With more people working from home these days, maintaining a clean – and safer – home can be a big chore. The new normal of having every family member home 24/7 makes it all the more important to keep the home environment clean.  Here are some ways LG home appliances can help you keep your sanity by doing much of the heavy lifting so you have more free time to enjoy each other’s company or assist the kids with their schoolwork.

More people at home means there’s more opportunity for dust and dirt to collect on floors. The LG CordZero^ThinQ R9 robotic vacuum makes easy work of this chore without you having to break a sweat. Equipped with deep learning technology and two sensors (including a 3D View sensor that can see 160 degrees at once), the robot cleaner accurately categorizes obstacles and rooms by type, cleaning and navigating its way around the house without your assistance.

Using a smartphone, the LG ThinQ™ app allows you to select which rooms to clean from any location then sit back while LG CordZero^ThinQ R9 goes about its business of creating a healthier and fresher home. A 5-Step Filtration System filters out on average 99.99 percent of particulates 0.5-4.2㎛ in size¹, helping to reduce the presence of dust mites, cat dander, pollen and fungi.²

It goes without saying that fresh, healthy air makes everyone feel better. Regular vacuuming and dusting helps but that often isn’t enough. LG PuriCare™ 360 Air Purifier with its unique 360-degree design distributes filtered air up throughout the home to help everyone in the family breathe easier. When required, the PuriCare’s Clean Booster can be deployed to push air out up to 7.5 meters as it rotates left and right to direct the air to every part of the house.

For a more portable option that can be easily carried from the kitchen to the bedroom, the LG PuriCare Mini Air Purifier allows you to create clean air wherever you need it. The compact, wireless portable air purifier employs LG’s 4-Step Filtration System to thoroughly cleanse the air of potentially harmful substances.³

Not only do LG’s appliances help people to enjoy the benefits of a cleaner and safer living environment, they can help save time so you and your family can focus on what’s important: being together and enjoying life. Not only is a clean home a happy home, it also does wonders for the happiness of the family.

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¹  Based on SLG test results, Filtration Efficiency of particle size 0.5㎛ ~ 4.2㎛ based on IEC 60312-1:2010 (ed.1) + A1:2011 section 5.11 is 99.99 percent on average, and it is certified as ‘Good’. (4 Star rating) Filtration Efficiency may vary depending on operating environment.

²   As certified by the British Allergy Foundation (BAF).

³  Tested by Intertek and certified to remove 99 percent of 0.3-micrometer particulate matter within 155 minutes in a space of eight cubic meters when operated on High Speed Mode. Results may vary depending on external factors.

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Heading to a local watering hole with coworkers or good friends after work may have been common practice in normal times, but these are not normal times.

But with every cloud there is a silver lining. Current circumstances provide the perfect opportunity to hone your cocktail-making skills and enjoy a relaxing drink at home with family or roommates. In addition to mastering the art of mixology, why not up your cooking game with some delicious, easy-to-prepare food pairings as well? The prices are a lot friendlier too.

Here are three important steps that can help you turn your home into your favorite hangout, with assistance from LG’s first-class home appliances.

Step 1: Get creative with your drinks

The right elements mixed in the right proportions are key to any good cocktail or whiskey. A professional bartender knows that presentation is also a part of the puzzle, and for that, they have “fancy ice” to catch the eye and spur conversation. LG InstaView™ with Craft Ice™ refrigerator brings the fancy home, taking your cocktail-hour creations next-level with large, crystal-clear spheres of ice.

Measuring two inches in diameter and melting more slowly than the unexciting ice cubes produced by most fridges, Craft Ice is not only gaze-worthy, it preserves the delicious flavors and optimal temperature of your artfully made drinks for longer. A classic mix, vodka tonic is instantly elevated with a few balls of Craft Ice and, of course, a slice of lemon or lime. Likewise, LG’s round ice is ideal for a White Russian, allowing you to sip at a leisurely pace without worrying about the creamy texture of the Kahlua and milk going watery. The combinations and fun are practically endless. So, get mixing and don’t forget the Craft Ice! 

Step 2: Make memorable meals to match your favorite drinks

A great drink is always made better when served with a dish that complements its unique taste and aroma. While you may not have a trained chef in the house, the LG ProBake Convection^® oven can help you to produce restaurant-quality meals in your own kitchen. Whether its roast chicken or buffalo wings, the oven quickly and thoroughly cooks everything to perfection, using LG’s True Convection technology to deliver dishes that are crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside.

And with the convenience of LG ThinQ™, get suggestions on a range of suitable meal pairings for your beverage of choice. Not only does LG’s AI platform provide a wealth of recipes to choose from, ThinQ can even preheat the oven to the right temperature and allow you to check on meal progress via smartphone. And when you’re done, LG’s EasyClean® technology employs steam to get the oven clean in a mere 10 minutes, giving you and your loved ones more time to relax and enjoy one another’s company.

Step 3: Relax and don’t worry about the dishes

After dinner and drinks at home comes the inevitable cleanup, a thankless job if there ever was one. With the LG QuadWash™ Steam Dishwasher, cleanup is a breeze. Equipped with the company’s proprietary TrueSteam™ technology, the dishwasher removes stains and food debris with ease, delivering a thorough yet gently cleansing that ensures spotless dishes and gleaming glassware every time. It also boasts nine different cycles, the highly-adjustable EasyRack™ Plus system – which can easily accommodate all kinds of dishes, even long-stem wine glasses – and can be controlled and monitored with the intuitive LG ThinQ app. 

With the right tools for the job, there’s no reason you can’t make home your new favorite hangout. With classy cocktails, delectable dishes, and pain-free cleanup, the good times can be safely enjoyed without setting foot outside your front door.

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Keeping fit has always been challenging but even more so during these days of social distancing. With gyms and parks closed world over, it’s tougher now more than ever to muster the motivation to stick to a cardio or high-intensity interval training (HIIT) regimen, let alone go out for a quick spin on the bike.

To encourage people to stay active during these unprecedented times, LG Turkey came up with an idea that was not only fun but also gave individuals the motivation to participate. After all, who wouldn’t want to win a brand-new 55-inch LG NanoCell TV? Held over two weeks, the LG NanoCell Indoor Cycle Challenge was an interactive event that provided participants with the opportunity to get some exercise and have fun competing against others for bragging rights and of course, that new TV.

In addition to helping Turkish people from all over the country connect and get fit, the event also gave LG an opportunity to communicate the many ways that LG NanoCell TVs could play an important role in customers’ indoor lives. Boasting features such as Smart Screen Share, Apple AirPlay 2, AI-powered voice control, the Magic Remote and the intuitive webOS interface, the NanoCell lineup makes it easy to mirror exercise apps from mobile devices to big screen and access the extensive range of workout videos available online.

For the LG NanoCell Indoor Cycle Challenge, LG partnered with SWEATers, a local online platform popular with Turkey’s sporting community. The only equipment required to participate was a regular bicycle and a smart trainer (available at most sporting goods stores) to turn the bike into a stationary one that could connect to various training apps. Within two weeks, competitors were required to complete a total of 10 45-minute long training sessions while averaging a speed of 29 kilometers per hour. Smartphone apps such as Zwift, Rouvy and TacX enabled riders to “virtually” traverse some of the world’s most scenic routes. When wirelessly connected to a big-screen TV like LG NanoCell TV, these virtual rides are made all the more immersive, and working out indoors all the more enjoyable.

The 400-plus entrants shared images, videos, and stories of their efforts on Instagram using the hashtag #lifeisgoodwhenyousweat. The wealth of content generated by the event ultimately led to significant buzz across multiple platforms and, importantly, served as a call to action for consumers across Turkey to stay active at home.

The winner of the LG NanoCell Indoor Cycle Challenge and owner of a brand-new TV, Kubilay Dokumcu, found the event very motivating, noting, “I wanted to stay active at home and LG’s challenge gave me a great reason to get off the couch and get pedaling. I loved the competition aspect of it, but I think I love my 55-inch LG NanoCell TV even more!”

With LG NanoCell TV, consumers have a reliable exercise partner at hand to help them stay motivated and active at home. Whether it’s yoga, aerobics, fast-paced dumbbell routines or pilates-inspired movements, a TV and the living room can be a great substitute for a live instructor and the gym or studio. And when the workout is over, the convenient control options and incredible content available on LG NanoCell make it easy to sit back and find something great to watch.

By LG Turkey Staff

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Maintaining good household hygiene goes a long way toward improving one’s well-being. Home appliances play an important role in this regard because not only can they handle a lot of clothes and dishes at once, they free up time that can be used to do something else. One of the downsides of using machines to do the work that used to be done by hand is the amount of chemicals and detergents required to get clothes and dishes clean.

LG, with its long history of home appliance innovation, has for years been developing technologies to get clothes and dishes cleaner while at the same time relying less on chemical detergents. One of these innovations is something that all of us can create easily at home with nothing more than water and heat.

Steam.

Creating steam is the easy part. Harnessing it and applying it to home appliances is the bigger challenge. LG engineers were the first in the industry to accomplish this with great success. So successful in fact that LG holds a number of patents related to the implementation of steam in its products that benefit consumers with cleaner dishes and fresher clothes.

LG uses powerful and natural steam to remove bacteria and germs requiring less detergents that pollute our wastewater systems. High-temperature TrueSteam™ is created by boiling water directly in the LG dishwasher, Styler and dryer. TrueSteam is hot enough to penetrate dirt, grime and grease to remove stains you can see and germs you can’t.

TrueSteam eradicates nearly all bacteria including those associated with food poisoning while making light work of crusted food residue and stubborn stains, achieving a minimum 99.999 percent when operated on the sanitizing cycle.¹

And TrueSteam is also behind the revolutionary LG Styler’s ability to refresh users’ favorite garments. Styler is recognized by trusted organizations such as the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) for being “an asthma and allergy friendly^® appliance” and certified by the British Allergy Foundation (BAF) for reducing 99.9 percent of house dust mite allergens. The clothing care system not only eliminates germs and bacteria commonly found in clothing, it is also effective in refreshing children’s plush toys, backpacks and more.

Continuing to expand its steam-equipped appliance lineup, LG recently launched a new dryer with TrueSteam (model RH16VS) in South Korea. This new product leverages the steam technology found in LG Styler to neutralize bacteria and allergens and was tested by Intertek using AATCC standards and found to have half the amount of wrinkles compared to the average dryer.²

For anyone seeking to embrace healthier living, creating a more hygienic home is a good place to start. With innovative application of natural solutions such as steam, LG’s appliances are able to offer the peace of mind that simply can’t be replicated with chemicals alone.

And we have Mother Nature to thank for that.

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¹ Certified by Korea Testing & Research Institute for reducing 99.9 percent of Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Typhimurium. Operated on Sanitizing Wash cycle (3-4 times of final rinsing and steam emission) for 39 minutes. LG dishwashers are certified by NSF International to NSF/ANSI Standard 184 for achieving a minimum 99.999 percent or 5-log reduction of bacteria when operating in Sanitizing cycle.

² Tested by Korean Apparel Testing and Research Institute (KATRI). Steam Hygiene option sanitizes 99.99 percent of harmful bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pneumococcal bacillus, for 6.4 kilograms load, the international standard test load.

 

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With the arrival of spring, many will find themselves wistfully looking out the window with thoughts of a vacation in some sun-soaked, exotic location. Unfortunately, long distance traveling has become somewhat challenging these days. With home being the most realistic (and safest) destination for the foreseeable future, the option of a staycation is looking more and more attractive.

Catching up on one’s “must watch” movie list is a top priority for many staycationers. For the best staycation experience, you need a TV that can bring every second of every scene to life. That’s where LG OLED TV comes in.

With self-emissive display technology, OLED possesses the ability to produce true black, an infinite contrast ratio and dazzlingly real colors. The latest blockbuster films and hit series look astonishingly realistic on LG OLED, with inky-black shadows and vibrant hues that bring a three-dimensionality to the characters and places on screen. A high refresh rate adds to the sense of realism, delivering silky smooth motion when the action is fast-paced and exhilarating.

With support for all major HDR formats including Dolby Vision^® and offering spectacular sound quality via Dolby Atmos^®, LG OLED TVs are designed to deliver the next-level immersive viewing experience for any staycation. And thanks to Dolby Vision IQ, intensely dark scenes in atmospheric content (such as the Game of Thrones finale) can be seen exactly as its creators intended. And with ThinQ AI and the platform-wide LG universal search function only a voice command away, viewers can track down films, series or documentaries to suit your preferences with incredible ease.^*

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LG conducted an internal poll for recommendations on the best stuff to watch during a staycation. Here, in no particular order, is a list of the top picks:

Dark Comedy: Parasite (2019)

Parasite is a 2019 dark humor thriller hailing from South Korea. The plot follows a lower-class family’s efforts to infiltrate a wealthy family’s home as they pose as qualified professionals who are, one by one, hired to work inside the extravagant home. The film received widespread critical acclaim for its direction, acting, cinematography, social commentary and dark humor, becoming the most awarded and highest grossing South Korean film to date. 

Drama Series: The Witcher (2019)

The Witcher is a Netflix-produced series based on the fantasy novels written by Polish author, Andrzej Sapkowski. Taking place in a fictional medieval realm called the Continent, The Witcher follows the exploits of Geralt of Rivia, a “witcher” with special powers to hunt down monsters and other evil creatures.

Animation: The Lion King (2019)

This Disney photorealistic computer-animated remake of the 1994 animated hit, tells the story of a young lion cub, heir to the Pride Lands throne, who must overcome family betrayal to become the next king. Some questioned the need for a remake of a classic. Audiences disagreed, making the movie the highest-grossing animated film of all-time.

Classic: Little Women (2019)

This coming-of-age drama, based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, tells the story of three sisters growing up in nineteenth century New England. Directed by indie favorite Greta Gerwig who received an Oscar nomination for this effort, the movie’s timeless themes of responsibility, love and family still resonate today.

Documentary: Explained (2018)

A docuseries produced by popular news site Vox, Explained investigates a diverse range of topics, form the lighthearted (K-pop, eSports) to the serious (the world’s water crisis, gender pay inequality). At only 15 to 20 minutes long, each entertaining episode offers enough detail to leave viewers feeling more informed about the world.

Although a glamorous getaway to relieve some stress might sound ideal, a vacation spent at home can certainly have its rewards. It’s more familiar, cozier and certainly safer. And with so much great content right at our fingertips, there’s no better time than now to stay put, get comfortable and enjoy a staycation in front of a TV.

Preferably, an LG OLED TV.

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*Features and specifications vary depending on the specific model.