LG unveils 84-inch 'ultra resolution' TV at CES

[YosemiteSam]

Does this mean no more searching for the remote after my kids have had it? Just say "Channel 5" to go to channel 5? I'm on board!

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LAS VEGAS--LG Electronics confirmed at CES this morning an 84-inch "ultra resolution" TV with a 1mm bezel, a "magic remote" for voice recognition, 3D gesture recognition, and Wi-Fi to mirror your TV on your mobile devices.

LG also unveiled 55-inch 3D OLED TV at 4mm thick. According to LG, it's the largest and thinnest of its kind.

In addition, half of LG's televisions will offer 3D and smart features for Internet access. Its smart TV browser will now support HTML5. The company will focus more on passive 3D viewing. Although Google TV was predicted to be a big part of the press conference, it got just the briefest of mentions when LG noted that its smart TVs will include Google TV.

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[TellerMorrow34]

Good lord! 84" TV? Geez. That's just too much.

 

[MapleLeaf]

Does this mean no more searching for the remote after my kids have had it? Just say "Channel 5" to go to channel 5? I'm on board!

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LAS VEGAS--LG Electronics confirmed at CES this morning an 84-inch "ultra resolution" TV with a 1mm bezel, a "magic remote" for voice recognition, 3D gesture recognition, and Wi-Fi to mirror your TV on your mobile devices.

LG also unveiled 55-inch 3D OLED TV at 4mm thick. According to LG, it's the largest and thinnest of its kind.

In addition, half of LG's televisions will offer 3D and smart features for Internet access. Its smart TV browser will now support HTML5. The company will focus more on passive 3D viewing. Although Google TV was predicted to be a big part of the press conference, it got just the briefest of mentions when LG noted that its smart TVs will include Google TV.

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... a beef here, but is it me or is the industry making these new flat screen TVs less reliable than the old CRT versions?

I dropped by an electronics repair store the other day and there were loads of flat screens in his shop. I started chit chatting with the owner and he said with most of the units in his store he had to inform the customer the units were out of warranty and unrepairable.

They were in his store waiting for recycling. His opinion was the flat acreens were not lasting as long as the CRT units.

As for LGs 84" unit on it longest side it may actually be taller than I am. :

 

[FadeToBlack]

I think I'm done buying TVs. It is getting ridiculous.

 

[YosemiteSam]

... a beef here, but is it me or is the industry making these new flat screen TVs less reliable than the old CRT versions?

I dropped by an electronics repair store the other day and there were loads of flat screens in his shop. I started chit chatting with the owner and he said with most of the units in his store he had to inform the customer the units were out of warranty and unrepairable.

They were in his store waiting for recycling. His opinion was the flat acreens were not lasting as long as the CRT units.

As for LGs 84" unit on it longest side it may actually be taller than I am. :

Of my last two tube TVs. The first one (27" GE) I bought in late 1989 and I finally got rid of it in December 2010 after it broke the second time. (fixed once in 1998, was giving rainbow colors on the screen) The other one (32" Sanyo) bought in 1999 and I still have it. It has never had to be fixed. It's probably only watched ten times a month though. So one lasted 20+ years and the other one is currently going on 13 years old.

So far, I've had to change the color wheel and bulb in my DLP TV. None of our LCDs have failed yet though I don't have any more than probably three years old.

 

[Doomsday101]

Jerry TV is still bigger. :laugh2: