LG injects 7000-series HDTVs with Bluetooth at IFA
By Richard Lawler 
posted Aug 27th 2008 6:28PM
posted Aug 27th 2008 6:28PM
posted Aug 27th 2008 6:28PM
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Thanks for telling me twice.
typo!
See, the comment system is so broken that even the editors double post!!
Mind filling in those of us who missed the typo.
I wont be needing those any time soon.
i prefer my bluetooth in suppository form
brown tooth?
I think we'd all like to see THAT in widescreen HD!
Nice to see more features in TV's but why bluetooth? I'd much prefer WiFi + a decent browser like opera or firefox. But what's the use of bluetooth? Playing music/video through the TV or something? It's just not a feature I would see myself using regularly enough to justify the cost unless you could use it to record from TV to your mp3 player/mobile phone or something
My guess would be a remote.
Would be cool to use your phone to control the TV if you lost your remote. Only problem with that is I'd never have to look for the remote and it would be lost under the couch pillow for eternity.
if you had a decent set of stereo bluetooth headphones , you would know what the point was.
not to mention that if you might be able to stream music , images and maybe even a movie from a mac(for example) direct to the TV.
its a great idea and if i didn't already have a huge tv I would go for this kind of feature.
What I really want at some point, more than anything else, is a tv, with integrated blueray/dvd player.
I don't think bluetooth is fast enough to stream a video.
Although cool I can't see the benefits or enhancements a bluetooth compatible TV gives me except for streaming music from a phone or computer.
maybe they put it in there to use with bluetooth headphones? that's kind of a big price hike for something that dumb. or ripping TV with your computer. Not sure if it would really be fast enough for that.. Uh... cellphone caller ID? That would be weird. I don't really see the point of this at all.
the playstation 3 bluray remote is awesome!! I hope they implement the same in these TVs, however, it is probably just for wireless speakers, like the ones for the samsung p2.
I second that. Too bad my PS3 was just stolen. :/
No JesusPhone fanbois here?
I wonder why?
your wit kept them at bay?
No WiMax? Fail.
it's nice to see tv manufactures (hopefully) moving away from line-of-sight, unidirectional communication IR remotes.
The 50-inch will go for approx 20.000 crowns in sweden. 3158 dollars.
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Remote from my mobile device. Think, if all your devices were bluetooth you could countrol both all your A/V in addition to any streaming content from your CPU. I love it and hope it becomes standard! A lot better than hooking up an ir controller from a BT media pc.