LG's very slim, very red LGX LCD TV hits the FCC
by Donald Melanson 
posted Feb 14th 2008 at 11:25AM
LG wasn't offering much in the way of a release date when it announced its super-slim (as in 1.7-inch) LGX LCD TV last month, but it looks like it could be coming sooner rather than later, with the set now making its all-important debut at the FCC, which is usually a hint of things to come. As you can see, the set is still as red as ever, if a little less polished than it looked in LG's press photos. Unfortunately, the FCC doesn't have any other surprises to provide, although the curious can get a peek at the set's innards and some other less than flattering photos by hitting up the read link.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rae @ Feb 14th 2008 12:17PM
lol wow i feel dumb, i was sitting here thinking "how the hell is the front of that tv red?"
euclid @ Feb 14th 2008 12:36PM
don't worry its not just you.
calvinki @ Feb 14th 2008 1:07PM
Great! Now my LCD tv is obese?!
Wwhat @ Feb 14th 2008 1:07PM
Man those are some sloppy coiled coils in the tuner part, can't believe they showed that to the FCC.
Allen @ Feb 14th 2008 1:15PM
On a pixel based image there is not any way to make the picture look better sans improving the color spectrum. How are you supposed to make 1366x768 look better than 1366x768? Only increasing resolutions would help, but 1920x1080 does not look any better than 1280x720 until you get up to more than 50 inches really (unless you are sitting too close), and 3840x2160? There is not a way to even get that to a screen right now sans 4 DVI cables, much less anything to store it, or broadcast it, and the 150" Panasonic using it did not look that much better than the 1920x1080 103" screen at CES. So unless we are doing 150" TVs in everyone's house, higher than 1080p doesn't help.
So all they can do is improve color contrast, which is really pointless to do anymore with LCDs considering OLEDs will be out by 2012 or so, making both LCD and Plasma irrelevant with their extreme contrast and lack of glare, plus incredibly good pixel response times.
Investing more in contrast therefor becomes pointless, but more in slimness? That not only sells TVs, it looks damn sexy.