LG 42SL9000 Pro Reviews

The LG 42SL9000 is a testimony to LG’s capabilities and an indicator for the things to come. Its picture performance is on par with edge-lit LED-based offerings from competing manufacturers. In fact, certain characteristics of the 42SL9000 (e.g. grey uniformity and pixel response) are clearly superior in comparison to higher-end VA-based models. Sadly other than its fabulous design, the LG 42SL9000 fails to offer genuine stronghold in areas that are of most importance (black levels and input lag), which unfortunately alienates two strong consumer sectors (home cinema enthusiasts and avid gamers). On a positive note, thanks to its excellent colour and greyscale accuracy, in addition to good (over-all) viewing angles and screen uniformity, the LG 42SL9000 can potentially be used as a reference display which may appeal to image professionals on a limited budget.

An ideal TV for wall-mounting, but disappointing image quality considering the claimed contrast ratio and LED backlighting.

Not bad, but performance doesn't reflect price and appearance doesn't reflect description

The 42SL9000 features a wealth of image calibration controls which lead to absolutely superb greyscale and colour reproduction, good quality video processing, and an underwhelming black level which can rob some material of depth.

The LG SL9000 is an excellent blend of style and performance. Too often with an LED TV you end up paying the Earth without really getting the performance bang for your hard earned buck. This set offers a tasteful, non-ostentatious design. It's very slim without being a size zero, offers fantastic usability and a solid, if not mind-blowing picture.

A lovely looking, extravagantly specified and immensely capable set that should appeal to discerning casual viewers and demanding videofiles alike.

The 42SL9000 certainly rates as a good LED LCD TV debut for LG, and its design and price will doubtless - deservedly - win it plenty of fans. But at the same time it gets just enough wrong to remind us that it is indeed a debut product, while one or two other brands are now on to their second generation of LED machines.