Foreword
LG 42″ LH3000-za
Few weeks ago, I bought a LG LCD 37″ television set, the LH3000-za. Not extremely cheap, not too expensive either. Just what i was looking for, FullHD and with few nice input-output plugs on the back of the panel. As I bought it, there was also the possibility to buy a more expensive model with USB external drives input capabilities, but I was not that keen in giving any single Euro more, as i also had to buy other stuff like a dishwashing machine and the likes.
Anyway, after installing the television at home, I noticed that the back panel had a USB port, labeled “service only”. “Interesting”, I though, “I must investigate further”. But then, I forgot to do it for quite a while.
Some weeks later…
Yesterday, having some time for checking stuff at home, I started google-ing for my TV set. I came across a polish forum where, although I did not understand a single word, I got an advice about using the USB port just enabling something in some service menu. So, goggle-ing more and more, I found an English forum with more info.
Long story short, I managed to get the USB up and working: I can watch AVI movies (many codecs supported, yet not tested much), images (cameras can be connected directly via USB!) and even play MP3s. In fact, I also discovered the TV uses Linux as operating system!
That was a cool buy! 
