LG CES press event liveblog

by John_A

We hope you like TVs, because we have a feeling LG’s got a lot of ‘em to show, including huge, 4K, curved affairs that we’ve already seen teased by the company in the run-up to CES. That’s not all, however, because the company is likely to show off some new audio hardware, possibly (finally?) a webOS TV too. We haven’t heard much in the way of mobile surprises, but hey, you never know. Join us at 8AM PST — we’ll be there, and we’ll even bring the coffee.

January 6, 2014 8:00:00 AM PST

And LG’s CES liveblog is starting!

I’ll be doing your text, while Mr. Michael Gorman is our camera guy.

We’re getting some profiles of LG execs. Hopefully all the new tech isn’t far behind. We’re still getting our camera setup, but expect some images very soon.

“With LG it’s all possible.”

We’ll be seeing more TVs (no surprise), the G Flex and (oh boy) webOS.

“Good morning CES!” John Taylor is here. “It’s all possible.”

William Cho the current president of LG USA, takes to the stage. He’s come from leading the company’s Canadian, Australian business.

We’re seeing a whistle-stop slideshow of all of LG’s electronics dabblings: TVs, home appliances, audio setups and mobile.

And we’re seeing LG’s Homechat, its integrated system that connects its smart appliances to your smart. “No longer do you need all those apps.”

A great speedy tour through what webOS will look like on LG’s TVs.

“webOS made it possible for us to really simple and improve the user experience.”

LG’s teamed up with Netflix. Reed Hastings has taken to the stage.

“The heritage of innovation is not for everybody. But let me tell you about LG…”

He’s explaining how LG developed its connected Blu-ray players, before we knew anyone would want it.

“It’s not enough that the TV is smart. It’s also got 4K native.”

Yep, webOS will be coming to pretty much all of LG’s 2014 TVs.

4K content from Netflix is coming this year.

But we knew that, right?

And he’s off.

“We’ve made significant advances with webOS, but we’re not done yet.”

“With LG it’s all possible.”

I think that might be their new motto.

Maybe.

Tim Alessi from LG Electronics USA is on stage. And he’s here to talk wearables.

So many wearables.

(I played with an early prototype of the Lifeband Touch at last year’s CES. It never appeared.)

There’s a touchscreen OLED display, and while it looks a whole lot like the FuelBand, it offers up a whole lot more data. You can see incoming calls and messages too, when linked to an Android phone.

Obviously a G Flex, right?

Next up, heart rate earphones. It’ll blast out both your music and fitness updates. Both wearables coming to the US in Spring.

LG’s Chromebase desktop PC is also coming to the US. Also coming in the Spring, but no word on a price. We’re aiming to see that IRL later today. It’s the first time that LG’s brought its PC line to the US.

LG’s audio range, which includes two new MESH network wireless speaker systems. Slightly Sonos sounding.

LG’s got two new sound bar models. 4.1 Surround sound and Bluetooth connectivity. “Superior audio quality and a clean natural sound.” Both a slender chrome-styled models, and well, looks like soundbars.