LG 55LH95 and 55LH93 Wireless LED-Backlit HDTVs

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The realms of wireless and high-definition are about to get a lot closer in the very near future. At least they will if Korean electronics giant LG has anything to say about it. The ability to beam true HD images through the air has been the stuff of dweeb dreams for years. With the best option being the use of yet another cable (HDMI), you just couldn’t get away from the tether. Get ready to break those chains that bind.

LG recently announced the addition of two 55-inch LED HDTVs to its already stellar product lineup. Set to launch into the Korean market this summer, LGs two new backlit LED HDTVs dubbed the 55LH95 and 55LH93 are packing more than pixels. Both sets have dropped some serious weight, slimming down to a svelte 24.8 millimeters. And from the standpoint of LEDs there’s no shortage here. Each set is crammed with a grand total of 3,360 LEDs – a number that LG claims is around seven times that used in most edge-lit LED TVs. If that’s not enough to get you drooling, there’s also a 5,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 240Hz refresh rate.

But the coolest feature of these bad boys is an uber-brilliant wireless technology that allows you to beam true high-def signals to the set from across the room. Using a proprietary system devised by the engineers at LG, the feature will give you the ability to receive 1080p resolution HD signal information that’s transmitted from a DVD player or gaming console without cables. I’m not sure that I actually believe that this is happening, because it simply sounds too good to be true.

With North American and European release dates pending, we’ll just have to wait. Rumor has it that pricing for the sets will be in the neighborhood of $5,000/3,000GBP and that smaller 47″ versions are in the works.