LG Introduces New Line of Environment Friendly Single Commercial Air Conditioners

In technology, being a market leader entails continuous development. It means always aiming higher and looking for areas for improvement, all with the end goal of offering something better for customers. As one of the global pioneers of air conditioning innovation, LG continues to pave the way with industry-leading technology while providing real-world solutions at the same time.

With the brand’s newest single commercial air conditioner lineup, LG addresses the question of leaving a better carbon footprint. As businesses recognize their responsibility to the environment, the eco-conscious initiatives need to be more proactive. LG’s new air-conditioners use R32, which is environment friendly and classified as a highly efficient ‘Go Green’ refrigerant. Its global warming potential is significantly lower than R410A and also helps minimize ozone layer depletion.

Aside from the addition of the green R32 refrigerant, LG’s single commercial air conditioners also offer industry-leading HVAC technology. These use LG’s tried and tested 5-step air purification process, which removes invisible, ultra fine dust, odor, and germs to ensure a clean and healthy living environment. Routine maintenance is also made easy thanks to a one-touch air cleaning filter.

The ceiling mounted 4-way cassette also offers a Human Detecting On / Off Learning Operation System that automatically senses if a person is in the vicinity and turns the units on and off as needed, saving energy. The independent vane operation feature uses 4 separate motors, making it possible to control all four vanes independently. The independent control provides optimal comfort for each user, whether indirect or direct flow is needed. Panel installation is also a breeze, making it easy to set-up and repair.

Ceiling mounted 4-way Cassette

For the smaller ceiling mounted 1-way cassette, the comfort air feature provides two vane angles that can be controlled in 6 steps from 20˚ to 70˚, depending on the indoor environment and personal preference. The wind is discharged evenly up, down, left, and right automatically, so there is no cooling blind spot. Its design is slim and compact, making installation possible even in small and narrow spaces.

Ceiling mounted 1-way Cassette

LG’s round cassette is a marvel. Its slim and compact design, which won a Red Dot Award and a PIN UP Design Award, hides clunky parts into a smooth surface to provide harmony and aesthetic. It uses a 6-step vane control for cool and warm airflow in every direction, compared to other brands which only use 3. Thanks to its design, it has a circular airflow that eliminates blindspots. Its air purification function purifies indoor air by a 3 phase filter. Each filter can be reused just by washing without replacement. Also, it is easy to check air quality status with several devices.

Round Cassette

These air conditioners also take advantage of LG’s AI technology. With the smart remote control, you can access your air conditioner anytime and from anywhere using smart devices such as Android or iOS based smartphones and voice commands via Google assistant. Smart functionality helps with maintenance and repairs as well. LGMV (Monitoring View) helps engineers to inspect and monitor the air conditioning unit easily. A technician can check the cycle information with diagrams and graphs, and also easily check the error status and take action immediately.

With LG, you can make the switch to an eco-friendly HVAC solution without any compromises. For more details, visit www.lg.com/ph.

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Netflix Shows this February 2023

Love is around the corner in Netflix's February 2023 offerings including Valentine's Day treats Your Place or Mine, a new rom-com starring Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher; new seasons / episodes of You and Love is Blind; An Inconvenient Love starring Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan; and Indonesian YA rom-com Dear David.

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher in Your Place or Mine

DonBelle in An Inconvenient Love

Other premieres to check out include Outer Banks: Season 3, Class (the Indian adaptation of hit Spanish series Élite), Aggretsuko: Season 5, Korean film Unlocked, We Have a Ghost (starring David Harbour, Jennifer Coolidge and Anthony Mackie), and Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Season 5.

We Have a Ghost

For the full list of new shows and movies and their schedules, you may click here.

All dates are subject to change without prior notice.

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LG Showcases Its Latest Display Solutions Under the Theme of "Life, Be Bloomed" at ISE 2023

LG’s Advanced Display Innovations, including 8K Micro LED, Feature in Interactive Exhibit Along with Immersive Media Art and Digitalized Spaces for Diverse Industries

LG Electronics (LG) is presenting its cutting-edge digital signage solutions at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2023, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain today. The company’s full range of display solutions – including Micro LED displays, Transparent OLED Signage, and LED displays – is exhibited across a number of digitalized spaces demonstrating use cases and applications for different industries, including retail, corporate, education and hospitality.

Adopting the theme of Life, Be Bloomed for this year’s ISE, LG is presenting innovative display solutions that offer a world of possibilities and the power to make life better, each and every day. Visitors to the company’s booth will be able to experience solutions created to foster better business communications, solutions that deliver clear visibility and integrate seamlessly in various commercial environments, and solutions that can convey the emotion and dynamism of stunning digital artworks in a whole new way.

The massive 272-inch LG MAGNIT 8K Micro LED (model LSAB007) is making its debut at ISE with a truly jaw-dropping display – both in scale and in picture quality. The enormous Micro LED leverages millions of self-emissive micrometer-scale pixels to create images of exceptional vibrancy and depth, while its 8K resolution (7,680 x 4,320) delivers razor-sharp detail.

LG MAGNIT 8K offers impressive color consistency and a wide viewing angle. This remarkable display solution will mesmerize visitors to the company’s booth, enthralling them with exclusive 8K footage that captures the beauty and majesty of the natural world. With its huge size and superb picture quality, LG MAGNIT is an excellent solution for showcasing media art in public spaces, and for use in building control rooms, boardrooms, and corporate and hotel lobbies.

Another spectacular sight for visitors, LG’s 8K Micro LED synchronizes with 56 Transparent OLED Signage (model 55EW5G-V) displays, covering both sides of the LG exhibition hall’s entrance, to create an incredibly immersive media art experience. The captivating display setup transports visitors into a world of color and wonder – a world brought to life by the company’s cutting-edge display technologies.

At ISE 2023, LG is also showcasing its solutions for virtual production studios for the very first time. A virtual production studio allows content creators to shoot live-action footage against a fully digital backdrop, which is made by displaying virtual scenery on a series of seamlessly connected LED screens. LG and its professional partners, including Mo-Sys and ARRI, , will be showing visitors how a virtual production studio works – and how it can be used for entertainment applications, such as film and TV, and for corporate in-house broadcasting – and introducing LG’s LED displays and related solutions.

At the center of LG’s booth is the eye-catching Floating CUBE LED, an LED sculpture that creatively combines four 2K LED displays (model LSCB012). Based on Tensegrity, a structural principle of tensional integrity, the CUBE presents strikingly three-dimensional anamorphic digital art that moves and flows across the displays’ surfaces. LG’s fine-pitch LED displays provide lifelike picture quality, while the seamless 90-degree corner design of the CUBE installation enhances the sense that one is looking at real, 3D objects inside an actual, physical space.

Additionally, LG is introducing its new digital learning solution, LG CreateBoard (model TR3DK), at ISE 2023. An Interactive Digital Board designed to engage, inform and inspire students, and encourage greater collaboration, the new model provides LG CreateBoard Lab for content creating and writing, and LG CreateBoard Share for wireless content and screen sharing. Also on show is LG ConnectedCare DMS, a cloud-based device management solution for schools and other learning environments that enables the remote management of multiple displays.

As part of its comprehensive exhibit, LG is presenting convenient cloud-based management solutions tailored to the needs of diverse industries; including retail, corporate, education, and hospitality. LG Pro:Cloud is a cloud platform for accessing LG’s content management solutions (CMS), including Pro:Centric Cloud (hospitality) and SuperSign Cloud, while LG ConnectedCare is a remote management solution that makes it possible to monitor signages, check energy usage and adjust display brightness via the integrated Energy Dashboard.

Also on full display at ISE 2023 is LG’s ongoing commitment to sustainability. Embracing the company’s ‘Better Life for All’ vision, the latest B2B solutions from LG offer energy efficiency, reduced resource consumption, increased recyclability and enhanced accessibility.2 In the ESG zone, visitors can explore innovations such as cloud-based smart energy management solutions that help to reduce power consumption and 4K UHD signage (model UL3J-EP), featuring components partially made from recycled plastic, and check out the LG Kiosk, which promotes digital inclusion with a tactile keypad for the visually impaired.

“At ISE 2023, LG is demonstrating how its display solutions can add value in practically any commercial sector, or area of your life, you care to name,” said Paik Ki-mun, senior vice president and head of the Information Display business unit of LG Electronics Business Solutions Company. “Far more than just screens for presenting content, our display solutions can help you connect, create, communicate and collaborate – expanding and digitalizing your daily experience in a host of convenient, new ways.”

Visitors to ISE 2023 can find LG’s booth in Hall 3 (Stand 3K 200) of Fira Barcelona’s Gran Via conference center. To learn more about LG’s digital signage solutions at ISE 2023, please visit www.lg-informationdisplay.com/ise2023. You may also check out LG’s commercial display solutions, by visiting https://www.lg.com/us/business/commercial-displays. You may also follow LG’s social media pages on Facebook (@LGPhilippines) and Instagram (@lgphilippines)

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ZTE Releases New G5 Series Servers To Boost Digital Economy

Figure 1 - ZTE released five types of servers, including the 5200 G5 high-density server, R5300 G5 full-scenario universal server, R5500 G5 mass storage server, R6500 G5 heterogeneous computing power server, and R8500 G5 high-performance server.

ZTE Corporation, a global leading provider of information and communication technology solutions, recently launched the fourth-generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor (Sapphire Rapids)-based G5 series servers in Beijing.

A company committed to boosting the digital economy, ZTE released five types of servers, including the 5200 G5 high-density server, R5300 G5 full-scenario universal server, R5500 G5 mass storage server, R6500 G5 heterogeneous computing power server, and R8500 G5 high-performance server.

The new G5 series servers support liquid cooling heat dissipation. They possess high-density computing power, flexible expansion, heterogeneous computing power, mass storage, stability, and reliability, which will provide more powerful computing power for the development of the digital economy.

Extreme Performance, Powerful Computing Power
ZTE's G5-Series servers adopt the latest Intel® Xeon® fourth-generation scalable processors with up to 120 cores in 2 sockets, providing powerful computing power support. The servers have high memory bandwidth design with 32 DDR5 memory slots. The highest rate is up to 4800MT/s, and bandwidth performance is promoted by 50%. The servers support Intel® Optane™ persistent memory 300 series (Crow Pass). The new PCIe 5.0 improves bandwidth by 150% and provides powerful hardware acceleration capabilities.

Specifically, ZTE's R6500 G5 heterogeneous computing power server has a built-in 10-20 computing intelligent acceleration engine. According to different application scenarios, it can flexibly schedule various computing power resources to achieve the best combination of computing power, such as CPU + GPU and CPU + GPU + DPU, to meet the requirements of various computing power scenarios such as AI and supercomputing.

Meanwhile, the new G5-series servers can be flexibly expanded. For instance, the R5300 G5 provides a maximum of forty-one 2.5" disk positions or twenty 3.5" disk positions and four 2.5" disk positions and provides high-speed I/O interfaces. It is designed based on hardware modularization and software platforms, which is configured as required to meet differentiated requirements in different application scenarios. In addition, the customized R5300 G5 server can be designed to meet different customer requirements and meet different application scenarios.

Rapid Growth for Digitalized Transformation of Thousands of Industries
Guo Shubo, Deputy General Manager of Server and Storage product line at ZTE, said: "With the rapid development of the digital economy, the computing power scale has also increased rapidly in recent years. ZTE, the fastest growing server manufacturer in China in the past three years has deployed its server and storage products in 40+ countries and regions around the world, covering communications, Internet, finance, power, government, transportation, and other industries."

Figure 2 - Guo Shubo, Deputy General Manager of Server and Storage product line at ZTE, said:
"With the rapid development of the digital economy, the computing power scale has also increased rapidly in recent years.

Mr. Wan Min, ZTE Philippines President, anticipates that the new servers will be a boon for Philippine businesses. “As one of the worldwide leaders in the digital economy, we believe that these new servers will help facilitate and improve the digital transformation of numerous Philippine companies. The powerful G5 servers are reliable, stable, and cost-effective, making it the perfect choice for any industry.”

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LG’S Newest Innovations Receive Record Number of Awards at CES 2023

LG Continues Long-Standing History of Honors at World's Preeminent

Consumer Technology Show With More Than 220 Awards & Accolades

Making a triumphant return at this year’s CES®, LG Electronics (LG) took home its most awards ever compared to previous years – with more than 220 recognitions honoring top innovations across its home appliance and home entertainment categories.

Among the top honors received by LG at CES 2023 was the coveted Engadget Best of CES Award in the Best Home Theater Tech category for its groundbreaking LG SIGNATURE OLED M (model M3) – the world’s first wireless OLED TV with Zero Connect technology.

With 2023 marking the 10th anniversary of LG’s revolutionary OLED TV, the global leader in OLED technology continued its dominance at CES, taking home the industry's top awards and honors for its latest OLED TV lineup including the aforementioned LG OLED M3 and LG OLED evo G3 and C3. The LG OLED evo G3 features up to a 70 percent increase in brightness versus last year’s models. The 97-inch LG SIGNATURE OLED M3 (the M3 model also available in 83- and 77-inch screen sizes) is considered the next step in the evolution of OLED TV technology and was honored by major tech publications including CNET, Digital Trends, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, WIRED, The Verge, USA Today, PCMag and Mashable. The new LG G3 series OLED TV featuring “evo” technology was also applauded by TechCrunch, CNET, Tom’s Guide, Reviewed and BGR. PCMag additionally highlighted the innovative LG gram Ultraslim in its Best of CES 2023 noting the laptop’s lightweight mobility.

LG also garnered accolades from top publications such as The Wall Street Journal, CNET, The Washington Post, WIRED, Good Housekeeping, Tom’s Guide and PCMag for its new refrigerator with MoodUP™ technology. The cutting-edge home appliance was widely recognized for being one of the most exciting products of CES 2023 due to its tech-forward customization with LED door panels that offer 190,000 color options along with an integrated Bluetooth speaker.

LG’s newest ARTCOOL™ Gallery residential air conditioner also received significant attention for its sleek design with LCD panel and took home a Best of CES award from TechRadar and Best Innovative Products from CES 2023 from Business Insider. LG’s PuriCare™ Aero Furniture, which combines the benefits of sleek home furnishing and advanced air purification, was honored by PC Mag (Best Smart Home Tech of CES) and Reviewed (CES 2023 Editors' Choice Award) for its ability to conceal high-end air purification tech with futuristic, colorful end tables that include mood lighting and a wireless charger surface.

From the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) CES Innovation Award program alone, LG won 25 CES Innovation Awards including three Best of Innovation Awards given to LG Transparent OLED Screen, LG OLED Flex and LG’s 65-inch UltraFine Display OLED Pro.

Highlights from LG’s 220 awards and recognitions earned at CES 2023 include:

LG SIGNATURE OLED M (97-inch M3) Wireless TV
· CNET: Best of CES 2023 – Best of Show
· Digital Trends: Top Tech of CES 2023 Awards
· Engadget: Best of CES 2023 - Best Home Theater
· PCMag: Best of CES 2023
· Reviewed: CES Editors' Choice Awards 2023
· TechRadar: Best Gadgets of CES 2023 – Best TV Innovation
· The Washington Post: Best and Strangest Tech of CES 2023
· Tom’s Guide: Best of CES 2023 Awards – Best in Show

LG gram Laptops
· CNET: Best Laptops CES 2023 Has to Offer
· Laptop Mag: Best of CES 2023
· PCMag: Best of CES 2023
· PCWorld: Best Laptops from CES 2023
· TechRadar: Best Laptops at CES 2023
· Tom’s Guide: Best Laptops of CES 2023
· WIRED: Best of CES 2023

LG OLED Flex
· Digital Trends: Best Gaming Monitors of CES 2023
· PC World: Best Monitors of CES 2023
· TWICE: TWICE 2023 Picks Awards – CES 2023

LG UltraGear OLED Gaming Monitor
· PC World: Best Monitors of CES 2023
· Wirecutter: Best of CES 2023
· TWICE: TWICE CES 2023 Picks Awards

LG Refrigerator with MoodUP™ Technology
· CNET: The Wildest Tech at CES 2023, 9 Weirdest Gadgets at CES 2023, Best Smart Kitchen Tech
· Good Housekeeping: Editor’s Choice – CES 2023, CES 2023 Top Picks
· Now This News: Some of the Best Products from CES 2023
· PCMag: Best of CES 2023
· Reviewed: CES Editors' Choice Awards 2023
· The Wall Street Journal: Cool, Crazy and Cute Tech – CES 2023
· The Washington Post: Best and Strangest Tech of CES 2023, Best of CES 2023
· Tom’s Guide: Best of CES 2023 Awards – Best Appliance
· The National News: Best, Quirkiest Innovations at CES 2023
· Gear Patrol: Best Home Gadgets of CES 2023

LG InstaView ® Counter-Depth French Door Refrigerator
· BestProducts.com: Best of CES Home Appliances – Best Large Appliance

LG PuriCare™ Aero Furniture
· Reviewed: CES Editors' Choice Awards 2023
· TWICE: TWICE Picks Awards – CES 2023
· PCMag: Best Smart Home Tech of CES 2023

LG ARTCOOL™ Gallery Residential Air Conditioner
· TechRadar: Best of CES 2023
· Business Insider: Best Innovative Products from CES 2023
· Gadget Flow: CES 2023 Favorites
· Yanko Design: Best of CES 2023

LG Styler™ ShoeCase
· Digital Trends: The Most Curious Gadgets at CES 2023

LG Styler™ ShoeCare
· CNET: 9 Weirdest Gadgets at CES 2023
· Digital Trends: The Most Curious Gadgets at CES 2023

For more information on LG's CES 2023 awards and honors and additional information about LG's products announced at CES, please visit LG Newsroom.

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I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY movie review

For our first movie of the year, it's nothing but the biopic of one of the greatest voices in entertainment -- I Wanna Dance Somebody,  a movie about the life of the one and only Whitney Houston is already playing in cinemas. It could have been in theaters last Christmas but we have to give way to our local film festival.

Entering the cinema for the first time this year gives lot of chills especially if you're really in for an exciting movie. We've been waiting for IWDWS since the first trailer was released last October. From the writers of Bohemian Rhapsody, you can also watch out for a great show. The theater lobby of TriNoMa cinema 7 during the premiere last Thursday booms with Whitney's iconic songs and you really can't stop yourself from singing along.

IWDWS reveals lots about the life of Whitney Houston (Naomi Ackie). Nippy as she's called was pushed by her mother Cissy Houston (Tamara Tunie) leading to a fruitful partnership with her good friend Clive Davis (Stanley Tucci). You'll admire Whitney's talent in making her songs bigger than the demos, delivering her amazing voice to the waves.  She also relates her songs to her experiences, women empowerment, and family. It's great to know the story behind each song and appreciate it to the core.

Whitney's life is not all fame and glamour. The movie takes you to her journey and relate to her. Her ups are glorious and downs drop to the lowest. You'll love her friends who wished her success and hate the people that brought her down. Bobby Brown and her dad were two different antagonists on her life and influences, at least she learned to fight and get up again. But old habits are hard to stop.

There are 22 songs that are featured in the movie, and you will ask to grab a mic like how you've seen Bohemian Rhapsody. Though some of the songs didn't finish all throughout, at least they were included in the list.

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody is now playing in theaters, directed by Kasi Lemmons from Columbia Pictures.

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LG Showcases Seamless Smart Home Experience With Home Connectivity Alliance at CES 2023

Implementing HCA 1.0 Guidelines, Company’s Smart Lifestyle Solutions Deliver

More Convenience and a Better Life at Home

LG Electronics (LG), a board member of the Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA), will showcase a seamless smart home experience at CES 2023. Along with other HCA member companies, LG will demonstrate the interoperability enabled under the new HCA Specification 1.0, whereby smart home solutions from different brands work together seamlessly to deliver true connected convenience in the home.

Inside HCA’s booth at CES, LG will be exhibiting its latest smart home appliances – including the refrigerator with MoodUP, WashTower laundry solution, ARTCOOL Gallery air conditioner and PuriCare AeroTower – together with those from other alliance members. Visitors will be able to see the realization of HCA’s “Any app to any device” vision, which presents users with the ability to manage each brand’s products via each brand’s smart control app, such as LG’s intuitive ThinQ app. This new level of interoperability is currently supported by HCA member companies including LG.

Utilizing existing industry standards to define Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) interoperability guidelines, the new HCA Specification 1.0 has been established to ensure that home appliances, TVs and HVAC systems can interoperate seamlessly with one another, irrespective of brand. In addition to newly-launched models, consumers can continue using the smart home appliances and HVAC solutions that they already own and are covered by HCA Specification 1.0, without having to install any major firmware updates.

Furthermore, HCA Specification 1.0 will help member companies to make the smart home more sustainable in the future, leveraging data collected from across alliance members’ appliances to gain usage insight and improve energy management.

“As a member of HCA, LG is contributing to the realization of a safe, secure and interoperable connected home ecosystem,” said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. “Through collaboration and open innovation, we will continue to provide consumers with solutions for a smarter, more convenient way of living.”

Visitors to HCA’s booth (#52739, Smart Home Hall, The Venetian Expo) at CES 2023 from January 5-8 in Las Vegas can experience the interoperability of HCA member companies’ latest smart home solutions.

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