Samsung is to launch internet-enabled LCD TV sets in partnership with Yahoo allowing users to access the internet whilst watching TV, all controlled by the TV remote control in an user friendly format.

Thanks to the Yahoo Widget Engine, TV users can access internet content such as eBay, MySpace, Flickr, Yahoo News and more as new widgets are being developed.

Samsung LCD TVs with the Yahoo Widget Engine are to be available in about four months in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the United States.

Boo-Keun Yoon, executive vice-president of the visual display division at Samsung Electronics, said the new service would allow viewers to interact with web services on a level "way beyond" passively watching broadcasts. "It is no doubt the future of TV," he said.