LG Rolling Out New Smart TVs At IFA

There is a war being waged by TV makers. A war against set-top boxes. See, TV makers like LG and Sony don’t want you going off and buying a Roku , or iTV , or what have you. So over the last couple years, they keep adding features to their TVs — apps, internet, weather, that kind of thing. LG’s latest, which it will be showing at IFA this next week, doesn’t look terribly different from the stuff we’ve seen from others, but the new control scheme might be fun. They seem to have some kind of Wiimote-like remote (the “Magic Motion Remote Control”), which you point at the screen to select this or that menu item or app. It’s not clear whether there’s a cursor or what, since all they sent out was a vague press release and the obligatory photo of a cute girl near the device. Look closely at those apps. “Fist-Aid.” Yeah, not really my scene, but thanks anyway, LG. We’ll see if we can get a hands-on…
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