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LGenius is a division of LG created to push the boundaries of imagination. Our first mission: to take TV to the next level. And since we believe that products should be designed around people's needs, we want your help. On this site you can contribute your ideas on how we can improve TV. You can also comment on the ideas of others or just explore. And as an added incentive, the best ideas will win a brand new LG TV. Life's Good. But together, we can make it even better.
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Maximum Volume Control
Author: JohnWMany families need a maximum volume control / volume limiter for many reasons, usually to keep the kids from blasting you out, or disturbing the neighbours. The same control is often needed for elderly relatives with failing hearing who keep blasting out the neighbours without realising it. Hotel
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On the Fly
Author: shahidv31.I would like to see a TV where can i store the information such as important reminders say friends marriage anniversary or dog's birthday. 2.There should be way where can i save the videos/pictures/data that is currently playing/shown on the TV, this needs to be seamless and I should be able to re
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Web/email address detector
Author: thandomasukuMany companies advertise their website addresses on tv adverts, however viewers cant always write down or remember these addresses. Imagine a tv that detects web and email addresses and them displays them on a preset channel on the tv with the date and time the address was displayed.
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TV Tracker
Author: thandomasukuIts game over for LCD thieves. What about a tv with built in gps. Should the TV get stolen, the owner simply calls the LG customer centre and the tv can be traced. It can also be preset that it alerts the owner via cellphone as soon as the tv moves from its current location. This information can be
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Future TV with Convergence
Author: seshakiranI was thinking if there could be some device that I can use as my mobile phone, my TV projector, my PDA etc. You can say all in one. Literally. Imagine a device (I would not know what to call it yet) being docked to your home STB sitting at home. STB is a tiny device that de-scrambles the signal wh
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Picture in picture multiple chanels
Author: ctbeiserWhat if, when you switched chanels to avoid an ad break, you could have your other channel in the corner so you could see whether the ad break was over yet?
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Buildin mediacenter extender
Author: mhtsmeetsWhy not build in a Windows Media Center Extender, to collaborate with Windows Vista Media Center, or Windows 7. The XBOX360 as extender makes a lot of noise, is a seperate device and (again!) another remote control.
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No-Ad TV
Author: gardenplantWhenever you're watching a TV programme and the adverts come on the screen goes blank and starts playing your favourite playlists from your ipod either wirelessly connected to your ipod or your TV has an internal memory of 1gb dedicated to this feature which you can upload your songs wirelessly or v
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See through TV
Author: gardenplantA window-like TV. The TV consists of a see through glass pane. The frame work around the see-through glass pane contains the projector(s), which projects through the length of the glass pane exiting organic light emitting diodes (oled) throughout the glass pane to produce a picture. Commercial uses
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Mobile Phone Control
Author: dangerdjCreate an application that will recognise your mobile phone and allow it to control the TV via bluetooth. Ideal for iPhone but could be used with any Bluetooth enabled mobile device.
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Slide TV
Author: whatsinanameThis is more of a installation idea than something within the TV. A rod curves from floor to ceiling and the TV is fixed on a sliding system on the rod. So, suppose the TV is in your bedroom, if you want to watch it sitting up you can have the TV in front of you on the wall, if you want to watch it
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Gesture Based Controls - No More Lost Remotes!
Author: illuminerdiIt's simple, really: what if gestures with your hands could perform basic-to-moderate level television controls? What if it could control all of them? No special hardware or gloves required, everything is gestural. All you need are hands. Simply perform a starting gesture to get the TV to recogn
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LG TV dual monitor
Author: SUNhow about making your TV having dual monitor. one is for watching TV as it does, the other one is for enjoying internet.
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Doable 3D TV
Author: Putz1103Since Lazer TV is exactly like rear projection TV in that there is a single source, why not put an alternating polarizing filter on that source so that the output shows two pictures alternatingly that, with polarized (circular preferably) glasses, you can have 3D TV? Directly compatible with RealD
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NO standby
Author: divergavWhen you hit the off button of the TV is goes off - not onto standby. That way you cannot level it on sucking electricity accidentally or not. Save electricity, svaes money and makes LG a leader in the environmental energy field.
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universal remote phone
Author: mccreationwhat if your phone could also be your home device remote control? change tv channel, control dvd player,....since we always have our phone with us amd i tend to have far too many remote control, a good function would be to create an even more integrated device
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Customisalbe TV
Author: mhtsmeetsWith a (wireless) internet connection on the TV, and a webportal accessable with a computer, you can build your own 'startpage' like symbaloo or igoogle. You create your own fiield of interest, and in combination witch EPG it is possible to select your interest in news, and the TV selects transmitti
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Remoteless
Author: mhtsmeetsUse voice and/or motion to control the primairy functions of TV, such as volume, channel switch, on/off. A little webcam in the TV with microphone.
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AIO multimedia integrated Smart TV with Smart Remote
Author: jonaseUltimately this TV makes the "dumb" "picture box" obsolete as it is essentially a computing media center with integrated WiFi that comes with a Software Development Kit (SDK) much like the iPhone so that third party developers can add periferal functionality. For example, if your cell phone rings w
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EYEZ TV
Author: junaizbmEYEZ TV screens allows watching TV with shut eyes. These will be tiny TV screens which will be worn just like a contact lens. It doesn’t matter to the lens whether your eyes are open or shut, You will just pop it in your eye in the morning and take it out at the end of the day. It sounds like sc
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Personal Vision Glasses
Author: POSmegWhen there are multiple TV viewers in the same room that all want to watch something different, the TV screen can transmit several channels at the same time. Each viewer then wears a pair of glasses that filters out all of the channels that they don't want, leaving them with the channel that they d
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3D TV
Author: PaulWell what if instead of just looking at a box on the wall, why not have a 3D holographic projection coming out of a coffee table for example, like in Star Wars, you could also make it interactive for example say if you put a cup of coffee down on the table it can tell you if it starts to get cold, o
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Scented TV
Author: gsaliniThe TV gives off the smell of the area on displayed on the TV, for example, if you were watching a film and there's a scene in a sewer, you would be able to smell it. Of course this should be able to be turned on and off.
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Body remote
Author: GHstudentWhy not place an eyetoy or webcam in TVs that can detect motion in different directions, then let a viewer use their arms to change the channels and the volume etc through a display on the TV?
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advert channel switching
Author: caykyou know when adverts start rolling half way your favorite TV show and you dont want to sit and endure those annoying 'buy me' shows, so you turn over and you're distracted by annother show? and then you suddenly remember that you were watching something but when you turn back you've missed alot! do
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Volume Detection
Author: thgrt0Say your watching the TV and suddenly someone decides to Vacuum up the living room, your left looking for the remote trying to turn it higher than the Vacuum. Well with Volume Detection as soon as something else makes a loud constant noise, perhaps for more than five seconds your TV detects that vol
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TVR
Author: KENAEDAa built in hard drive to record content from any input. Why not make it customer upgradeable? If you use up one, pop another in! It could be proprietary, LG branded hard drives. Also built in media server that connects to pc or mac with a usb hub. No boot disc required, the drivers are on the hub.
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Wifi TV
Author: bradelayHave the TV capable of using wifi so that your TV can "talk" to other devices in your home wirelessly i.e PC's, Mac's, PS3, Xbox 360, Bluray Players, DVD players, HIFI's, etc... The TV will need to come with it's own little range of "wifi dongle" type gadgets that recieve and send signals from the a
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Have a "Weblink" button on Remote
Author: bradelayA TV that has the ability to surf the internet. On the TV's remote control have a keyboard...and a "LINK" button to take you to the programme/advert you are watching online to see more info...like browse facts about your advert/programe on Wikipedia or take you directly to the programme's/advert's w
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Split TV
Author: bradelayWhen a partner wants to play a video game and the other wants to watch their favourite program.... The Tv has a function to go Split-Screen, so one can play PS3 (or other device or watch DVD or separate TV channel) using a set of wireless headphones that come provided with the LG TV and the other ca
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Control Glove
Author: ollyallyGloves, they cover your hands and keep them warm. Hands, they are the main physical tool of your day-to-day life they can do many things. How about a TV controlling glove? it could respond to small, or large movements in the wrist and fingers, flicking through channels, looking at photos, practical
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Logo-away
Author: dymasI think a kind of 'Logo-Away'-feature would be nice for plasma-tvs. Just like popular mediaplayers are doing it. A simple square, adjustable in size, moveable anywhere on the screen. Everything in the square is 'washed' and transparent. If the TV remembers the setting for each channel, any logo burn
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LG Multi
Author: KezzaFirst the problem: my husband currently has to record programmes from the TV on to his dvd recorder. Then he has to convert the programme on his laptop into a format supported by his PSP. Then he has to transfer it on to a memory card/stick so that he can watch it. The solution? Why can't a TV had
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pointy vision
Author: shockingshaunHave internet access on your television with full broadband and download capabilities. By using the same technology as the wii games system to manipulate a pointer on the screen that can detect movement in three dimensions a person could have complete control of not only an onscreen keyboard but als
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Fast Zapping
Author: spinusorinRight now, for all LG LCD Tv's zapping is very anoing because the fact that changing channels to an LG LCD TV take too much time (1-2 sec betwen chanels). My proposal is to have button on the remote for fast zapping or a secial function in the menu that when is activated will split the display in 2
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Blue Board
Author: osofastBlue Tooth capability with a blue tooth keyboard. Share data between storage devices and allow a keyboard for youtube searching and Yahoo usage.
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Automatic volume adjustment when phone rings
Author: jaydee97If you're watching TV and the home phone rings, you end up hunting round for the remote to turn the TV down while the phone's still ringing, or answering the phone and rushing off to another room so you can actually hear the other person. Speaking to someone on the phone while the telly's blaring aw
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Media streaming and Wireless connectivity
Author: goatanI would like to see a TV that includes a wireless internet connection and a transcoder built into it, with a built in media player. This would allow you to stream movies, music and internet feeds (eg youtube or iplayer) direct to your television from your computer, laptop or even smart phone. The
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Remote Wizard
Author: shockingshaunIve always found that losing the remote can be very annoying especially when your favourite program is about to start.This need never be the case with Remote Wizard, simply go up to your television set and if the remote hasnt already been placed inside the recharging holder that removes the need to
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"What's on that I like" button
Author: EngineerThe TV records the amount of time that the owners have spent watching each program over a rolling 4 week period. The remote control has two new buttons - What's on now / What's on later. When you press either, the TV scans the EPG and presents a list of all programmes which are running / about to st
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Clean box
Author: rashdownI am a dad of 3 kids and want to clean up the shows we watch. It appears that all profanity filter company's either have gone out of business or are building them into dvd players, not a bad idea but they don't filter other things such as cable or satellite. My idea is why not get this technology
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picture vision
Author: shockingshaunBluetooth TV that can recieve photos and videos from your mobile to create an album. tv can incorporate an edit function to crop amnd change to create the perfect television album
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Future saver
Author: shockingshaunGive people especially the young the chance and the encouragment to turn their televisions off and not onto standby when they have finished doing their small part for the environment while at the same time rewarding them and giving them the opportunity to save and buy future LG products. By using a
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Auto translator and dubber
Author: SuperGirlPreprocess the audio from the tv programme, use easily available voice recognition to retrieve any speech and translate it using one of the many available translation systems. Google have a great new translation api. This translated text could then, at the very least, be output as subtitles. More
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