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deceptiphone: LG promotes Transformers 2 with a special edition of their versa model

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At the recent CTIA show, LG unveiled the special edition Transformers 2 Versa phone. Since the upcoming movie is about the bad guys hitting back (but didn’t they start this while thing in the first place?), it’s only right that for the Transformers 2 Versa mobile phone to feature the Decepticon logo.

And no son, LG doesn’t…

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April 8th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun mobile tech

lg arena km900 multimedia phone specs, details and product video released

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The new LG ARENA touchscreen mobile phone is definitely one to watch for when it’s released later this Spring. The ARENA (also known as the LG-KM900) was launched today at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The first thing you notice when you first look at the ARENA is its unique is its 3-D…

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February 16th, 2009 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio digital imaging gadgets gps + navigation media players mobile tech technology video

lg philips show off a flexible color screen

LG.Philips LCD Flexible Display

This week, LG.Philips LCD showed off a breakthrough in flexible displays when they announced the successful creation of an A4 (14.1-inch) color E-paper display.

The display is the largest full color (4096 colors) flexible display to date, and is visible from a full 180-degree viewing angle. Since the flexible panels only require power when the…

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May 14th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech

lg chocolate j10hd home theater system

LG J10HD Home Theater System

This new media center from LG is being sold under the “Chocolate” moniker which has become synonymous with “sleek, modern design.”

The new LG J10HD system is a full-featured home entertainment system complete with DVD player, 2.1 channel sound and an onboard 80GB hard drive for media storage. CD music can be ripped to the…

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March 14th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio home entertainment media players

lg home theater claims 10.1 surround sound

LG HT752TP Home Theater System

LG is showing off their new HT752TP “flat home theater” system which claims the unique distinction of producing “10.1″ virtual surround sound.

The system simulates additional channels in between its standard 5 speaker surround setup, to produce the illusion of 10 individual speaker locations. It features a unique design with clear acrylic and aluminum flat…

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March 12th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment

47-inch lg lcd set to get mega contrast ratio

LG LCD 47-inch LED Display

LCD sets just keep getting better and better these days. LG upped the ante today by showing off a new 47-inch screen loaded with features that could put LCD ahead of plasma in picture quality once and for all.

The new display features LED backlighting with what’s being called “local dimming”. This allows the display…

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February 5th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video

hd dvd / blu-ray combo players to be the norm

HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray Format War

According to a recent report from ABI Research, the HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray format war will be won not by either format, but by dual-format players, such as the recently released LG BH100 combo player. According to the Steve Wilson, ABI’s principal consumer electronics analyst: “We believe that universal players will come to dominate the…

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January 24th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video

lg ke850 mobile phone: the iphone junior?

LG KE850 Mobile Phone

While many of us were pretty wowed by the industrial design and user interface of Apple’s forthcoming iPhone, but with a bunch of other internet-media-smartphones out there, is it really all that unique?
LG would like us to think that Apple’s beauty really isn’t all that different. With the upcoming release of their KE850 combo…

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January 14th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets media players mobile tech

lg shows off bh100 hd dvd / blu-ray combo player

LG Blu-ray HD DVD player

A couple of days ago, we reported that LG was planning on releasing a disc player that can handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. Details of the player were announced today, so here goes:

The LG BH100 Super Multi Blue Player will handle both high definition disc formats, in full 1080p resolution, as well…

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January 7th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video

lg and warner seek to end the blu-ray/hd dvd war

Blu-ray vs HD DVD

A while back we reported that Ricoh was working on a optical mechanism that could handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. At next week’s CES show, it’s expected that two companies will be showing off their proposed solutions to dealing with the incompatible formats.

On the hardware front, LG is expected to announce a…

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January 4th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video

lg flat panel tv and pc combo

LG TVPC Combo

LG Electronics has announced a new device that combines a widescreen LCD television with a full-fledged Windows PC.

The computer adds virtually no bulk to the flat panel display. The first system in LG’s TVPC lineup will come with an Intel Celeron 430 CPU, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and on-board WiFi connectivity. The…

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December 17th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing home entertainment

lg shows off tiny dlp projectors

LG Handheld Projector

At this week’s Korean Electronics Show, LG Electronics showed off their new series DLP “hand-held” projectors.

The mini-projectors are small enough to throw in a backpack or small briefcase, and use LED lamp technology to keep their svelte figure. The projectors will be able to throw a 40″ picture from about 1 meter or a…

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October 20th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets home entertainment video

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