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I recently purchased a LG LHB335 BluRay all in one surround sound home theater system from Best Buy. The center and right rear speakers emit a whistling noise that sounds like a teapot when boiling. Not quite that loud, but enough to be a very undesirable noise in a new unit. I took the first one back, BB gave me another. Same thing. Then another. Same thing. I have connected it to another location with speaker wiring and a Monster Power supply and yes, it does the same thing! I called LG and they said they have no reports on this problem, but when a search is conducted, many people are complaining. Until this issue is resolved, I would suggest not buying this unit!

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The LHB335 has a horrible "Tea Pot" whistling noise emitted from the center speaker. It also comes from the right rear speaker at times. It is so annoying that I took it back to Best Buy. Exchanged for another and same thing! I relocated the unit on a different... Read more

I purchased an LG television last fall and have really enjoyed it. When I needed a new combo system I found this LG system that fits my needs. It is the only one in this price range that allows you to hook up already existing speakers. Most units have those little plastic plugs that make you use their speakers. My U-verse DVR has an ethernet plug so the internet hookup was easy. It has an iPod dock and you can control your music playback onscreen. I have really enjoyed using the online capabilities. Netflix is adding more movies all the time and you can even view photos saved with Picasa(Google). Creating your own radio station using Pandora is icing on the cake. All-in-all, a great unit for the money.

We have a very simple setup, with 90% of our use being watching cable company's DVR on the TV. We purchased the upgraded 535 model, returned it, and purchase this 335 model as well. Same exact problems on both, with an added problem (one of the worst) on this 335.

PROS:
- Very easy to set up
- Small speakers (i.e., wife-friendly size/dimensions)
- Wired internet worked quickly/easily
- LG updates downloaded quickly, installed easily (wired internet)
- HDMI input on the device is nice (can use HDMI switcher for multiple devices)
- Support for internet streaming is nice (YouTube, Netflix, etc.)

CONS:
- Sound quality is horrible
- Omnipresent tea-pot "whistling" through speakers
- Popping sounds changing LG's input
- Popping sounds using DVR (even with each channel change)
- Awful "reverse" communication through HDMI to DVR


Let me give some more details on the CONS above... Read more