It’s not really home theater but it’s definitely mobile theater.

There is an event going on right now called CeBIT 2006.  It’s a digital trade summit being held in Hanover Germany. 

One of the most interesting stories out of CeBIT so far is LG’s plan to dominate the TV Phone universe starting with Germany in June.  LG plans to unleash its new satellite TV service known as DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcast) and the phone that receives the signals the LG-V9000.  To kick off the demo at CeBIT they have a giant replica of the LG-V9000 complete with real LCD monitor.  It looks impressive but the phone is even more so.  With a wide screen it looks to have the same aspect ratio as an HDTV 16:9 but at only 2.2 inches.  The screen does 262K colors and will feature LG’s own XD engine for image enhancement. 

Personally, I don’t know about watching anything on a phone.  I was just conversing with a colleague about how in Europe and Asia the multi-function phones are so much bigger than here in North America.  I guess here … bigger is better.  I couldn’t see seriously watching a TV show from a phone unless I lived in the city and had a long subway commute, then I could take in the latest episode of the Daily Show on the way to work.  But live satellite TV over the phone is interesting. 

Get some more details here at the AVforums about this story.  It’s a very well written article by an accomplished tech writer who is much loved across the web for his witty yet insightful banter on the topics of consumer electronics.

About CeBIT 2006

Here’s the webpage for the event.

 Recognize anybody? 

It’s the acid tripping movie watching group from Peerflix.com!  What are they doing watching movies in Germany?  I guess it’s obvious, enjoying lax laws over their favorite hobby of self medication with hallucinogens.