Internet multimedia refrigerator---

[thekingofpain]

(A must have item, as seen at Fry's electronics)

Watch the morning news, download recipes, send and receive e-mail, or leave video messages for your family with a refrigerator? You can if it's the LG Multi-Media Refrigerator. It combines leading-edge refrigerator technology with digital connectivity and control and brings you an unprecedented degree of convenience, quality, and coolness.

TV
Watch television on a brilliant 15.1" digital LCD monitor with remote control
Audio
Play music from hi-fi speakers and download MP3s or play radio from the Internet
Internet
Full functionality for e-mailing or web surfing
Photo Album
Take pictures with a built-in digital camera, then save or e-mail them
Messages
Instantly leave messages for family in text (via keyboard or electronic pen), video, or audio
Calendar
Keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, and after school activities
Cooking
Organize favorite recipes or surf for new ones on the Internet
Stored Food
Keep track of stored foods and monitor expiration dates
Management
Self-diagnostics detects and informs you of malfunctioning components

http://www.lgappliances.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?id=6

Approx $8000

[jman01pa]

This is cool. I am waiting for the Internet Multimedia Bathtub/shower combo with the life size plasma screen, 5.1 Dolby surround sound and whirlpool...

[Knothead]

Originally posted by jman01pa
This is cool. I am waiting for the Internet Multimedia Bathtub/shower combo with the life size plasma screen, 5.1 Dolby surround sound and whirlpool...

LOL, Jman! I can see the headlines now:

MAN EXPIRES IN BATHTUB WHILE NETSURFING

SAW "NO NEED TO GET OUT OF TUB", SAY FAMILY MEMBERS

[korgul]

Stored Food
Keep track of stored foods and monitor expiration dates

Jeez, I have enough problems programming the VCR. Now I gotta program the Fridge to.

Bet you could OC that sucker with out having to worry about temps.

[Theophylact]

A trifle more expensive than fridge magnets.

[jman01pa]

I am sure that it would get its share of spyware monitoring what you eat, drink, when you do these and so on...

[Solid Snake]

What a waste of effort, time and money. So basically it's a $2,000 refridgerator with a $800 computer in it that sells for $8000. Nice.

[ClubMed]

Thats a little too much IMO

[Brainchild]

Bet you could OC that sucker with out having to worry about temps.

LOL

[fosin]

I thought it was pretty neat.

They did a real good job on the guis for that thing. They are very nice and it's super simple to use. The guis actually run on top of a modified version of 98. There's a lot of safguards in case you hose something or a virus gets by their scanner. I think Samsung has/will have one also, but the reviews were better for this one. Supposedly, they will be adding home control to the next version and some of their other appliances. Should be nice...