LG claims Scarlet 42LG61 is world's thinnest LCD HDTV with built-in tuner

Maybe our math is off, but we're fairly certain 44.7-millimeters equates to around 1.76-inches. Strangely enough, LG is claiming that its Scarlet 42LG61 is actually the world's thinnest LCD HDTV, and we all know Hitachi's definitively thinner 1.5-inch family just started shipping to US consumers last week. Of course, maybe it just meant the slimmest it has ever produced, but we digress. The set is apparently loose in South Korea, featuring a 1080p panel, 120Hz technology, a 600,000:1 contrast ratio and four HDMI ports. Granted, the previously veiled set won't run you cheap, as you'll walk away ?2.5 million ($2,427) poorer should you choose to take one home.

[Via AVing]

Update: LG clarified the situation. It's the slimmest out there with a TV tuner built-in. Nice.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:14PM]

CLEAVAGE

[Low Ranked @ May 7th 2008 1:17PM]

Where dude?

[Engadgetluvsappl @ May 7th 2008 1:19PM]

What cleavage? I thought you actually needed to have breasts to have cleavage.

[Dave Skaggs @ May 7th 2008 2:37PM]

I have the LG 32lb9d and it is amazing. Granted it's my first HDTV, but nonetheless I'm very impressed. And I got it for only $700 after taxes, shipping, everything.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 2:42PM]

Dave? ok. what does your reply have to do with cleavage? NOTHING! foo.

[Bigjmaster14 @ May 7th 2008 1:15PM]

Yay for korean models!

[Flashpoint @ May 7th 2008 2:19PM]

I need her to be my housewife.

But, I'm a sick sick man and her clothes would be torn to shreds and she'd be covered in DNA.

[CraigJ @ May 7th 2008 2:36PM]

TMI

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 2:38PM]

flashpoint. mm. yeah. we're gonna have to go ahead and ask you to refrain from humor from now on. MMkay?

[mrpoo @ May 7th 2008 3:39PM]

You mean "attempted" humor

[ZeroCorpse @ May 7th 2008 4:52PM]

I don't think that was humor. It was a bit too Dahmer-esque to be humor.

[andres @ May 7th 2008 6:16PM]

@ flashpoint
do you have some abraisive tuberculosis or something?

[low tech @ May 7th 2008 9:16PM]

I still don't understand why he would replace her clothes with his hair. You internet people and your weird fetishes.

[Scott Davey @ May 7th 2008 1:16PM]

Pretty sure you meant something like 60,000:1 not 600,000:1.

[Reece @ May 7th 2008 1:16PM]

600,000 to 1 contrast ratio? Is that a typo? Maybe I've fallen behind on LCD technology, but I'm pretty sure thats a little unrealistic.

[Mile @ May 7th 2008 1:53PM]

Nope. 600,000 to 1.

[Carl @ May 7th 2008 4:15PM]

Manufacturers each have different ways of determining contrast ratio. Although I have nothing against Samsung, I think this TV is hot, it's contrast ratio is probably no better than its competitors 3-4k ratios.

[zunq @ May 7th 2008 1:17PM]

And it has the world's thickest base that I've ever seen

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:19PM]

that what she told me

[Tony @ May 7th 2008 1:30PM]

You're doing it wrong.

[telepheedian @ May 7th 2008 1:37PM]

That's what she said!

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:42PM]

sometimes old cliches need a Fresh New Kick!

[Eric @ May 7th 2008 2:29PM]

@phanbuouy: Fail.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 2:32PM]

@Eric: that's what she told you.

[Larcen007 @ May 7th 2008 5:45PM]

You could have said - "That's what came out of her mouth."

[Joshua @ May 7th 2008 1:24PM]

Compared to the Hitachi, it is the worlds thinnest HDTV. The Hitachi that is shipping is a monitor, not an actual TV. Of course, the thing is, I saw the Samsung HDTV at CES this year and it is only 1 inch thick. So officially, the LG is the thinnest TODAY. Of course that always changes.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:27PM]

that is one ass cluttered promotional photograph

[Ghen @ May 7th 2008 6:29PM]

yeah, get those stupid TVs out of there so I can see how much the model will cost.

[Karl Viklund @ May 7th 2008 1:33PM]

Not this again. Away with all the people on the pictures. What do they really sell, her or the TV?

[Technex @ May 7th 2008 1:41PM]

Well it says worlds thinnest... :D

[Mile @ May 7th 2008 1:54PM]

Lighten up, Francis.

[CraigJ @ May 7th 2008 2:38PM]

LOL at Stripes reference

[sully @ May 7th 2008 1:49PM]

Their currency reflects my political views.

Awesome.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 1:51PM]

nicely done

[scot @ May 7th 2008 1:50PM]

its actually more likely to be 600:1 ansi. Contrast is the "Lines of resolution" of yesteryear.

[galactican @ May 7th 2008 1:52PM]

No, No, No... They misread or mistranslated the release. It's the worlds thinnest Model! Not TV model.

[Oracle @ May 7th 2008 2:32PM]

That's right. The news is actually talking about the model, thinnest in terms of her body and breasts. Not the TV.

[Mile @ May 7th 2008 1:53PM]

Worlds Thinnest LCD HDTV named Scarlet. Nice.

[vf @ May 7th 2008 2:50PM]

that's slick

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 2:55PM]

sorry, Paris. one catchphrase is all you get with your 15 minutes.

[Mycroft @ May 7th 2008 3:32PM]

This is clearly just another iphone rip off - just bigger.

[kicks @ May 7th 2008 3:54PM]

haven't you actually got anything else to moan about Mcfan?
apple iphone was ripped from LG's prada.... typical apple... nothing original to say or make...

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 4:03PM]

kicks. you haters are really that incapable of detecting sarcasm that you'll eat your own? priceless.

[Who? @ May 7th 2008 3:59PM]

Koreans are hot.

[firephoenix @ May 7th 2008 5:34PM]

I'm pretty sure we have this tv in my work. It's either this one or one that looks exactly like it but with a different spec.

I may be wrong though, but if I'm right then it's loose in the UK too. And also, if its the same one it's got the weirdest power button ever. You have to touch the metal rim that goes round the hole in the bottom of the tv to switch it on and off.

[phanbouy @ May 7th 2008 5:38PM]

that's what she said

[nate @ May 8th 2008 8:47PM]

phanbouy, are you just going around saying "that's what she said" on every post here? it's really a joke to be used sparingly.

[phanbouy @ May 9th 2008 12:01AM]

actually, i used it once strictly speaking. twice if you count my much maligned alternate usage of it.

But I thought your "You have to touch the metal rim that goes round the hole in the bottom" fit well enough so ;P

[larcen007 @ May 7th 2008 5:48PM]

Its obvious what his post has to do with cleavage - his TV came with everything, including cleavage.

[... @ May 7th 2008 6:13PM]

She is not Korean, maybe SE Asian? So go to SE Asia