OPINION : The StanbyMe Go Portable TV was announced in August , but atIFA 23I get a closer look at it , and it is a gloriously bonkers concept .
Some will plausibly turn their noses up at it , and I would n’t blame them for that , but I opine more than a fair ploughshare will covet it . Some members of the Trusted Reviews squad are piss essence - shaped eyes at the portable telecasting , so there ’s very much a desirable appeal about it .
Do you need it ? Of course not , but like with therollable OLED , the StanbyMe Go gets people spill the beans .
It reminds me a little ofTony Stark ’s ‘ suitcase ’ suitin Iron Man 2 but inside is a 27 - inch , 1080p screen that can be pulled out on a retractable arm and positioned both vertically and horizontally – what ’s not to look up to about that .
And as usual for an LG product , it has crammed as much engineering as it can into its compact confines . That 1080p screen supportsDolby Vision HDRand Dolby Atmos sound recording , which voice like overkill , but imply that as well as for video recording you could potentially apply it as just a loudspeaker .
Convert the television set into its board mode and you may bring games like chess game on it , which is another challenging , family - friendly idea .
There ’s wireless connectivity in Wi - Fi 5 andBluetooth , though my presumption is that it would n’t work in an outside circumstance – on a beach , for lesson . It endure LG ’s webOS with approach to apps such asApple TV+ , Disney+ , Hulu , Netflix , and others , but sans Wi - Fi , that effectively goes off the table , and content will have to be play off the USB embrasure instead . It ’s an expanse for likely discombobulation that the marketing textile appear to have glossed over .
And like theJabra Elite 8 Activeheadphones , it ’s been tested to US Military MIL - STD-810 G banner for ruggedize electronics , which is one of the toughest tests for any machine to go through . That means the StanbyMe Go can address low pressure , high / grim temperature , dust , and salt spray , and survive against inadvertent drops , shocks , and vibration . It ’s unlikely you ’ll find a television tougher than this .
The StandbyMe Go ’s coming into court is part of a enceinte tendency that ’s infiltrate the market place and one I ’ve been mull over over the retiring few month – the climb of the lifestyle TV .
TVs have been massive , rather bland screens for class , but that ’s been changing . It began with the rise of The Frame and Serif TVs showing this area of the market had potential and now there ’s a flood of them .
TCL showcased concepts at Milan Design Week . Vestel has a broad range of construct and actual television in the marketplace with its Fame and Take a repose TVs . Hisense has life style idiot box , though as far as I know these are n’t coming to the UK . Samsung with its Terrace TVs and Sylvox with its waterproof TVs show that the market is increasingly looking further afield from bread and butter bread and butter room telly .
And the market need it , I feel.8 K does n’t appearto be picking up momentum – if anything it ’s decelerating – and this is an area that seems to employ casual ( and certainly the more flush ) users who are n’t about having the late whizz - strike audiovisual technologies in their home cinema setup . TVs will still be a big blackened box in the centre of a room , but they ’re slowly starting to damp their edges ( or bezel ) .
Would I drop $ 999 on the LG StanbyMe Go Portable Smart Touch Screen ? No , but someone will , and If I see that telecasting somewhere on the beach , I ’ll smile and express joy . It ’s a TV made for the Instagram Story / Tik Tok loving crowd and seems laughable , but that ’s what make this and other television set interesting . People devour contentedness in a very different room than even 10 geezerhood ago , so should n’t the screen we employ reflect that modification ?
The biggest job is the price . That ’s what may keep these TVs as oddment rather than something you volitionally invite into your nursing home .
