Check out the impossibly thin bezel on LG's LM8600 TV

LG has a number of new features in 2012--namely the upgraded Magic Motion remote,

non-existent bezels and 3D gaming--all of which reside in the new LM8600 LCD.

As we predicted, slim bezels are in this year and the LM8600-- part of LG's Cinema Screen range--features a bezel

less than 5mm thin. While some reports have it at 1mm, LG has confirmed to CNET that the edge-lit LED Cinema

Screen bezels are all 5mm; that 1mm bezel is reserved for the company's OLED TV.

LG was one of the first companies outside of Apple to use a one-sheet- of-glass design and even claims that Sony

borrowed its designs. It' s not a stretch to say the LM8600 , with its thin bezel and metal ribbon stand, is one of the

most beautiful TVs the company has announced.

The TV is an edge-lit LED model and features both passive Cinema 3D and LG's new Dual Play mode for split-screen

gaming.

The TV offers an upgraded Smart TV package with Netflix, Hulu Plus, VUDU and a new 3D Zone. The onboard web

browser is designed to offer an enhanced Web browsing experience with support for HTML 5 and Flash. Like many

of this year's TVs the LM8600 includes onboard wi-fi .

First PCs, then mobile and now TVs: all have succumbed to the "dual- processor=more better" marketing ploy, and

LG makes much of the fact the TV features an LG Dual Core chipset. Just don't ask us what speed the processor is,

we don't care. It's a television!

The processor is needed though, LG says, for the voice navigation technology inside the "4- mode" remote. Those

four modes are "Voice Recognition" via the onboard mic, a mousing "Wheel" for scrolling, "Pointing" like you'd do

with a wand, and "Magic Gesture" which uses pointing for Apple-like gestures. LG also offers a three- mode remote

on other models in the range that does not include voice recognition.

As devices like the Galaxy S II and the Roku dongle proliferate, users will have need for the TV's Mobile HD Link

(MHL) port, consumers can connect, control and charge compatible devices.

LG LM8600 series features:

Edge-lit LCD TV

3D compatible

2D- to-3D conversion

4-mode Magic Motion remote with voice control

Dual Play gaming mode

5mm bezel

Flash and HTML 5 Web browser

Built-in Wi-Fi

LG LM8600 series models:

47LM8600, 47-inch; price and availability TBD

55LM8600, 65-inch; price and availability TBD

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