14 DAY TRIAL // Mirrors have been used as windows for a long time, two-way mirrors anyway, but LG decided to take the idea of mirrored glass panels a step further, inventing a display that acts as a mirror when turned off.
Featuring a diagonal of 55 inches, the screen's glass substrate reflects you and everything else, but does not impede images when they come to life on the screen.
Indeed, LG made it so that these traits come together in a new functionality, allowing you to take a picture of yourself, a 360-degree shot even.
Taking a picture of yourself and rotating it after you're done is possible too. It's like the ultimate photo booth.
After that, by means of a host of pop-up menus, it lets you, say, choose the clothes that best suit you, based on recommendations from designers who have loaded their catalogs into the system.
It's better than combing through online catalogs and getting misled by the models and mannequin shots.
Taking videos should be possible too, and there are other, more practical uses as well. LG isn't all about entertainment at this year's CES, it seems.
As long as you're not too averse to touching the mirror, you can use the integrated touch capabilities to display and set information like the calendar, appointments, etc.
Sadly, LG did not say what material the surface was made of, so we have no clue how well it holds up against smudges and fingerprints.
The company did reveal the resolution though (1920 x 1080 pixels, Full HD as it were) and the bezel width (15 mm, almost not there at all).
If LG does decide to market this thing, it probably won't happen in the near future. The second half of 2014 is more likely, though we could be wrong. CES 2014-revealed products’ ETAs have covered essentially the entire year.