial comes on I press SKIP 4 times, then go channel surfing, and when the 4x30sec ends, it automatically goes back to my program... I like that feature, but its not on this LG. But it does have a favorites button.
Now as for the volume deficiency my solution to this was to by a cheap, yet high quality, portable powered speaker system (battery/usb powered) that has a 3.5mm input/usb connections. This allows me to plug my powered speaker (FiiO - S9) into the LG HDTV headphone jack (I read where 1 reviewer said the was no audio out jacks, but there is.. a headphone jack). Then when I use the LGs remote control I can adjust the volume output and quality coming out of the FiiO (because its plugged in to the headphone jack). I purchased my FiiO-S9 on ebay for $[...], but now I see that amazon has it cheaper here:
http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-S9-Portable-Speaker-Players/dp/B002L4AEA4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1255467577&sr=8-4
Plus now I have a very nice powered speaker system that runs on 4 AA batteries. I can take it anywhere, (in the car, camping, etc) plug-in mp3 players, guitars, or whatever I want into it.
I guess 1 star could be taken off for the speakers, but not by me cause I found an easy solution to fix the problem
buy 1 of these TVs & I think you will enjoy it, I am.
I hope this helps clear some things up
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Product Description:
The 23" Monitor is full compliment of television and computer connectivity into a stylish 1080p Full HD display, the M237WD provides perfect balance between the needs of today's television aficionados and power computing professionals. The M237WD's built-in stereo speakers, ATSC digital television tuner and universal remote control provide the features found in today's flat-panel televisions, while 2ms refresh rate and 20,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio deliver image quality and precision until now only found on computer displays. THe M237WD-PM has EZ Zooming, 4:3 in Wide, and built-in ATSC Digital Tuner & stereo speakers. As for Connectivity, there are 2 HDMI cables, 1 Component Video and 1 Composite Video.
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