I have the LG 37LC2R and it has many different Aspect Ratios for TV dispaly to play with. It can even automatically detect the black borders of widescreen programmes shown on TV and enlarge them to fit the whole screen.

One of the reasons why Astro look bad on LCD is because the LCD panel is HD but Astro is low resolution. The scaling of the low res pic to fit the HD screen is what makes the pic look bad.

Well I am using the LG 37LC2R and for TV programs, I am using the normal Terrestrial antenna and not Astro. Astro is only used downstairs with a CRT.

My experience with my LG using normal Terrestrial antenna (the signal is strong in my area) is the clarity is really good. The colors for me is perfect. They are rich and natrual. I am really happy with it.

For DVD, I have it paired with the Sony 76H HDMI model using one of it's enhanced modes with the LG's XD mode. The clarity and colours are fabulous. I have watched *ahem* Casino Royale , I, Robot, LOTR, Matrix etc. and also all sorts of cartoons like Open Season. And I wouldn't trade the LG for even Sony.

The Sony Bravias look Sharper of course, but to my eyes they have that oversharpnesss that make them a bit 2-dimensional. To me it's like taking a normal photo and using photoshop to make the image over sharp until they somehow look a bit unnatrual. (Please don't flame me ). To lots of people they prefer it this way, but not me.

The colours in Casino Royale DVD, esp. the facial colours, are so stunning that it makes the Casino Royale trailer that Sony uses for their LCD-TV demo look dull.

The same for I-Robot , LOTR , Matrix, Open Season. I prefer the colours on the LG than those I have seen demo on Samsung and Sony models.

However, one big complaint with the LG is that the XD engine can be a bit too much sometimes, causing some movies to have to much contrast.

Without the XD engine however, the LG doesn't look nice in some scenes especially the facial colours.Dark scenes look a bit too dark.

For PC, connected via VGA, I am more than happy with this LG. Perfect pixel mapping 1368x768.

That's the good and bad that I have experienced with the LG.

Interesting to see an old topic where I posted surface again.

So I would like to take this opportunity to give an update about the very flattering comment I posted on the LG 37LC2R dated June 2007.

It's now been more than half a year since I first bought the LG. When it was brand new and ultra bright, everything looked stunning. But now when things have settled down, and the brightness has lessened somewhat, colours look less natrual and need some calibration. What was white previously, now have a slight reddish tinge. Picture quality is no longer as sharp as before.

The XD engine, especially the XD contrast has become too dark in a lot of DVD movies. There is a loss of details in the black areas. So I have turned it off for most of my movies.

Hope this feedback will be helpful for some people