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LG gets official with 50PQ60D and 42PQ60D Xcanvas plasmas in Korea
Don't bet the farm on it just yet, but given the FCC filing that outed these sets at the tail end of December, we'd say it's safe to assume that the panel you see above (and after the break) will be headed to America in short order. Made official today in South Korea, LG's Xcanvas 50PQ60D and 42PQ60D plasmas sport a sleeker, more fully integrated design that conceals the speakers within the border. The TV itself also detects ambient light and automatically adjusts brightness in order to conserve energy, and the built-in USB port enables portable media to be loaded on for all to see. Few other details about the pair are being released, but you can expect 'em on sale halfway across the world in around three weeks for $1,460 / $1,022, respectively.[Via Slashgear]
FCC filing reveals PQ / PS line of LG plasmas
Here we are wondering what an otherwise unassuming HDTV is doing in the depths of the FCC, and while we're hesitant to admit it, we're cautiously optimistic that LG's forthcoming line of plasmas have at least Bluetooth tucked in. In all honesty, the set you're peering at above looks eerily similar to the BT-equipped 7000 line spotted earlier in the year, so we suppose a name change isn't entirely out of the question. Either way, LG definitely has a full range of PDPs on the way to America, with sizes ranging from 32- to 60-inches based on model name presumption. Skimming through the user guides, we didn't see any mention of integrated Bluetooth, WiFi or any other wireless technology, though we did spot a number of HDMI / USB sockets. Good thing CES is just around the corner -- the anticipation is killing us.
