Isaiah's Tech

Finally, i am able to watch the LG press conference, so let's start it up.

Michael Ahn is the first representative to get introduced to the stage. He mentions that even though everyone is going through the economic crisis, LG still managed to make 13 billion dollars last year and that it exceeded their primary goal for 2008. He also mentions the use of TruMotion 240Hz technology. After that, he exits the stage.

The father of HD, Dr. Woo Paik, takes the stage. Some technologies they will be implementing on their products are: wireless HD, 3D entertainment, [the aforementioned] TruMotion 240Hz technology, LED backlight, and 2 microphone background noise cancellation. They will be creating TV's with wireless HD because his wife complains about all of the wires (insert laughs here). They will do this by using a wireless receiver to transmit the data. The receiver will transmit at 60 frames per second and have a data transmission of 3gbps (Gigabits per second). He mentions that 3D is the next big wave of entertainment. He invites the crowd to visit the 3d-displays at their booth. TruMotion (240Hz) will eliminate all levels of blurring caused by fast moving objects on the television set. LG's LED's will have a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1. They will also have a new technology called IOL, which is Integrated Optical Lens. They use 2 microphone noise cancellation (more on it later) in the LG Cookie. This technology  greatly reduces background noise. All of LG's products are increasingly saving energy. A slide comes up that lists some of the LG watch phone's specs. It will have a touchscreen, up to 2 hours of talk time, will weigh 84 grams, Bluetooth, Water-resistant and 3G. Woo Paik's LG watch phone rings in the middle of his speech. I'm pretty sure it was planned. He then played a song on the LG watch phone and mentioned that it's something that you would see in a James Bond movie. Soon after, he leaves the stage.

Peter Reiner comes on stage and he mentions that LG is trying to fit the consumer's needs. They are focusing on: their picture quality, being user friendly, having an exquisite design, while at the same time being eco-friendly. LG's Blu-ray players will feature Cinemanow, Youtube, Netflix. He introduced 9 new LCD HDTV's and 3 Plasma-screens including the magnificent LG LHX, which is LED-backlit (for the 7th time in 2 posts). He reveals 2 new Blu-ray players and 3 Blu-ray home theater systems that will try to meet the consumer's lifestyle needs. He exits.

Ehtisham Rabbani gets on stage. He tells the crowd that in 2008, LG sold 35 million mobile handsets. This comes out to an average of selling 1 phone every second, in the US. He states that mobile phones are replacing landlines. Shows us the LG Incite, which is a touchscreen smartphone that runs on Windows Mobile. The LG Decoy was the world's first mobile phone with a built-in Bluetooth headset. The LG Lotus has a 2 megapixel camera, a full QWERTY keyboard. The LG Dare is a touchscreen phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera and has a video recorder capable of capturing up to 120 fps (frames-per-second). LG will allow you to recharge your phone at CES using the sun. This technology will cause your phone to fully charge in under an hour.

I might skip a couple of press conferences, since it's taking longer than i thought. If i have time after i will go back and do the ones i miss. I will be biased towards which press conferences i watch because i actually want to see some specific ones =). Anyways, LG was a good way to start off the CES press conferences. "What happens in Las Vegas, shouldn't stay in Las Vegas." That was the last thing said at the LG press conference. Remember, Life's Good.

Video of the LG press conference: http://www.g4tv.com/ces2009/press_conf_detail.aspx?video_key=35862
3 LCD picture from LG press conference: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/live-from-lgs-press-conference/
LG Dare picture: http://www.cellularwirelessplans.com/lg-dare-cell-phone.html