Great TV but 120HZ doesn't live up to the hype.
LG's 42" 1080p 120Hz 42LD520 is a beautiful set, great colors, good viewing angles, a rotating base, and a low-profile power cord for easy wall mounting if you desire. The colors on the 520 are rich, and it's more than bright enough, I turned the brightness down to about 40% in my theatre room. The menu system is very responsive, and changing channels is also quick, a welcome change from my old toshiba that seemed to take ages to respond to remote commands. I know this will sound trivial, but I really like the circular volume display, it's just a bit different and quite slick. The one downfall of this TV, if you can consider an extraneous feature a downfall, is the 120Hz Tru-Motion display mode. It adds "jitter" and seemingly exaggerates small movements. The end result just makes movies and TV seem more staged than they already do. Explosions and effects look fake, dialogue is thrown off, it makes everything appear to have been filmed "cloverfield style" on a hand held camera, and it's not an effect I care for. But hey, you can turn it off easily in that nice responsive menu! I wouldn't bother paying extra for this set over a standard 60Hz set unless you've checked out tru-motion in person and like how it affects things.
DWTinker
Columbus, OH