LG To Show Largest LED Television, The LZ9700, At 2011 CES

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There will be no shortage of great things to see out of CES, and tops on my list of things I’d love to see myself is the current front runner for the title of “Largest LED Television”, a 72 inch monster from LG, the LZ9700, that sounds almost beautiful enough to make a home theater buff weep for the thought of it.

Okay, okay, so it’s not quite as great as the legendary Weird Al Yankovic song “Frank’s 2000 Inch TV” might suggest televisions can actually reach (when the day comes that such a television exists, I’ll likely vanish off the face of the earth for a couple weeks just to get better acquainted–that’s almost a 167 foot diagonal!), but there’s no doubt that a 72 inch LED is something to see.  You might think that a massive set like this would be blurry and jaggy like no tomorrow, but word is that that won’t be a problem with the addition of TruMotion 480Hz systems, internet connectivity with a set of partner apps ready to go, and 3D capability, though we don’t yet know if the glasses used with this will be active or passive.

Plus, LG’s mentioning its “Magic Motion Remote Control”, according to reports, though they’re not mentioning a whole lot about just what the thing actually does.  In fact, a good way to describe most of the features and capabilities of the LG LZ9700 is “we don’t yet know”. This makes some sense, given that they’re planning to show the thing off at CES–they’ve got to hold some stuff back for the show proper, you know–but it does leave us a bit flat-footed.

Start taking back all the horrible Christmas presents you got and save your cash, because this one’s going to be available the first quarter of next year, according to reports, and you’ll be able to check out incredible LED clarity at sizes that, until now, had never before existed.