LG Super UHD smart TV sports pretty pictures and good sound

LG's newest line of 4K TV's ups the company's ante when it comes to state-of-the-art smart TV's, offering excellent video, better than average audio and a host of other features designed to make life with the TV more pleasant. The company sent me a sample of the 55 inch 55UH8500, a fine TV marred only by an annoying, mouse-like remote control that's meant to make accessing the set's myriad features easier, but which in my never humble opinion actually works against that ease of use. Fortunately, the conventional remote from my older LG plasma worked fine with the new 4K set, which helped keep me from tossing the mouse-like remote (if you've operated a Wii you'll be familiar with this type of remote) at the flat panel. And to be fair, you can use the remote's cursor control keys or the LG's built in voice recognition. This can help minimize, though not prevent completely, the need to wave the remote at the TV, the act of which brings up a little guitar pick-shaped cursor on the screen.