Product review (5 stars): Excellent Washer (for a  better price at Home Depot)
My wife and I saw the LG SteamWasher a while ago but never needed to get a new washer.  Our old top loading washer died on us and while I could have tinkered around and bought parts for it and tried to repair it it was far easier to buy new.  We made a trip to home depot and decided on the Steam washer over the next step down in the product lineup because we liked the additional features.  It really is still just a washing machine, but the extra features are useful (steam fresh for helping with ironing) and the washer does an excellent job using minimal resources (water, electricity).

We spent $1000 on the washer and $950 on the natural gas fueled dryer that matches it.  We couldn't be happier.