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LCD Screens Double as Speakers
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has a story about a company who has developed an LCD screen that can produce sound as well. They claim that the sound quality is quite good, and compare it to average multimedia computer speakers. Also NEC is making and selling computers that use this technology in Japan. Hardware integration like this should make for some interesting appliances in the next few decades."
I can see the music!
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Whont having the screen vibrating cause eyestrain?
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Oh boy, soon my microwave will be playing techno, and my keyboard will be outputting a crummy rendition of Tchaikovsky. I can't wait.
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Stereo is accomplished in a single-monitor setup via synesthesia...they watermark the display image with an almost undetectable waveform representation of the second audio channel. Sort of like "joint stereo" in mp3s. But people with two monitors get true stereo. But I might be crazy...
Great news - because we all know how expensive speakers are and how cheap LCD screens are! Imagine the cost savings... Jolyon
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These screens get thinner, yet they pump up the volume
..every time I crank up some Motorhead I'd be picking my display up from the floor.
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Or not...
So, will the vibrations do pretty much the same thing as anti-aliasing and make all of your fonts look smooth around the edges? ;)
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Hearing through visual devices is cool but seeing through audio devices is cooler!
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Now, if anyone can tell me how to get my LCD to STOP making noises, that I'd pay you for.
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"I'd love to hear a wav file or something of how it sounds" Reminds me of a request I got from a friend. *hands me a VHS tape* "Can ya record me a few episodes of Blahblahblah on HD-TV? I wanna see the diffrence." ....nope...not gonna work.
I modded it funny...but I have a weird sense of humor.
Or, if you're a Mac or Amiga user, so 1988...
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If they can place this membrane on the screen, they should open up to placing this membrane on other things....
...Toilet seats, window glass (windshield?), coffee cups, sneakers?.
Then again...maybe not.
I fear the day my cubicle talks to me.
The screen will likely require a midrange/woofer to reproduce the full spectrum of sound.
No dude, they'll just build the woofer into your keyboard. Though I fear it will turn into some kind of high-tech ouija board when you crank up the Dr. Dre.
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And in order to get 6.1 channel sound, you'd need to carry around an entire room with one of these screens making up each wall/floor/plane surface.
Sorry, I'm just not going to carry around an entire room to get 6.1 sound on my laptop. Although a room made of LCD screens would be good.
P.S. I'm joking.
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Yeah, but consumers might pay for enhanced sound quality. I don't know how these LCD speakers are supposed to work, but just the idea of a 15 inch wide speaker equals one very important thing missing from laptop sound: BASS!
How sweet would it be to hear a nice deep, sub-woofer quality bass coming from a laptop? Very nice indeed.
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Well thank goodness for this technology. I have been waiting for a product that will allow me to bother everyone in the room while playing video games.
Screw font anti-aliasing. Just shake the screen a little. Looks smoother already.
I like it.
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I think he was talking about that little green on light. Those things are a bitch to replace, I'd be worried to.