Wednesday, July 29, 2009

LG's built-in Netflix streaming TV; Auto speaker setup

If the Internet is the future of television, then LG's LH50 series hails from the day after tomorrow. This flat-panel LCD is the first to offer Netflix streaming, which allows instant, free-to-subscribers access to an all-you-can watch menu of thousands of movies and TV shows without having to connect another box. For fans of Internet video who don't want one more box, the LH50's image quality issues might be worth the sacrifice, for what is now the most well featured Interactive HDTV available.
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July 29, 2009
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LG's built-in Netflix streaming TV
If the Internet is the future of television, then LG's LH50 series hails from the day after tomorrow. This flat-panel LCD is the first to offer Netflix streaming, which allows instant, free-to-subscribers access to an all-you-can watch menu of thousands of movies and TV shows without having to connect another box. For fans of Internet video who don't want one more box, the LH50's image quality issues might be worth the sacrifice, for what is now the most well featured Interactive HDTV available. Read the full review.

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