LG's Classic TV gives old CRT new legs

In these complex, digital days, it's easy to yearn for simpler, analog times -- when everything was daisy-chained coax cable and all you needed was the odd RF adapter to get your gaming on. LG is taking its customers back in time with the Classic TV, an honest to gosh CRT clothed in period-appropriate attire. While it does break with tradition slightly by including a remote control, it offers nicely tactile dials and even a set of color-matched rabbit ears, making it the perfect thing for hooking up your Famicom or watching Astroboy re-runs. It's available now in Korea, your choice of basic black or cheeky red for ₩ 249,000. That equates to about $215, but don't go looking for it in your local Caldor flier.

[ThomasShaped Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:30AM]

WANT. WANT NOW. SO SEXY.

[crapple Posted Jan 25th 2010 11:52AM]

@ThomasShaped

I can haz retro TV now plz?

[Eugene Action Posted Jan 25th 2010 2:09PM]

I was just watching TV and some channel had their show on and they used a boarder that looked kind of like this old retro TV and the HD image was inside it... looked great, now when can TV makers just put a tiny program in that would allow you to change your boarders like an old TV, theater, fish tank, ect. this would be a much easier and fun thing to have around

[weirdo557 Posted Jan 25th 2010 7:20PM]

@nicholiservia

do i hear a challenge

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/562026-REG/Astro_Systems_DM_3400_DM_3400_56_Professional_4K.html

[steve jobs clone no3 Posted Jan 26th 2010 6:35AM]

@ThomasShaped why don't they make modern tv's this cool this is much better then that borderless crap long live retro

[Glodokboy Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:39AM]

Jesus! That famicom reminds me I'm old.

Btw, sexy TV!

[alanbir Posted Jan 25th 2010 11:28AM]

@Glodokboy I still have one. Although I have no idea how I got it anymore.

[Pies Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:40AM]

I fail to see how it could possibly be useful to anybody, except maybe as a statue.

[simbr Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:52AM]

@Pies
It's handy if you want to play any light gun games at least.

[MDJCM Posted Jan 26th 2010 3:26PM]

@simbr Deffo, whats the size of this screen?

[Willis Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:42AM]

Nice!

[ToniCipriani Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:42AM]

I want mine with a wooden cabinet and clicky dials...

[KrazyCalvin Posted Jan 25th 2010 8:34PM]

@ToniCipriani

Its funny... i have this wood panel tv that i just assumed was 30 years old or whatever because it looks tacky as hell but it turns out it was made in 1994. i didnt even know people still considered wood grain in the 90s. we need to bring it back though!

[upsidedown Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:51AM]

"but don't go looking for it in your local Caldor flier"

I was hoping to find it at Lechmere's

[Caprice0083 Posted Jan 25th 2010 1:26PM]

@upsidedown

I was hoping the Wiz might have it! tee hee

[MarkB Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:54AM]

Looks like LG took innovation a step further and removed the power cables as well.

[Dagreenman18 Posted Jan 25th 2010 10:57AM]

If it does at least 720 along with the old RF, then this would be fucking awesome for my dorm

[Bosco Posted Jan 25th 2010 11:10AM]

They've cornered the market on TV props for 50s and 60s era film and television. Look for this in Don Draper's office, right next to the MacPro server where they store all their projects.

[rpahk Posted Jan 25th 2010 11:19AM]

Hey, I still use a CRT TV with rabbit ears! With the digital decoder box, the image is better than it ever was on analog and looks great. Mine doesn't have a bright red cabinet though :-(

[Prestidigitator Posted Jan 25th 2010 11:56AM]

CRT is still relevant in order to get the closest to zero lag you can for games. Playing space channel 5 or beatmania on my first hdtv ruined my world.

[Palomino Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:10PM]

What's Caldors??

[thecannonater Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:22PM]

@Palomino http://lmgtfy.com/?q=caldor%27s

[badasscat Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:19PM]

I still have an HD CRT... it has the best picture of any TV in my house. (I have a 1080P and a 720P LCD also.) And I can play light gun games on it... not that I do very often as I don't have a system hooked up in there.

This thing looks awesome, though, and I'd buy it just for home decor. I've actually got a 26" LCD in my guest bedroom (which is where all my classic game systems are), and I would totally replace it with this if I could. It'd fit the classic system motif perfectly, and let me play gun games in a room where it'd actually be convenient to do so.

[speculatrix Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:50PM]

@(Unverified)
in the end I got a plasma, panasonic G15, it beats the pants off any LCD I could ever afford, and response time for gaming is excellent.

[barCODE Posted Jan 29th 2010 5:10AM]

@(Unverified)

Long live 34" Sony XBR

[moldymac Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:43PM]

Maybe Bradlees will have it instead

[docpark Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:45PM]

It's a sign that the South Korean market has evolved to the point that having the latest thing (and throwing out the stuff from last year) is no longer so important as having an emotional connection to the object. China is not there and won't be there until the current generation gets to middle age and they'll be nostalgic for Mao suits, concrete row houses with narrow winding alleys and mass produced industrial steel bikes.

[cplush Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:53PM]

can these things handle hdmi? or vga?

[kadajawi Posted Jan 25th 2010 12:58PM]

While I do love the image quality that a good CRT brings, this unfortunately doesn't look like one of them. Cool design though. Now can I have a 42" FullHD CRT please?

[Sammybeany Posted Jan 25th 2010 1:07PM]

If they put modern display tech into this style cabinet I'd be tempted to purchase. I'm not interested in owning an obsolete TV, but the aesthetic is totally cool.

[Godfather Posted Jan 25th 2010 1:20PM]

Can it tune to DTV channels in the US of A?

[mastahc411 Posted Jan 25th 2010 2:43PM]

@Godfather
If its sold officially in the US, than I think it has to per fcc regulations

[TheAngryIntern Posted Jan 25th 2010 1:39PM]

i found another article about this....it's only a 14" TV....pretty fail. At least they could have made it a 27" so it would be sorta useful

[simbr Posted Jan 25th 2010 3:03PM]

@TheAngryIntern
As long as you don't mind it being a metre deep...

[NotZura Posted Jan 25th 2010 2:32PM]

Hawt!

[J Acheson Posted Jan 25th 2010 3:45PM]

That reminds me of the first TV set my family had. Of course, that one was a black and white set.

[Meekermoloko Posted Jan 25th 2010 3:57PM]

Too bad it's LG.
They don't seem to care about their products after they ship.