Household heater meshes with LCD, acts like a fireplace

by Darren Murph posted Feb 1st 2008 at 3:16PM

Not really keen on coughing up the dough required to retrofit a chimney in your domicile? Fret not, dear fireplace lovers, as a somewhat chintzy new device from Japan promises to provide the heat your body needs along with the (artificial) glow of slowly burning logs to boot. From what we can glean from the wonders of machine translation, this creature boasts an LCD which shows a heartwarming image of burning logs while the vents beneath actually warm your heart. Not bad for ¥25,800 ($241), not bad at all.

[Via Dvice]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Household

Tags: fireplace, heater, heating, real fireplace, RealFireplace

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StrangeBum @ Feb 1st 2008 3:26PM

This is cool. Seems really great for people living in a smaller apartment or studio and don't have real fireplaces, but would like to have one.

I would totally buy one of these, but currently I'm stuck at home and therefore have no need. But it's still pretty!

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mattbrown @ Feb 1st 2008 3:26PM

Haha, should've seen this one coming. Not a bad idea though, especially with the price of gas.

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Richard Lai @ Feb 1st 2008 3:27PM

It could be just a very inefficient LCD monitor?

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Ghen @ Feb 1st 2008 3:27PM

I want that on my desk at work. Can you just imagine the looks you'd get? Does it come with speakers??!

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paragraph @ Feb 1st 2008 3:28PM

Are you sure it's an LCD? It looks to me like a cheap piece of plastic with lights behind it... like they have at home depot for about the same price :-P

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Backlin @ Feb 1st 2008 3:33PM

FIRE!!! Oh, wait...

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aardvark sandwich @ Feb 1st 2008 3:48PM

$241? When is the fire-sale? -^_^-

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Hax Or @ Feb 1st 2008 3:52PM

That's $*@(#$ amazing!

I'm also a fan of the virtual fireplace during Christmas time that they play on some cable channels.

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Grant @ Feb 1st 2008 4:09PM

i hope it blows the scent of burning wood as well, i like that better than the heat provided by a fireplace.

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scott @ Feb 1st 2008 4:17PM

if it's a true lcd screen..it could possibly be hacked to be used as a monitor/tv?

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PGP-Protector @ Feb 1st 2008 4:26PM

Looking at the site & other pictures.
1) The Firelogs are NOT an Image but lighted logs like all the other electric fireplace heaters out there.
2) The "LCD" of this LCD Fireplace is the timer (The little triangle thing on top)

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striggity @ Feb 1st 2008 4:36PM

but can it play doom? (sorry...seemed like an appropriate quip lol)

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Jhongerkong @ Feb 1st 2008 4:36PM

Im guessing its run by an xbox 360.

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Greg Mcp @ Feb 1st 2008 4:59PM

Shame it's not a real LCD.
You could then turn it into an aquarium in the summer.
Or a cage full of mice or hamsters for the kids to play with.

This thing also needs a 3D mode. Put on the glasses for that added realism.

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mcheddadi @ Feb 1st 2008 5:11PM

I can't wait for LCD windows in houses instead of normal ones.

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Beata Yamin @ Feb 1st 2008 5:20PM

Its a telescreen, Big Brother is watching you!

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Michael Chastain @ Feb 1st 2008 7:21PM

I just gave up on our fireplace (which we've never used) and put a 50" Plasma TV in front of it on the raised hearth. I bought an HD-DVD fireplace video for $15 on Amazon and for the first time we had a roaring, crackling fire in our family room. It was pretty cool.

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