This unit might not satisfy the dedicated home cinema enthusiast with megabucks to spend, but I have found it to be a practical and easy to use piece of kit. It really came into its own during the World Cup enabling us to put a big tv picture up on screen for family and friends (and a 10 year old footie fanatic’s birthday gathering).
Setting up is easy whether for tv or dvd playback and it can be hooked up to a PC for powerpoints and digital pictures. It has all the necessary controls and the built in speaker is perfectly satisfactory for normal domestic purposes though again cinema buffs will probably growse about absence of surround sound, woofers, tweeters and all the ear deafening sounds they so love. The built in dvd player is a great idea – it saves the hassle of hooking up a separate unit and gives you an ‘all-in-one-box’, highly portable solution.
Controls are straightforward, it includes keystone adjustment if you are projecting up at an angle and has a useful coffee-break control on the remote for pausing a presentation.
Picture quality and definition is good but probably not outstanding when compared with projectors of greater sophistication and cost and some may find the relatively short ‘throw’ a limitation if they want to use this in a hall, say. However, it is meant for domestic not professional use.
It seems equally satisfactory when used in dimmed out conditions or in normal daytime room brightness and has an ambient light sensor enabling it to adapt picture brightness to the general conditions.
We haven’t had it long enough to judge lamp life but it does have a means of recording lamp use which will help us judge when the lamp is likely to need replacement. I’ve no idea how much that might cost but suspect it won’t be cheap.
On the evidence so far, I strongly recommend it as a good all-rounder.

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http://audiodonor.info/home-theatre-system-on-sale/lg-hx966tz-5-1ch-3d-blu-ray-home-cinema-system-low-prices.html#comment-253 David Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:30:15 +0000 http://audiodonor.info/home-theatre-system-on-sale/lg-hx966tz-5-1ch-3d-blu-ray-home-cinema-system-low-prices.html#comment-253 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V192197110_.gif" width="64" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>LG suround</b>, <nobr>15 Dec 2011</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/AJ5HI3L0GPI2A?ie=UTF8&tag=salesuk066-21&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">David</span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AJ5HI3L0GPI2A?ie=UTF8&tag=salesuk066-21&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>LG HX966TZ 5.1ch 3D Blu-ray Home Cinema System (Electronics)</b> </div> Got this surround sound system because , the right up said it would meet all my needs , it does and surpasses them , great sound , the I- pod dock is great . The thing I would say is that it might not be suitable if you have young children , I have a 2 year old and soon realised that the tall boy speakers would be ruined as all the speaker cones are easily accessible and irrisistable to little fingers so I ended up mounting the speakers on the walls to keep it all out the way , not really the products fault but worth mentioning . <div style="padding-top: 10px; clear: both; width: 100%;"> <div style="float:left; padding-right:15px; border-right:1px solid #CCCCCC"><div style="padding-bottom:5px;"><b class="tiny" style="color:#666666;white-space:nowrap;">Help other customers find the most helpful reviews</b> </div><div style="width:300px;"> <a name="RT782I02R4WQI.2115.Helpful.Reviews" style="font-size:1px;"> </a><span><span class="votingPrompt">Was this review helpful to you? </span><a rel="nofollow" class="votingButtonReviews" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/RT782I02R4WQI/Helpful/1?ie=UTF8&token=22D66577A6C75981EEDBB3EDCD0744A67E9D87B7&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY28udWsvcHJvZHVjdC1yZXZpZXdzL0IwMDU0NEFPOVk_X2VuY29kaW5nPVVURjgmc3VtbWFyeT0wJmFsaW5rQ29kZT14bTImdGFnPXNhbGVzdWswNjYtMjEmdj0yJmxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZhc2luPUIwMDU0NEFPOVkmdHJ1bmNhdGU9NTAwMCZha2lkPUFLSUFKNUhNU1o2MkFJQVRTUFlBJnNpZz1QWFZDeWxQbHVWZHZIeCUyQm85SUpMVmVaSTcxd1A0V1lmOUpxJTJGV0F2WFJoMCUzRCZleHA9MjAxMi0wMi0xOVQxMCUzQTM0JTNBMjZaJmF0YWc9c2FsZXN1azA2Ni0yMQ&voteAnchorName=RT782I02R4WQI.2115.Helpful.Reviews&voteSessionID=000-0000000-0000000"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-yes-sec-md._V192192904_.gif" width="35" alt="Yes" style="vertical-align:middle;" height="18" border="0"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="votingButtonReviews" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/RT782I02R4WQI/Helpful/-1?ie=UTF8&token=3A533E11B1D4F27C991A34979FB2A8344729AC8B&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY28udWsvcHJvZHVjdC1yZXZpZXdzL0IwMDU0NEFPOVk_X2VuY29kaW5nPVVURjgmc3VtbWFyeT0wJmFsaW5rQ29kZT14bTImdGFnPXNhbGVzdWswNjYtMjEmdj0yJmxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZhc2luPUIwMDU0NEFPOVkmdHJ1bmNhdGU9NTAwMCZha2lkPUFLSUFKNUhNU1o2MkFJQVRTUFlBJnNpZz1QWFZDeWxQbHVWZHZIeCUyQm85SUpMVmVaSTcxd1A0V1lmOUpxJTJGV0F2WFJoMCUzRCZleHA9MjAxMi0wMi0xOVQxMCUzQTM0JTNBMjZaJmF0YWc9c2FsZXN1azA2Ni0yMQ&voteAnchorName=RT782I02R4WQI.2115.Helpful.Reviews&voteSessionID=000-0000000-0000000"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-no-sec-md._V192192932_.gif" width="35" alt="No" style="vertical-align:middle;" height="18" border="0"/></a> <span class="votingMessage"/></span> </div></div><div style="float:left;"><div style="padding-left:15px;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="tiny"> <a name="RT782I02R4WQI.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews" style="font-size:1px;"> </a><span class="reportingButton"><nobr><a rel="nofollow" class="reportingButton" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/RT782I02R4WQI/Inappropriate/1?ie=UTF8&token=35570355DC61BCB5ED9214EC409041A0DBA32518&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY28udWsvcHJvZHVjdC1yZXZpZXdzL0IwMDU0NEFPOVk_X2VuY29kaW5nPVVURjgmc3VtbWFyeT0wJmFsaW5rQ29kZT14bTImdGFnPXNhbGVzdWswNjYtMjEmdj0yJmxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZhc2luPUIwMDU0NEFPOVkmdHJ1bmNhdGU9NTAwMCZha2lkPUFLSUFKNUhNU1o2MkFJQVRTUFlBJnNpZz1QWFZDeWxQbHVWZHZIeCUyQm85SUpMVmVaSTcxd1A0V1lmOUpxJTJGV0F2WFJoMCUzRCZleHA9MjAxMi0wMi0xOVQxMCUzQTM0JTNBMjZaJmF0YWc9c2FsZXN1azA2Ni0yMQ&voteAnchorName=RT782I02R4WQI.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=000-0000000-0000000"></a></nobr></span> </span> <span style="color:#CCCCCC;">|</span> <span class="tiny"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RT782I02R4WQI" target="_top"></a></span></div><div style="white-space:nowrap;padding-left:-5px;padding-top:5px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RT782I02R4WQI" target="_top"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/comment-sm._V192198744_.gif" width="16" alt="Comment" hspace="3" align="absmiddle" height="16" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RT782I02R4WQI" target="_top">Comment</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <br/></div>

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Got this surround sound system because , the right up said it would meet all my needs , it does and surpasses them , great sound , the I- pod dock is great . The thing I would say is that it might not be suitable if you have young children , I have a 2 year old and soon realised that the tall boy speakers would be ruined as all the speaker cones are easily accessible and irrisistable to little fingers so I ended up mounting the speakers on the walls to keep it all out the way , not really the products fault but worth mentioning .

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