Do the LG TVs support MPEG-4?

byrnefm · 29-11-2009 06:58PM #1

Hi,

I see a nice 26" LG TV in Curry's at the moment (26LH2000) and there's no mention anywhere in its manual if it supports MPEG-4 or not. The salesperson was pretty sure it did but I was just wondering if it was the case or not?

The Samsung LE26B450 does but is €50 more...

Does anyone know of a source to verify if the LG in question supports MPEG-4?

Thanks in advance!

ffocused · 29-11-2009 08:55PM

That set will work fine.
All the LH models have mpeg4 tuners.

recyclebin · 29-11-2009 11:36PM

Yeah it does mpeg4. Its on the power city website for €370 and £300 on currys.co.uk.

How much is it a Curry's store in Ireland. I was looking at either buyin the 26lh2000 or the 22lh2000 or the 22lu4010. I think the LU is the newer model with 2 hdmi inputs.

snaps · 01-12-2009 09:45AM

269£ from richer sounds

cjt156 · 01-12-2009 11:46AM

I see that Power City are showing this TV online (26LH2000) but also have the 26LG3100 for €30 more with almost exact same spec.
Does anyone know the difference in these two? Can't find the LG3100 on the LG site.

recyclebin · 01-12-2009 02:54PM

LG3100 doesn't do MPEG4 (Irish DTT). its aimed at english market for freeview

PWSHAM · 01-12-2009 03:25PM

Looking at this model, which might be of interest to you.
Going by the spec it should be OK for here.
Only concern is with the text, can't find any spec listed.
Anybody any ideas?

LG 32LH3000
€439 plus shipping at Pixmania
€500 at Power City
Channel Coverage DVB-C, DVB-T
Digital TV Service FREEVIEW
Digital TV Tuner MPEG4 AVC/H.264 HP@L4
MPEG Profiles and Levels MPEG-4

byrnefm · 01-12-2009 09:44PM

recyclebin wrote: »

How much is it a Curry's store in Ireland.

It's €349 here at the moment in my local Curry's.

cjt156 · 02-12-2009 04:16PM

recyclebin wrote: »

LG3100 doesn't do MPEG4 (Irish DTT). its aimed at english market for freeview

Somebody wants to tell Powercity then - listed as Irish DTT ready on their website.

recyclebin · 02-12-2009 09:40PM

Sorry my mistake. It does do MPEG4. I was only able to find the official specs on the German LG site:

http://www.lge.com/de/products/documents/26LG3100.pdf

recyclebin · 02-12-2009 09:45PM

The 32LH2000 specs are here (also in german but most of its understandable)

http://www.lge.com/de/tv-audio-video/pdf/32LH2000.pdf

zbluebirdz · 04-12-2009 10:00PM

PWSHAM wrote: »

Looking at this model, which might be of interest to you.
Going by the spec it should be OK for here.
Only concern is with the text, can't find any spec listed.
Anybody any ideas?

LG 32LH3000
€439 plus shipping at Pixmania
€500 at Power City
Channel Coverage DVB-C, DVB-T
Digital TV Service FREEVIEW
Digital TV Tuner MPEG4 AVC/H.264 HP@L4
MPEG Profiles and Levels MPEG-4

I have this TV.
What do you want to know about it?

PWSHAM · 06-12-2009 02:37PM

Just wondering if the text on Irish DTT is working OK?

deaglan169 · 07-12-2009 06:01PM

hi i just bought a 32lh2000 from currys today and i used to pick up the irish dtt when it was on mpeg2 trial so now im wondering why i cant receive it in mpeg4??

Mayo Exile · 08-12-2009 09:54PM

deaglan169 wrote: »

hi i just bought a 32lh2000 from currys today and i used to pick up the irish dtt when it was on mpeg2 trial so now im wondering why i cant receive it in mpeg4??

You should. I tuned in a 19LH2000 for a friend today and it's picking up the RTE etc. DTT channels in MPEG4 no problem. Lovely little telly actually.

Absolutely sure it's an LH series? Are you getting anything at all? Maybe the transmitter serving you is off the air at the moment? If you are getting sound only, it's a sign of an MPEG2 only tuner.

Originally posted by PWSHAM: Just wondering if the text on Irish DTT is working OK?

Yes. Set country of origin on the LG as the UK, and its displaying MHEG5 digital text.

googlefan · 09-12-2009 12:44AM

Could someone explain what this MPEG-4 is all about? About to buy either a LG or Samsung as a present and someone else on this forum mentioned that I should make sure I have it.

deaglan169 · 09-12-2009 12:50AM

Mayo Exile wrote: »

You should. I tuned in a 19LH2000 for a friend today and it's picking up the RTE etc. DTT channels in MPEG4 no problem. Lovely little telly actually.

Absolutely sure it's an LH series? Are you getting anything at all? Maybe the transmitter serving you is off the air at the moment? If you are getting sound only, it's a sign of an MPEG2 only tuner.

i did a manual tune on ch53 clermont would be my local transmitter and its showing no signal strange perhaps tuner isnt as strong in the tv as my old mpeg2 freeview box was think at weekend ill tweak the antenna and perhaps fit a stronger mast head amp

Souriau · 09-12-2009 12:56AM

19 LG3010 is MPEG-2 only
26 LG4000 is MPEG-2, as I tuned into and just getting sound and no picture
32 LH4000 is MPEG-4
32 LF7700 is MPEG-4 and also Freesat

Mayo Exile · 09-12-2009 02:25AM

Originally posted by deaglan169: i did a manual tune on ch53 clermont would be my local transmitter and its showing no signal strange perhaps tuner isnt as strong in the tv as my old mpeg2 freeview box was think at weekend ill tweak the antenna and perhaps fit a stronger mast head amp

Yes, check your aerial and all connections. Where are you? Are you far from Clermont Carn? How is your analogue reception? If thats ok, You should be getting the DTT tests. I'm in Dundalk and DTT from Clermont Carn can be quite easily received on an indoor aerial.

The Cush · 09-12-2009 02:03PM

googlefan wrote: »

Could someone explain what this MPEG-4 is all about?

MPEG-4 is how an Irish digital television (DTT) picture is compressed for transmission and decompressed in your tv for viewing. See here for a more detailed explaination. The MPEG-4 video compression standard is used by many countries around Europe.

The UK use an older compression standard, MPEG-2, which will not display an Irish digital TV channel.

Some televisions are MPEG-2 only while others are MPEG-2 / MPEG-4.

deaglan169 · 09-12-2009 10:52PM

Mayo Exile wrote: »

Yes, check your aerial and all connections. Where are you? Are you far from Clermont Carn? How is your analogue reception? If thats ok, You should be getting the DTT tests. I'm in Dundalk and DTT from Clermont Carn can be quite easily received on an indoor aerial.

im living in monaghan reception is ok with amp some ghosting but perfectly watchable

deaglan169 · 24-12-2009 05:44PM

after some tweaking i now have a good signal reading on ch53 it scans the channel but find no services this is really starting to bug me now

Denethor · 30-12-2009 09:39PM

I have the LG 42PQ2000 DTT working loud and clear

Do the LG TVs support MPEG-4?

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