Stylish accessory: The Samsung C9000 flat screen TV with 3D technology

When it comes to creating the layout of the living room, homemakers with the knack for stylish interiors tend to exclude the TV in the equation. A household can have 10 TV sets and they can be located anywhere; the bedrooms, the kitchen, the den, the family room, and the servants’ quarters. But the living room and oftentimes, the dining area, are considered off limits.

Not having a TV in this particular area of the house says much about the people who live in it. They’re either anti- TV-dinner or they detest having people laze around the room. A couch potato spread out on the sofa, on the floor, with feet up in the air, and all eyes glued to the screen is not a pleasant sight. Such a spectacle is best hidden in the confines of a bedroom.

It also has something to do with aesthetics. The TV sets of yore were bulky and they did stand out like a sore thumb. They overwhelm the rest of the room’s accessories and pieces. The sounds that originate from the idiot box also ruin the atmosphere of the place.

Today, more families are living in condos, and the only location for the TV is the living room. Homes are getting smaller yet the TV is getting bigger, but thinner. They’re so thin these days they could actually be mistaken for an avante garde piece of artwork. They’re space efficient, environmentally friendly, and if you’re living in a modern house, they could actually enhance the look of your living room.

A few weeks ago, Samsung hosted a lunch for the media to introduce the Samsung C9000, a flat screen TV with 3D technology. Its screen was as large as the TV itself was thin; it was eight mm thin to be exact. The lunch was held in a suite at the Picasso, a quaint boutique hotel known for its modern, exuberantly colored guestrooms. It was the ideal setting to experience the C9000.  Despite its size, the Samsung doesn’t attract attention.  It’s so thin, one wouldn’t notice it. It blended with the interiors of the suite. Turn the TV on and it literally becomes a conversation piece. Talk centered on the touchscreen, Internet connectivity and 3D technology, and the cool 3D glasses that can make anyone look like a movie star.

Several movies are being filmed in 3D and some of them are available in DVD format.  At a click of a button, you can watch the movie on 2D too. The people at Samsung wanted us to experience the 3D technology and a 3D documentary on the Galapagos Islands was shown. It was glorious viewing though this writer’s colleagues preferred to see an episode of “Glee.”

Strangely, Samsung has dubbed the C9000 as “the Elizabeth Taylor of TVs.” Its rail-thin proportions are incongruent to the legendary star’s heftier look these days. The product is less a Liz Taylor and more of an Audrey Hepburn, who was thin, elegant, and could fit into any dress and make it look like a work of art. 

In a similar fashion, the thin TV can fit any room. Like a painting, it can serve as point of conversation. Just get a sturdier set of furniture to go with the thin TV with 3D technology.  The lifespan of sofas owned by couch potatoes tend be much shorter.