See that TV above? It’s a brand new, 42-inch LCD from LG. And next week, one of you will own it.
See, This week, I’m going to take it out of its box and review it here on Giz. Then, once I’m done, I’m going to box it back up and we’re going to hold a little competition. Something tough. You guys are going to enter, and one of you will walk away with the prize - a new LCD TV.
What I want from you guys in the meantime is a few ideas on what we should do for this competition. Don’t bother saying “just give it to me”, either – that just means you won’t win when it comes to the crunch. Let your creative juices run free and let me know what you reckon in comments.
Blunty
October 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM
How about potential shiny new TV owners submit a one paragraph pitch for what they think will make the most awesome TV show ever.
Report Permalinkshane
October 14, 2008 at 11:45 AM
maybe the 107th person (say no to imperial measurements) to email a particular address?
Report Permalinksam
October 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Get the entrants to post in photos of them watching TV in bizaar locations/situations.
Report PermalinkDave
October 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Photo of best entertainment area!
Report PermalinkDave
October 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM
How about photos of televisions in interesting places. Crazy juxtapositions! Could be a means of getting really creative entries.
Report Permalinkthomasr
October 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Get people doing a little mathematics.
I looked up the serial: its a 42lg70yd. That’s a 1920 x 1080p TV right there.
Get people to work out exactly how many pixels that is and the first person to email you the answer: 2073600 wins the set!
Easy!!
..wait. Sorry. Umm. Want my address?
Tom
Report PermalinkDexxie
October 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM
How about… Who can do the best Photoshop of the said TV in question, and put it in the most interesting/useful place around their home?
Report Permalinkmastrflexx
October 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM
We should have a Death-race… To the Death!
Report PermalinkMatt Boardman
October 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM
How about a “Why you wouldnt buy this TV” Competition.
In 50 words or less give reasons why this 42LG70YD TV would be at the bottom of your purchase list.
Report PermalinkRanjan
October 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
how would you redesign/add to Giz if you were the editor
Report PermalinkTim Lomas
October 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM
In a bit of a twist to the good ol’ how many jelly beans in the jar game we could guess the combined weight of all the packaging inside of the box.
Report PermalinkStevoTheDevo
October 14, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Write a review of the current TV you’d like to be superseded by this one..
Report PermalinkSimon
October 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Find who deserves it more. Like ask for current setup of home ent systems and give the TV to who needs/deserves it most. I don’t mean some poor people who send in a black and white picture of a 34cm tv with computer speakers welded into it though.
Report PermalinkLike a nice media setup already happening that has been built by a dedicated nerd that deserves to have a nice TV to compliment it.
Simon
October 14, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Find who deserves it more. Maybe ask for current setup of home entertainment systems and give the TV to who needs/deserves it most. I don’t mean some poor people who send in a black and white picture of a 34cm tv with computer speakers welded into it though.
Report PermalinkLike a nice media setup already happening that has been built by a dedicated nerd that deserves to have a nice TV to compliment it.
maggie
October 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Most original coat hanger antenna comp
Don’t let new fancy, fully functioning modern tv’s be enough to forget this dying artform.
Report PermalinkMothy
October 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Hey Nick how about sending in a photo of the TV you use at the moment and giving it to the person who has the smallest TV or something like that.
Report Permalinkcammo38
October 14, 2008 at 12:37 PM
How about a ‘design a crazy japanese gadget’ competition where the craziest and least useful design wins
Report PermalinkSteven McArthur
October 14, 2008 at 12:43 PM
How about we send in a picture or video of our current woefully inadequate and desperatly dated TV with a blurb on why we wants it my precious?
Report PermalinkLem
October 14, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Jeez, it’d have to be a pretty sweet idea to make you want to part with it.
Report PermalinkHow about a design competition where you have to make a dog house out of the cardbox it ships in, or just just a cool fort outta cardboard?
JackAttack
October 14, 2008 at 12:50 PM
A talent show!!!!!!!!!!
I can eat 100 hot-dogs and tap dance at the same time.*
*not really.
Report PermalinkEd
October 14, 2008 at 12:51 PM
You could always do the old “in 25 words or less…” How about asking us to describe what our idea of the ultimate use/viewing/etc of this sweet TV would be? Or what would be the fisrt thing we view on it and why, incorporating the sweet specs of the unit?
Cheers
Report Permalinkduffduff
October 14, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Considering the drain plasmas make on the earth’s finite resources, why not ask for the most efficient way people will generate energy, plausible or not, to run their TV!
Report Permalinkthong
October 14, 2008 at 12:56 PM
i would ask ppl that enter this compition to tell me how/ who they would donate this TV to and why..
Report PermalinkVictor
October 14, 2008 at 1:08 PM
How will getting this TV help save you from the credit crunch subsequent financial apocalypse
Report PermalinkRecep
October 14, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Just get everyone to write gizmodo posts. Select the top 10-20 of the blogs and post them online over a week (disguise them among the US and Aus posts). Each post can then get a score based on quality, views, comments, diggs etc, and negative scores for number of words that need to be edited etc..
Perhaps block NSFW material as these would be unfair.. I recently heard that Australians prefer spending their lunch times looking at porn..
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