LG Electronics at CES 2005

January 6th, 2005

By GadgetManiac

LG Electronics is the second largest consumer electronics manufacturer in Korea, and has quite a large presence at CES 2005. LG won sixteen CES 2005 Innovation Awards for its products, including the following:

LG FLATRON L1730S – this LCD monitor won a couple of awards for innovation. The awards made note of the L1730S’ quick response time and its f-Engine picture-enhancing chip. At a response time of 12 milliseconds the device is good, but not great. Regarding the f-Engine chip, it’s supposed to improve sharpness by managing the relationship between brightness and contrast … however, neither CES nor LG seem to provide any numbers to back that up. With its better than average response time and its relatively low price of $499, the unit does seem intended for movies and games.
Hmm, not sure what these people are watching..

Ultra Silent DLP Projector: Model RD-JT91 is the world’s quietest projector.

The following 4 TVs won nomination for LG in the category of Digital Displays:
1. 60-inch Plasma HDTV with Built-in DVR: Model TU-60PY2DR
2. 55-inch LCD HDTV: Model RU-55LP10
3. 30-Inch Direct-View Slim CRT HDTV: Model DU-30FY10
4. 23-Inch Widescreen LCD HDTV Monitor with Built-in DVD Player: Model RU-23LG10P
All 4 TVs lost to the category winner: RCA Scenium Profiles HD61THW263.
62-Inch DLP Rear-Projection HDTV: Model DU-62SY20D

DVD Player with HDMI HD Output: Model LDA517

Television Refrigerator: Model LRSC26980 $3,200.

In the category of Home Appliances, first prize went to the iRobot Roomba Discovery Floorvac, so this TV fridge placed second or third.

The following 6 Mobile Phones won nomination for LG in the category of Wireless Communications:
1. A7110 Slide-Design Mobile Phone
2. MM-535 1.3 Megapixel Camera Phone
3. VX4700 Push-to-Talk Mobile Phone
4. VX6100 Camera Phone
5. VX7000 Video Mobile Phone
6. VX8000 EVDO Mobile Phone
All 6 phones lost to the category winner: Motorola Razr V3.

Gadgetmaniac commentary: The Flatron L1730S seems like a good monitor, and will probably do well at that price. However, there seem to be some dissenting voices around and about …

X-bit Labs in “Closer Look at 17in LCD Monitor Features“, reviewed the L1730S, and while they liked the color reproduction, they were not as kind towards the responsiveness or the contrast.

While Trusted Reviews did not review the “S”, they did have a look at a similar product, the L1730P. They were not overly impressed, giving it an overall rating of 7/10, and only 6/10 on image quality. The article did however provide an explanation of the f-Engine chip, which seems to be a kind of combo brightness and contrast control. They concluded their review with the words:

Now even though LG states that the L1730P is a 12ms monitor and motion smearing was on the whole difficult to detect, watching the movie was not a good experience.

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