Skip to main content

71″, $70k Plasma from LG Hits U.S.

LG Electronics today announced the U.S. availability of the largest plasma display currently in production. The monster 71” MW-71PY10 is now available for a whopping $70,000.

The MW-71PY10, said LG Electronics, has a resolution of 1920x1080p and incorporates the company’s XD Engine technology which reportedly converts analog signals to near high-definition levels. Features on this beast of a plasma display include HDMI and DVI inputs with HDCP; multiple HD component inputs as well as composite and S-Video, RGB input for PC connectivity; picture in picture, split-zoom and twin-picture for up to a total of nine sub-windows; and 1,200:1 contrast ratio.

“The retail launch of the LG 71-inch plasma HDTV monitor underscores our commitment in providing innovative solutions to the premium, high-end consumer electronics industry,” said Robert A. Perry, vice president, consumer electronics sales and channel marketing, LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc, in a statement. “We are thrilled to offer this flagship product, for the first time, to consumers in the United States at two of our key retailers, Ken Cranes on the West Coast and Sixth Avenue on the East Coast.”

Editors' Recommendations

Topics
Digital Trends Staff
Digital Trends has a simple mission: to help readers easily understand how tech affects the way they live. We are your…
Amazon-branded TVs could hit U.S. market in October
The Insignia F50 Amazon Fire TV Edition smart TV.

Amazon is preparing to launch its own TVs as early as October, a report has claimed.

Specs are scant, but sources with knowledge of the matter told Insider the Amazon-branded TVs will feature screen sizes of between 55 and 75 inches and be compatible with Alexa, its digital voice assistant. There’s no word on if they’ll incorporate Amazon’s Fire TV software, nor any information on how much they’ll cost.

Read more
HBO Max finally launches on LG smart TVs in the U.S.
HBO Max logo on a tv screen.

If you're an LG TV owner who's been frustrated by having to access HBO Max through a set-top box or another streaming device and not natively through the TV, then it's your lucky day. Today LG Electronics USA and WarnerMedia announced that the HBO Max app is now available on LG smart TVs in the U.S.

After being made available to some LG television models in Latin America and the Caribbean in June, the HBO Max app can now be downloaded from the LG channel store to LG OLED TVs, LG QNED Mini-LED TVs, and LG NanoCell TVs made in the 2018-2021 model years and running webOS 4.0 and up.

Read more
LG’s awesome rollable TV goes on sale in U.S., but it ain’t cheap
LG Rollable OLED 2019

[LG at CES2021] LG SIGNATURE OLED R - Lifestyle

LG caused quite a stir when it unveiled the first production version of its remarkable rollable television at CES 2019.

Read more