LG readying 60-inch wood-framed plasma display

If the glossy black, matte silver, or brushed aluminum looks are simply too played out for your next HDTV, LG is hoping to spruce up your options by offering up yet another forest-inspired offering. Details are admittedly scant on the forthcoming 60-inch 60PT1, but we do know that this beast of a PDP will rock a dark wooden frame that could hang in perfect harmony in your kid's pimped out treehouse. Additionally, it seems that LG will only be loosing 1,000 of these limited edition units worldwide, and that folks in Korea (well, not North Korea) will get first dibs when they finally appear. Of course, meticulously crafting such a beauty apparently takes time, as you won't be finding one of these for sale until "March at the earliest," but that should give you enough time to sell off a car or two in order to finance this presumably pricey luxury.

[Via AkihabaraNews]

[JeremytheCamel @ Jan 31st 2007 1:27PM]

Hehe... "Spruce up"

[Brennan @ Jan 31st 2007 2:02PM]

advice to those who r interested in getting this HDTV:

make sure to polish the wood every week to make it clean n shiny ^_^!

[Eh @ Jan 31st 2007 2:45PM]

They stole my idea! If only I had a patent...

[Carl M @ Jan 31st 2007 2:50PM]

Remember when all nice stereo gear came wrapped in real wood?
Machined metal knobs? Backlit analog meters? Good times.

[Eric V @ Jan 31st 2007 6:01PM]

I'm surprised that we haven't seen more wooden framed TVs. Especially now that wall mounted LCDs are now a commonplace.

Sony's Bravia has a glass frame but it's clear and not really noticeable.

I'd pay extra for a wooden frame over a plastic bezel any day!

[sc00ter @ Feb 1st 2007 12:14AM]

from this pic, nothing spectacular

[Gordy @ Feb 1st 2007 9:14AM]

Ol' GoldStar has really moved up in the world. I remember when their crap could only be found in K-mart.

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