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Just in time to completely blow away that puny flat screen you nabbed for your dorm room, LG has announced its 84-inch ultra high definition LCD TV is ready to ship in South Korea. The company put its first UHDTV up for pre-ordering last month, at a price of 25 million won, which currently converts to about $22,105 US. The 84LM9600 does 3D with LG’s Cinema 3D passive glasses technology, however its ultra high pixel count means you’re still watching in 1080p even with the resolution loss since it starts at 3,840 x 2,160, and also features “3D sound” with integrated 2.2 channel speakers.

The bad news of course is that finding actual 4K res content is practically impossible, despite recent work on standards and even some testing by broadcasters. Still, plug this into a BDP-S790 Blu-ray player, certain PS3 apps or just output the latest video you’ve shot and it should be worth the price of admission, assuming you’re one of the (presumably) well-heeled Korean VIP customers that managed to snag one so far. If you’re not then don’t worry — the press release (included after the break) reveals you’ll have your chance once they start shipping worldwide in September, we plan to get our eyes on a production model at IFA 2012 in Germany.

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4K, 84-inch ‘ultra’ HDTV from LG is ready to start shipping now in Korea, worldwide next month originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re just over two weeks away from Samsung unpacking its latest phone, with the company already pointing to a Galaxy Note successor. Well, here’s something to whet the appetites of anyone into big phones — Samsung’s new video teaser for its IFA show. Director Wim Wenders is involved in the trailer, talking up “all the things you can do in the blink on the eye, on such a small and light thing.” We also get a glimpse of the new stylus — but not much else. Take a look for yourself after the break.

[Thanks, Timothy]

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Samsung teases Galaxy Note II, ‘a small and light thing’ (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While most of the intrigue about Sony’s next tablet evaporated in a barrage of leaked slides, a few press renders offer us a closer look at the Tablet S replacement. Proudly emblazoned with the Xperia brand, the tablet steps closer to Sony’s smartphone family, with a texturized backing likely to keep fingertips happy. We’ve included a second picture after the break, showing that a substantial bezel is still part of the design and confirming that we’ll be playing with Android 4.0, if not Google’s very latest OS. XDA-developers has a few more images to show off at the link below.

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Sony Xperia tablet reappears in new photos, adds a few more details originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know it’s nearly time for IFA 2012 when Samsung starts sending out the Mobile Unpacked invites. The event, famous for launching the phablet-defining Galaxy Note just one year ago, is scheduled to take place on August 29th and should see the official unveiling of that smartphone inbetweener’s successor. Though leaked details of a Note sequel have been scarce, we do have one slight indicator of what’s to come: benchmarks for a mysterious GT-N7100. If those test results are to be believed, we could be in store for a device refresh that packs the same processing powers of the Galaxy S III — quad-core Exynos bumped to 1.6GHz and Mali 400 GPU — along with the OEM’s bevy of Smart functions and, most notably, a stylus upgrade. Of course, the company could very well have other surprises up its sleeve, but given its penchant for extensive security measures, we’ll just have to wait to find out.

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Save the date: Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 IFA event set for August 29th originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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