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From Today's NYT Circuits section:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/technology/circuits/12fridge.html
The connections are not digital so that low power consumption
can be low--just the remote and power button. I think that having
USB and being able to put up a computer screen are logical next
steps.
--Bruce


Now You Can Raid the TV During the Commercials

By MICHEL MARRIOTT

Published: May 12, 2005

Some 50 years after the TV dinner was introduced to American homes, LG Electronics USA has created the TV Refrigerator. But it is more than something to raid while watching television.

This $3,150 refrigerator is the television.

The refrigerator, available from major retailers like Best Buy and P. C. Richard, has a 13.1-inch liquid-crystal display built into the right door (opposite a water and ice dispenser in the left door). LG designers say the appliance saves counter space.

The television includes an FM radio tuner and 1.5-watt stereo speakers, is cable- and satellite-ready (a coaxial port is built into the right door hinge) and provides inputs for a DVD player or VCR on the side of the door. The refrigerator, which is 68 inches tall and weighs 335 pounds, comes with a wireless remote control.

And fear not for your ice cream: a special cooling system prevents heat generated by the television from affecting the environs of the refrigerator's sealed interior.