CES 2009: LG Touts Streaming, Wireless HD, Mobile DTV
Develops New 3D HD Chip Set To Integrate Video Capability Into Plasma, LCD Displays
By Glenn Dickson -- Multichannel News, 1/8/2009 11:00:00 AM
Las Vegas -- Consumer electronics giant LG Electronics focused on new ways to get pictures to HDTV sets in the living room and some breakthrough mobile technologies at its annual press conference at the CES show here.
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LG announced earlier this week that it will roll out three broadband-enabled HDTV sets (two LCD, one plasma) this year that will deliver streaming content from Netflix and YouTube, following up on broadband-enabled Blu-ray disc players that stream Netflix movies which LG released last spring. (Competitor Vizio also plans to integrate Netflix into its HD sets, says Netflix VP Steve Swasey.)
LG says it will also support movies from on-demand service CinemaNow as well as content “widgets” from Yahoo, showing its emphasis on “giving consumers even more options for content delivery,” said Michael Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics North America.
LG is introducing some 36 new HDTV sets at CES in all (nine series of LCD TV, three series of plasma sets), including LCD sets which use the company’s new TruMotion 240Hz technology that is designed to eliminate motion blurring during fast-paced scenes. LG will also be supporting the new Wireless HD home networking technology on some of its new sets, says Dr. Woo Paik, president and CTO of LG Electronics, by using a 60 gigahertz radio to transmit uncompressed 1080-line-progressive HD video around the home.
“We’re getting rid of these ugly looking wires, as we know people don’t like these wires,” said Paik. “Actually, I don’t mind them too much, but my wife does.”
LG will also be developing a new 3D HD chip set to integrate 3D HD video capability into its plasma and LCD displays.
“I believe 3D is the next big wave coming to the television industry,” said Paik.
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