LG BH7420P review

Switch to online content and the BH7420P continues to impress. The Smart TV hub can be accessed using the integrated Wi-Fi receiver or by running an Ethernet cable from your router to your TV. With content from BBC iPlayer, Netflix, LoveFilm and AceTrax, there’s plenty of on-demand video to keep you entertained. Facebook’s also on hand to keep connected with your friends.

Navigating between each feature is fairly simple, thanks to the icon-based menus which are colourful and well labelled. Our main criticism is the lack of adjustable settings. Video quality options are limited to four presets and one user mode that gives you control over brightness, colour and image sharpness, but not much else.

Thankfully, there’s no real need to tweak picture settings for Blu-ray discs because they look very good at the default settings. Shadows are a little darker than they need to be, but pictures look sharp and detail’s well preserved. DVDs receive some relatively simple upscaling, smoothing out many edges but creating noise in other areas. You can experiment with the sharpness options to some degree, but the available settings are limited.

With its superb sound quality, Smart TV features and DLNA compatibility, the BH7420P is a fantastic home cinema system. It may lack some of the more advanced image quality settings of other all-in-ones, but standard and high-definition material already looks very good. Multiple inputs make it suitable for owners of existing set-top boxes or games consoles and it’s very keenly priced. If you’re looking to upgrade your home cinema, this is a fantastic way to do it.