LG 32LE5300 32-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED LCD VA Panel HDTV, Black

Technical Details

- LED Backlighting - VA Panel (Vertically-Aligned)
- TruMotion 120Hz
- High Definition Resolution
- 3M:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- Picture Wizard II

This is an excellent TV, especially for the price point - beautiful, sharp colors, great viewing angle, very thin LED design, and light weight as compared to traditional LCDs. While I would generally prefer a larger screen, the space I bought it for - Armoire in a bedroom, would only accommodate 32in. This is a perfect size for a bedroom or smaller living space. I compared this TV against a leading brand 32in LED at a local store and while this LED was slightly thicker and heavier, the colors on the screen were much brighter and facial features much more defined than the competition - and best of all its less expensive. The design is very modern - sharp lines, thin LED. It states Silver Grey in the description, but the bezel and stand are glossy black. I like it so well, I just ordered another one on Amazon.com!

LG32le5300

Pro -
* Excellent HD picture quality
* Bright clear image
* High contrast (LED backlight)
* Good off axis viewing angle - the farther from direct 90 deg you go the lighter the image becomes as contrast drops off, but still watchable at large angles.

Con (ish)-
* Lower quality SD picture (Less than 720p is noticeably inferior to other sets)
* Sound from onboard speakers marginal
* Colors look artificial out of the box (Requires several tweaks to gain realism)
* Too much white in some areas (blooming) until you really knock back the backlight and white levels.

Overall impression - For the money, if you feed the LG a good signal (720p or better), and tweak the colors and white levels, it's hard to beat the image quality.


I started by looking at everything in the stores. I ruled out Samsung because of the price even though I really like the quality of their image.
I had the LG32le5300 and the Sony KDL32ex500 in my office for direct comparison.
I chose the LG due to the higher HD image quality and overall good picture after a lot of tweaking and turning off some of the whiz bang features. SD images are lower quality than the Sony, but content is only getting better from all sources, not worse. For the money, if you feed the LG a good signal (720p or better), it's hard to beat the image quality.

I got the tv yesterday. The picture is fantastic. The facial features of actors are extremely clear.
I used a digital optical connection and cable to connect the tv to my stereo. The stereo is just an 85 W sony a/v with two speakers.
When operated this way, the sound is as good as the picture.
The paper owner's manual is a bit of a negative. A disc is included, but I haven't tried that yet.
I would definitely recommend this tv.
Amazon had the lowest price and free shipping.

I just received the TV today. I must say it looks pretty good. Better than any other 32" LED LCD I could find except for the 5400 model. I will update later.

PROS:(so far) Great picture the colors are so beautiful especially after calibration, sound is okay, inputs, I like the remote, Menus are easy to use, picture wizard helps a lot, Amazon shipped promptly


CONS: The owners manual is ignorant. Its not organized well at all. There is a CD that came with it, but I would rather not have to deal with that. THE TV IS NOT SILVER GRAY! ITS BLACK. I wanted a silver gray finish since I was designing a room. Trumotion is garbage. Its choppy and gives me a headache. The TV looks great with it off. I noticed it watching the World Cup games and watching blu-rays :(

I would recommend this TV to anyone looking for a 32" LED. Best deal and picture that I've seen and I've researched for the past month now. In fact, all the LGs I viewed were to me and spec-wise best in their respective class.


*IF ANYONE HAS ANY PROFESSIONAL CALIBRATION SETTINGS PLEASE POST THEM HERE! I would appreciate it.*

Pros:
Nice looking TV
Vivid colors
LOTS of picture adjustments
Decent remote

Cons:
Spot lighting: Two obvious cones of light bleeding through along the top
Some cable channels judder and skip with Cinemotion off and/or on. Probably mostly due to the cable signal, but other TVs don't do it.
Some what difficult to assemble the stand

Major issue: From the start I received a prompt that told me something new had been connected to the 2nd A/V input even though nothing was ever plugged into that input. It would come up randomly and sometimes not go away until I pressed ENTER on the remote. Service technician indicated that a microprocessor would have to be replaced. Ultimately decided to return the TV to Amazon because I was still under the 30 day return policy.

The hardware issue combined with the above cons led me to go with a different TV. LG still seems to have weak TVs and LED technology may not be where it needs to be to replace regular LCDs back lights. Went with a SONY LCD and did not have any black light bleeds and the blacks were darker than this TV.

I probably got a bad set, but still: Buyer beware.


NOTE: The LG tech service was really helpful and I had a service technician at my house within 4 days of making the call.

Definitely one of the best TVs I have ever used. Actually it is the best, but this is the first LED TV I have ever owned so it is not fair to the others. Great picture, great features, and good sound. I don't know if the sound is good enough to call great, but it is definitely better than all my previous TVs.

The only bad thing about this TV is that the holes on the back of this TV for a wall mount are very close together. The wall mounts that work for the other 8 or 10 TVs in my house will not fit this one. The only wall mounts that work for this TV are small ones that I don't like. Also the manual is confusing because it is made for several different models and the layout is poor. However, most of what is in the manual it common sense.

I am very impressed that so far this TV has got 5 stars on 5 out of 6 reviews here, and 5 stars on all 52 reviews on Best Buy!

UPDATE: By the way, I notice people saying that truMotion is bad, garbage, etc. It actually is not. I found out that sometimes it is choppy and sometimes it is not. For me it is only choppy if I am watching something that is not HD or if it is an old movie that was made before HD existed and converted to HD. But, for shows that is true HD or for games like XBOX 360 it is a good feature. I have mine turned off on my HDMI 1 because it is where I watch TV shows. However, I have it turned on for HDMI 2 since I have my XBOX connected there.

A few months ago I bought this TV from Amazon.com, as a TV primarily used for playing games on using the new PS3 I recently purchased. Prior to buying this TV I just had one high definition TV, which is in my living room, and I wanted another in my bedroom to play games on.

Given that I already owned on high definition TV and where I wanted the second located, I wasn't in the market for one which had all the bells and whistles that are offered with some of the more expensive models available today. Instead, I was looking for one with the basic features a TV provides at a good price. This is how I arrived at buying this TV.

Overall I would describe this TV as terrific! The picture quality is fantastic; the sound is good; and the menus are very user-friendly. I've only had one issue with this TV since installing it, which happened this past week, which is the TV not wanting to turn off. At first I was trying to turn it off using the remote, and once that didn't work tried hitting the on/off button on the TV, which didn't work either. Ultimately, I had to unplug the power to the TV in order to fix this problem. Since this has only happened once, I wouldn't let it discourage you from getting it.

My only regret in buying this TV is not waiting a little longer to get it. I had placed it on my wish list for a while, hoping for a price drop, which finally happened, and decided it was time to buy it. The change in price was significant, so I thought I was getting a good deal. Shortly thereafter, however, I noticed where the price dropped again. This time it wasn't as much though, however I contacted Amazon.com hoping for a refund for the difference, but not getting one. Just out of curiosity I checked the price again prior to writing this review and noticed that had I delayed my purchase for two months it would have saved me $130.00! Nevertheless, that doesn't change the quality of this TV; it just means I paid more for it. If you're considering it now, consider it an even better bargain and know you're getting a great TV; I would strongly recommend it!

I bought this TV on Black Friday (yesterday) for only [...] bucks. Ive been using it for a good 8 hours now and can honestly say this TV is well worth the money. At [...] bucks, you'll have a hard time finding a TV with these specs, I did anyways.
I bought this primarily for gaming, which in my opinion it does very well. There IS a teeny, tiny bit of lag but trust me, this is coming from someone who plays FPS', you will not notice it. My 360 looks amazing on this TV, and Black ops looks even better. Nothing quite like spotting an enemy across the map that I would have missed had I still been gaming on my old 27" SDTV.
My one and only complaint is the sound, which is downright horrible. Its passable, but unacceptable on a TV with these kind of specs (imo). My old CRT sounds better than this, and thats the truth.

And finally, this TV does have pretty bad input lag when using it as a monitor. Its about half a second delay, which may not seem like much, but after opening the wrong program because the cursor did not position itself correctly for the 10th time, it will be. I could easily blame this on my laptop which is two years old, but I've hooked it up to a friends 42" HDTV using the exact same cable and it was super smooth. If you want a large monitor, this is definitely NOT for you. Look elsewhere.

tl;dr Great for gaming, virtually no input lag. Bad speakers. Bad as a monitor.

I got this 32 inch LG TV to mainly used for watching tv (shows, sports), and for watching and playing games on my xbox 360. With a good signal the picture quality is extremely good on this TV. Playing Halo:Reach looks amazing with great colors and deep dark blacks. Watching netflix also looks extremely good ONLY IF YOU HAVE A GOOD INTERNET. If you are getting a poor signal quality to your TV, then it can really make the picture look bad. The picture quality on this TV is so good that if you are giving it non top quality source then it looks bad. However, if you are doing things in HD it looks great. I notice hardly any motion blur (expect maybe on really fast paced things like watching football) and the sound is also great.

I would recommend this TV to a friend.

We purchased the LG HDTV based on the high ratings from Consumer Reports. The exact model they had tested, 32LD520, was not available and the 32LE5300 had all the same features and more. The price was in the same range, and we were restricted to the 32" size. The hook-up to the hi-fi system was very easy with all the HDMI connections, and the sound quality this way is excellent. The picture quality is outstanding and makes me wish we'd upgraded to HD earlier. Connected to a BluRay DVD player and a TiVo Premiere XL DVR, we have all the hi-def joy we need.