LG's "Time Machine" tripling PDP sales

Those South Korean consumers just love time travel if PDP sales are any indicator. Ok, we actually call DVR-usage "time-shifting", but the whole time travel thing just sounds so much more advanced. The DVR functionality for LG's plasmas helped boost PDP sales in their home country from 30,000 units in 2004 to 100,000 units in 2005. We'd hop into our time machine to check 2006 year-end sales, but we figure there's no need; it's a safe bet that flat-panel sales growth will continue to increase since LG plans to intro commercial skipping on all LCDs 37-inches or bigger by mid-year.