Samsung's new Web-connected TV and LG's Smart TV platforms can stream video from a computer or from a few smartphone models using a protocol called DLNA. Setup isn't a cakewalk.

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Why Quantum Computer Services became AOL. And why Lucky Goldstar became LG.

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The LG IPS Personal Smart TV performs equally well as a high-end monitor when connected to a computer.

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Of course, when we actually saw Open webOS 1.0 it was already stretching to fill the space of an HP TouchSmart computer screen (project architect Steve Winston specifically mentioned hotel kiosks as a possibility, a market LG is all over) so it makes sense that larger displays have been a target.

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