Iron Man is proud to endorse LG's VX9400 mobile phone

iron-man-lg-phones.jpgIron Man and his female love interest will send each other important text messages using LG mobile phones in the forthcoming blockbuster, after LG revealed it’s done the deal to fill the movie with its products.

Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Gywneth Paltrow’s Pepper will each use an LG model – with the VX9400 TV phone and the company’s KS20 Windows Mobile smartphone getting the nod…

CES 2008: LG announces plethora of LCD and Plasma screens, wheels out Mark Levinson

mark-levinson.jpgIt wasn’t all grim at LG however, admittedly. There was a bit of a ‘sleb cameo (for audiophiles, anyway), with Mark Levinson (pictured), founder of Mark Levinson Audio Systems, who specialise in ultra high-end digital audio processors, amps and sources.

Plus, as you’d expect with any consumer tech show, they announced a bunch of new LCD and Plasma TVs, with all 1080p flat panel screens being ISF-ready, and most being THX certified.

There’ll be four new product series and eight new models in terms of Plasmas alone, with six of the models walloping us with full 1080p viewing. Beautiful.

The PG 70 series will be this year’s flagship series, with full HD and free of wires. The PG 60 will apparently have a ‘vanishing edge’ design…

CES 2008: LG conference's big announcement? MPH, Mobile TV

howard-l-lance.jpgIt’s true. We sat through half an hour of statistics and sales hype, all expecting the third gen Super Blu player or something as exciting (or even an indication on what direction they feel their multi-format players are going, after the possible death of HD DVD). But no. Perhaps they canned their big next fence sittin’ multi-player and had to fill the hour with drivel about mobile TV.

But us Brits have seen mobile TV on our handsets for a few years now, with network providers offering it for awhile, albeit…

LG Video Media Talent Award: extended until January 1st!


Just as we closed our competition, we suddenly got a huge influx of entries and requests from readers, asking whether they could enter! Lazy sods.

So, if you’re a lazy sod too, who’s been too busy feasting on mince pies and egg nog instead of filming us a brilliant video, showing off your TV presenter or video-editing skills, then you’ll be tickled pink to hear we’ve extended…