# LG Prank Makes People Think It's The End Of The World - Amazing & hilarious! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967 "2013-09-04T04:42:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/21 "2013-09-04T19:55:13Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > I am holding out for 100. When 100" TVs get down to about 4K in price I am getting one. I’m waiting for the 2000", same as Frank. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/22 "2013-09-04T20:04:03Z")
Apparently, we broke the HuffPo website - I’m only getting the headline, no article. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/23 "2013-09-04T20:15:52Z")
It’s a viral marketing commercial. 100% fake. Well done but fake. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/24 "2013-09-04T20:20:48Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > My Geek-cred has totally gone up because I got this instantly 😃 Then you’ll be delighted to know that my LG television has a [CE](http://www.safety-label.co.uk/collections/ce-labels) sticker on the back. No wonder the poor thing is confused. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/25 "2013-09-04T21:36:49Z")
I looked up that TV set on the Future Shop website. [Only $19,999.99!](http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/lg-electronics-lg-84-4k-resolution-240hz-cinema-3d-ultra-hd-led-smart-tv-84lm9600-84lm9600/10243604.aspx?path=12fb1b349fe91b2cbe7de539a9212b5den02&SearchPageIndex=1) I’ll get two on my way to Value Village! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/26 "2013-09-04T21:49:58Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > If it’s a real window, then objects far outside it (e.g. the cityscape) would be subject to [parallax movement:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax) if you move (for example) far enough to the left, then objects way out there will at some point be obscured by the left edge of the window frame. > > If it’s just a display screen, then the entire image is in the same plane as the “window” frame. No matter how far to the left you move, objects “way out there” in the image will always be visible. It will be immediately and intuitively obvious to a viewer that they are staring at a flat, 2-dimensional display screen instead of a transparent window, no matter how realistic the colors and image quality may be. For this reason alone it’s obviously fake. No way a 2-D screen would pass as an exterior window. It would stick out like a sore thumb. Look out any window and move your head side to side 4 to 5 inches. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/27 "2013-09-04T22:22:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It’s a viral marketing commercial. 100% fake. Well done but fake. I agree - it’s just easier to fake something like this than it is to do it for real. The similar viral video where they installed screens in the floor of an elevator has been conclusively shown to be fake (reflections of the green screen in chrome railings, and the inconsistencies between what the screens showed from different angles). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967/28 "2013-09-04T22:32:45Z")
These kinds of commercials are generally done by actors. They’re warned that “something” is going to happen, but they aren’t told what. Thus, no liability for causing someone to have a heart attack, but you get believable reactions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-prank-makes-people-think-its-the-end-of-the-world-amazing-hilarious/667967.md?page=1)