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The Register reports that in Australia certain LG LCD and plasma television sets have begun freezing up during digital broadcasts from TV station the Nine Network.

LG told local media it expects to have a solution to hand tomorrow, but for now troubled punters can simply turn the affected telly off, wait 2-3 minutes then "reboot" it, according to the South Korean giant, quoted by Australian IT.

"What have we come to when a device intended simply to show moving pictures has to be rebooted," the Register asks quite rightly. "It's no surprise that it does - the on-board digital TV tuner is essentially an embedded computer, after all. But it just goes to show the extent to which these pesky, computing devices running complex, bug-prone software have made their way into once simple, instant-on consumer devices."