LG brings their 71-inch plasma to the US

It might not seem very cutting edge to get a "new" display from LG a year and a half after its Korean debut, but we suppose we should be used to it by now. LG is just now releasing their 71-inch, 1080p MW-71PY10 plasma display in the states, which features a 1200:1 contrast ratio, along with plenty of HDMI, DVI, and component inputs. To celebrate the launch, LG hosted red carpet events at Ken Cranes Home Entertainment in LA and Sixth Avenue Electronics a bit north of NYC. With celebrity guests like Stacy Keibler (of "Dancing with the Stars"), it sounded a bit too high falutin for our taste. But so does the 71-inch display, which rings up at an incredibly hefty $70,000 MSRP (or $28k as found online). Now where did we put that credit card...

[Via New Launches]

[bullfrog @ Apr 6th 2006 5:45PM]

Now thats a premium price

[brad @ Apr 6th 2006 5:53PM]

Ken Crane's in LA is selling it for $75,000. No joke. They wouldn't
tell me the MSRP...only that their selling price is $75,000!

[torkhum @ Apr 6th 2006 6:09PM]

I been wanting to buy a flat panel for so long. Now I have a 71inch...this is so treasure it choice. Awsome.

[shmengie @ Apr 6th 2006 7:00PM]

won't a plasma that size spontaneously combust? at the very least, you'll have to crank up the a.c. in your pad so's the photos on the walls don't start melting.

[larken @ Apr 6th 2006 8:41PM]

only 1200:1? Are you sure that's plasma?

[Pikachelsea @ Apr 6th 2006 9:09PM]

71 inch? Good grief. If you want a TV the size of your wall without paying an arm, a leg, and your eternal soul, get a freaking projector.

[Logan @ Apr 7th 2006 1:20AM]

The sony 70-inch sells for $7000 and its an amazing TV. So its rear projection and sticks out in the back but it was the best thing i ever bought.

[Jordan @ Apr 7th 2006 1:35AM]

Yawn. I've been enjoying my 70-inch, 1080p Sony Qualia 006 for almost a year now - and I bet its LCoS display looks much better than this plasma!

[Matt Hadder @ Apr 7th 2006 8:22AM]

Bet these baby woold be sw33t 4 waching all the episdoes i tapped on VHs of Frehs Price of Bell Air! lool!

[Maff @ Apr 7th 2006 12:03PM]

you keep tapping, Matt, lol! this set would be soooo cool for analogue tv or betamax ROXOR!

[Eric M @ Apr 7th 2006 2:49PM]

Ok you can get a 60" Pioneer plasma for $10k that will also look great or this LG 71" for $28k...? :|

[Ben T @ Apr 9th 2006 11:03PM]

i sure hope that 1200:1 contrast ration is a typo and its supposed to be 12,000:1 otherwise its not much better than my Maxent TV at 800:1.

[Alexyyz @ Dec 29th 2006 4:57AM]

http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/LG_Electronics-MW-71PY10.htm
Uses 650 watts. High energy consumption. Definetely not environment friendly.
At $ 0.15 a kwh with all the extra fees and taxes and that's $ 2925 over it's "expected" 30,000 hour lifespan. That's 3.4 years if run continously or 27 years at 3 hrs/day.
It has no closed captioning. Duh! It's technology is already 1.5 years old. No smart rich geek would ever buy this. A $ 1000 projector trumps this item by far.

[boston219 @ Dec 24th 2008 4:24AM]

first of all"NO PROJECTOR IS AS GOOD AS A PLASMA VIDEO QUALITY!",second,i dunno where you guys get your figurse from but this tv aint that expensive,i have the 50" and im getting the 60 in three weeks at a cost of 1,235 pounds sterling,the 70 thats round now in the U.K is around 2.5k,so if you guys are paying those prices,may be worth tryin for one from abroad,save a good few grand