LG introduced their 77-inch transparent tv at CES in January this year, but finally just made it available to purchase. The price? A whopping $60,000. 

The transparent screen allows you watch it like a regular TV when you want, and when not watching TV you can pull a shade down that enables you see through it. According to the article, “It’s the kind of TV best for a home with floor-to-ceiling windows, where a television would obstruct your grand, expensive view.”

The comments section of the article (as usual) was a mix of opinions:

• “This is a cool innovation that has many practical future applications.”
• “Brilliant idea to showcase a transparent TV against a wall. I’ve only imagined the wonder of seeing the wall behind my TV. It would be even more thrilling if I could see the wall mount, too.”
• “Guess this means I won't be able to go behind the TV to change my pants anymore.”
• "The only reason for this is if your tv is in front of a window, and what kind of moron puts their tv in front of a window?"
• “This seems cool but.. why?”
• “This is stupid, because the point of looking at a tv is to see what's on the screen, not what's behind it.”

I'm sure there's a luxury market for this product, but it's definitely not for everyone. I'll be watching to see if this category takes off or if it suffers the same fate as the 3D TV screens a decade ago.