LG Electronics LHB953 5.1 Channel 1000W 1 Disc Blu-ray Home Theater System

LG Electronics LHB953 5.1 Channel 1000W 1 Disc Blu-ray Home Theater System Review

This is a very good to excellent 5.1 HTIB with BD DVD. It cannot compare with a system comprised of best of breed components or an excellent 7.1 HTIB. All speakers including the sub are powered by the base unit. THe base unit has a fan on the back instead of vents on the top. You'll find many reviews out there on this product. The base from the sub is not crisp like a powered sub but the quality is adequate and the volume is plentiful. Same can be said for the rest of the speakers as long as your room is big enough for a volume setting of 12 or higher. I notice below that setting the multi channel sound field diminshes. Speakers are plastic cased. There are preset modes for sound fields for news sports natural etc, I watch movies on bypass. News is good for when you want to hear very clearly the spoken words without the auditory distraction of music and multi channel affets. Plug it into the network and update the firmware to get full streaming options like u-tube. If you are looking for a 5.1 HTIB system this is highly recommended. One drawback I wish HTIBs in general had was an equalizer for a custom sound profile instead of picking a preset like news sports etc. But HTIBs are optimised for ease of use. The DVD tray isn't as stout as I'd like it to be. Sounds good but doesn't compare to my Onkyo HT-S9100THX 7.1 HTIB for either sound or inputs. This LG is obviously a huge improvement over built in TV speaker sound. The speaker wires are very small gauge but they work. Some people complain about the short front L/R speaker wire lengths. Actually the lengths are perfect for an optimum 5.1 speaker placement but your application may not allow optimum placement. Google for optimum 5.l speaker placement and you'll find the diagram. For these reasons you may want to buy speaker wire, I would suggest 16 gauge for the power levels of these speakers is adequate. Also you will need speaker mounts. It does have digital audio in so you can connect the digital out of your TV and watch HD TV with 5.1 sound by setting the input of the LG to aux. It also has analog portable stereo in so you can connect your laptop to your TV for video and select input on the LG to portable for sound. If you are looking for a true 7.1 dolby True HD experience (few titles but list may grow in the future) then look for a 7.1 system. For a 7.1 HTIB, the HT-S9100THX is my choice for excellent sound quality unbelievably in an HTIB, but it lacks the streaming options of the 5.1 LG LHB953. Video up conversion for Standard Definition DVDs is very good to excellent. From an unscientific subjective point of view, SD movie watching quality rivals my Faroudja DCDi based Oppo DV-981HD and HT-S9100THX (analog video source). Keep in mind the systems discussed here are very different systems for very different applications, large projector based home theater room, large bedroom. But room size and application is a factor in any home theater system. Note this unit has no HDMI in. In general if you are looking for a decent sounding 5.1 HTIB with internet video streaming and iPOD features, then this should be on your short list.

LG Electronics LHB953 5.1 Channel 1000W 1 Disc Blu-ray Home Theater System Feature

• NetCast Entertainment Access
• Blu-ray Disc Playback
• Pure HD Audio Performance
• Standard DVD Up-Scaling
• Direct iPod Dock

LG Electronics LHB953 5.1 Channel 1000W 1 Disc Blu-ray Home Theater System Overview

LG Electronics LHB953 5.1 Channel 1000W 1 Disc Blu-ray Home Theater System 5 Satellite Square Speaker, Netflix HD, iPod Direct Docking, Dolby TruHD, DTS HD, Pandora Ready. Available in April, 2009

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Customer Reviews

Great system but remote problems - L. Gabella - Colombia
We just recently purchased this system.
The sound is great compared to our previous home theatre. The only problem we have is that the remote control is not quite good. We need to lean forward in order for it to work and it is quite unconvenient.
Maybe we need to check the sensor or something. Other than that it works perfectly.