LG 50PK350

HD TV Reviews (32" and Above)

LG has done it again with a large plasma TV at an excellent price. We thought that the LG 50PK790 represented great value for money when we reviewed it a few months ago, but LG has gone one better with another 50''--and this time it costs under £600! There's no need to beat about the bush: for this price, LG has clearly stripped its costs back to a bare minimum. Let's take a closer look and see if the penny pinching as had an effect on its overall performance. Unsurprisingly, the LG 50PK350 offers only the bare minimum--or even a little bit less than that--both in terms of the hardware provided and the features on offer. The only noteworthy item is an ambient light detector, which although useful for the general public, isn't really of much interest for a Home Cinema. There are two HDMI ports, two SCART sockets, composite and component video ports and a VGA input, which is a rather basic selection. It's a shame there's not an extra HDMI port: once you've connected your TV decoder and a Blu-ray player, there aren't any left. There's also a USB port on the side for accessing multimedia content on an external storage device.