It looks like the LW980S is not going to be LG’s flagship model for too long now. Reports suggest that the 55LM9600 was awarded with a “CES 2012 Innovations Award” and the news about the model got out before LG intended it to, via an “error”. The much awaited trade show is due in January, 2012 at Las Vegas, but the awards are already being presented to the winning products by the organizers. The CES awards are mainly given on the merits of innovation, more than anything else and in this respect, LG has been awarded three awards in the “Video Displays” section (out of a total of five) for its 55LM9600 (Nano Full LED Backlight), 55LM8600 (Edge LED) and 60PM9700 (Plasma 3D).
The news about the upcoming models may have leaked out but the technical specifications are not unfortunately; so for those, we will have to wait till January. Although the LW980S may lose its position as the flagship model for LG, the officials at LG have expressed ideas about continuing with the production of the LW980S as a separate series of their HDTV collection.
Since the sales of Google TV devices have not exactly been ideal, it seems that LG is one of Google’s next bet. Things went particularly bad when the Logitech Revue did not perform or was sold as expected, and the fact that Logitech also mentioned that it was a poor judgment on their part to invest in Google TV, did not help either. The word is that LG will showcase a HDTV in January, 2012 at the CES in Las Vegas, which will be designed especially with Google TV in mind. This however is unofficial news, but the venture would make LG the third partner for Google TV along with Samsung and Vizio.
