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3D/2D switchable LCD monitor from Sharp

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can-see-clearly-now dept.

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk writes "Sharp just came up with an LCD monitor that allows you to switch between 3D ( no glasses ) and 2D view. Wanna play quake and have a slight heart attack?" Now thats what I'm talking about!

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  1. I'm seeing double! by Bonker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh wait, it's not the monitor, it's just the double post on Slashdot!

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  2. EEEK! by CoolVibe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh sorry... that green color of slashdot just LEAPED at me...

  3. What??? by iplayfast · · Score: 5, Funny
    No SCREEN SHOTS!

    1. Re:What??? by Fjord · · Score: 2, Funny

      It works because there is a person on the TV telling them it's a great picture.

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  4. Applying for a second mortgage now... by goldspider · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...because that's probably the only way I'm going to be able to afford one of these. Now what do I tell my bank...?

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  5. more info by Dizzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    For more information, check out:
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/162423 9&mode=thread&tid=137

  6. Unlikely by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 3, Funny
    Three dimensional vectors are composed of three numbers. 2d vectors have two. This much is obvious. What's slightly less obvious is that moving from 3d to 2d results in a loss of information (50%, in fact). If any of you followed the Shannon story from the other day you'd know that Loss of information = increase in entropy = heat. Therefore, when you hit the switch to move from 3d to 2d mode, your computer is going to get hot. Exactly how hot will be dictated by the amount of data on-screen and in-memory but my back of the envelope calculations here indicate that it will be roughly 3 GeV. Assuming a tower-sized case and 19" monitor made of metal and plastic, that translates to a 50F increase, which would probably melt the thing.

    So I call hoax.

    1. Re:Unlikely by ryanvm · · Score: 4, Funny

      by your reasoning, when I close my eyes, my brain should boil

      Looks like you need to add "inability to detect jokes" to your geek code. ;-)

  7. Cool! by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool! Hey, somebody should submit this as a story to Slashdot. I know the people there would love to hear about it... again.
    -russ

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  8. A grand tradition... by SkankhodBeeblebrox · · Score: 1, Funny
    From the 'Slashdot turns 5 post':
    "Here's hoping we're here 5 years from now doing exactly the same thing with the same folks."

    Yup, I'm sure we'll all be here in 2007, re-reading week old news...
  9. Re:3D is cool... by netphilter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone with the nickname passthecrackpipe is telling me to get a social life. Maybe you want to get a bit less of a social life there, buddy.

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  10. You 'entertainment'? by Sanguis+Mortuum · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dont you mean "I want to interact with my pr0n"?

  11. No screenshot? by Mr.+Moose · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wanna see a screenshot of that 3D-effect. Every time nVidia and friends makes a new 3D GFX-Card, we almost drown in screenshots. Sharp could learn something from their marketing dep.