LG newest television is a 325-inch LED TV

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If you are one of the super-rich looking for an alternative to Samsung's The Wall, LG offers an option. The company recently launched a Direct View LED (DVLED) Extreme Home Cinema line that comes in sizes as "small" as 81 inches to the gigantic, billboard-worthy 325-inch setup. It relies on the same concept as The Wall, using millions of LED diodes (ranging from two million to 33 million) to offer a complete picture in customized shapes.

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Xiaomi launches a see-through TV

Chinese tech company Xiaomi might not have a significant presence on this side of the globe, but its new television is too eye-catching not to share. Or rather should we talk about what we can't see? The company unveiled a transparent TV in time for its 10th-anniversary celebration. The Mi TV Lux OLED Transparent Edition looks just like a piece of glass when it's turned off. And when it's turned on, Xiaomi claims the images will look like it's floating in thin air.

Engadget believes the 55-inch transparent OLED panel is based on LG's 55-inch transparent 55EW5TF-A display, which has the same 120Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and 10-bit colour depth. The Mi TV Lux OLED will go on sale in China on August 16 for 49,999 yuan (around CA$9,555). It's unlikely that Xiaomi will sell the TV here, but we couldn't pass up on a chance to talk about unusual tech.

Canadian government wants to ‘unbundle’ cable and satellite channels

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The government wants to give its citizens the ability to buy channels on an a la carte basis, according to a report on The Verge. 

Industry Minister James Moore said on an interview, "We don't think it's right for Canadians to have to pay for bundled television channels that they don't watch. We want to unbundle television channels and allow Canadians to pick and pay the specific television channels that they want."