LG LHB977 1000-Watt Blu-ray Disc Home Theater In a Box

I bought this to pair with my new LED LCD LG 55lh90. Awesome combo. Everything syncs great and is very easy to use. I ran HDMI cables from my cable DVR box and xbox 360 in to the processor and then HDMI out to the TV. The Built in Blu Ray means No other cables to connect. All you do is push play on the remote and it starts up (no need to change inputs or anything. Couldn't be easier)
As a heads up, with this set up I stated, you do not change the input setting on the Tv at all. To go from xbox to cable you use the input selector on the processor only. Blu Ray requires no specific selection. Just push Play!

I will share that after I hooked up the system and turned it on for the 1st time, I thought I made a huge mistake. It sounded weak and crappy. Then I realized that each individual speaker has its own volume control and there are several presets for sound that can be chosen. Within a few moments I had it sounding very good. One setting is called "Bypass" and this seems to work best most of the time. It plays sounds as it was recorded and gives the true surround sound (assuming the source supports this). For Sports events I use "Game." I find that it more fully creates a surround experience (it sounds like you are in the stands clapping with the fans around you). Note: there is a "Sport" setting but my ears say "Game" is the way to go...just my opinion.

If you really want to be impressed, pop in Blu Ray version of Avatar. Assuming you have a capable Tv, you will see how awesome this Blu Ray player is. I don't see how the pic could possibly get any better than what I'm seeing. 2 thumbs up here. As for sound, you truly get immersed in the experience. This system is powerful and performs very well. I was concerned at 1st because the sub does not have its own power cord. I wasn't sure it would be able to do the job...rumbling and deep tones that I like. Fear not, it performs well.

This system has many features as you will read, but other than what I have mentioned I only tried out the YouTube feature. Pretty cool. I plugged in ethernet cable to the processor and clicked on YouTube at the Main Menu. I showed my family some funny video clips just to see how it worked. Again, is really cool and it works, however I'll probably leave the computer stuff to my laptop.

Ok, now I will criticize a little bit. Sound quality is very very good, but of course it could always be better. Keep in mind this system is priced from $500 - $650. There are other systems costing thousands of dollars for a reason and you would assume (or hope anyway) that they could outperform a HTIB like this at this price. So with this said, this system does sound great...but it sounds great for the money! Actually to be fair, it sounds better than the money i paid...it could fall into a higher priced category and it would stand up. My one biggest criticism of which my dad agreed, is that the high's could stand some improvement. I like that pronounced ting you get from some good tweeters and this is missing. After closer inspection I realized that what looks like tweeters on these speakers is just decoration. They are Not Tweeters. If they put real tweeters here, of course the cost of the system would go up, but I bet the sound would be that much more amazing. Again, just my observation and opinion.

In summary, considering price, ease of set up and use, and pic and sound quality, I would highly recommend this for anyone looking for this type of system. For die hard enthusiasts, get your wallet out and go higher end, but for the rest of you this system will more than meet your expectations. I am very happy with my purchase.

dave

Easy to set up and operate. For the price, the sound quality is amazing. The fact that you stream other media is a wonderful addition.
A very good customer service department. The only question left...longivity.

This HTS is absolutely great for the money. We LOVE it! Others have described the sound and the great services like Netflix and Pandora's Box. We won't bother to repeat the comments on these items. They are fantastic. We're just trying to add information that did not seem to be covered by other reviews.

For any sound/video system, we like to add wireless headsets for several reasons: (1) to allow us to walk around the house and listen to whatever is being played on the system, (2) to accommodate a hard-of-hearing guest, (3) to support a late night listening mode where the speakers are off and only the headset is used, etc. But this system provides no headset port. In order to add this feature to our setup, we had to purchase a Moderno 4-Pair Speaker Selector (to split the outputs of the left and right speakers) and an IEC AULOC Adjustable Line Output Converter (to provide a standard audio interface for the wireless headset transmitter). These additional items are available at reasonable prices through Amazon and they are not tough to wire up if you are at all audio-hookup-savvy. They do the job nicely and we are very happy with the results. But it sure would have been nice for LG to have included these outputs. Many others will certainly have this need.

We bought it from Amazon. Big box when it arrives. Was missing the screws to assemble the front speakers to the stand, but we got it assembled. I flipped out some of the speakers with another HTIB we had, a Yamaha. Simple but my review may not compare on sound. The subwoofer I kept and moved the "front" LG speakers to the back. Overall, great sound. There is no complaint here, was concerned about passive sub at first. But, it works great. Netflix built in is a really nice feature, Youtube also built in. Nice. HDMI inputs are OK, but no remote control codes for other devices there. This unit should play all video formats, it doesn't. USB stick only plays images and music. Burned a Nero-encoded MP4 to a DVD as data - not playing. Sad really, the unit should play all MP4s. I think that is my major beef with this system. Blu-ray is simply outstanding though. Hooked this up to a Samsung TV, looks fantastic. You did need hard-wire internet at the box.

You get the bang for the buck. Very easy to hook up and use. I have not used the internet hook-up yet but everything else work great.