LG makes good LCD's the 70 is far from their bottom of the line of course the quality of your purchase depends on the price :P
I really don't understand the hate for LG. I've had 3 LG LCD monitors and my TV is LG. I've had LG phones and other stuff. I have never had one single issue with anything I've bought, it's always been good quality and usually 20% cheaper than competing products.
My old man got a 50 inch 1080p LG plasma, I got a 50 inch Samsung 1080p plasma, look at the two of them....not even remotely close. Sammy is a way better picture.
I've had LG cell phones and computer gear. It was nothing but garbage. They may have changed their ways, but I will never risk my money with them again to find out
Samsung LCD >samsung Plasma> other TV's. I have a Panasonic 1080p Projector, Samsung 61" 1080p TV and a LG 42" 1080p Plasma. I would trade the LG plasma for anthing, any day.
I have a Hitachi 21" TV I boguht in 1984....I'll trade you for the LG it works ok, but is missing the remote, I'll even through in the hitachi VCR and the source switch.
Pioneer were the best plasmas I have seen, Samsung makes the best LCD's The worst I have seen in terms of name brands are Sony's, that is of course unless your buying one of those 6k TV's, but their regular tv's suck so much cock.