The 52LG5000 isn't anything like the horror show we'd feared it might be after spending time with its much smaller sibling. In fact, with the right sort of bright, colourful, relatively static HD footage, its pictures can look very appealing indeed - and this could be enough to win it many fans given its price, especially if you can feed it a predominantly high definition diet.
But at the same time various shortcomings cause its pictures to slide dangerously close to average territory a bit too often for comfort, especially if you spend most of your time in standard definition land.Read full review
Overall
7/10
By John Archer
Reviewed 21 July 2008
Updated 05 February 2011