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."

Comments

this would be cooler if...

[digifuzz]

...the lcd's were touchscreen.

[john doe]: *touch touch touch*
[lcd screen]: dammit, stop touching me! you're smooshing my liquid crystals!

or... well.. need i mention the possibilites for multi-sensory interactivity the pr0n world....

granted, this could be possible now... i mean.. sound card and speakers do a fine job on their own.. but...

yeah.. i forgot where i was going with this.

damn. i need more coffee.

happy monday. :-/

~ fuzz

Invisibility Cloak

[Radnor]

Story here. Neat stuff. :)

Re:That's crazy!

[EinarH]

I usually back off when i hear the word multimedia
Multimedia is so 1995....
It's the taste of a tiny 14", IBM Aptiva, Windows 95, 2X CD-ROM, SoundBlaster and that new interactive "Internet-thing". *Shrug*

In a related story ....

[ReidMaynard]

A speaker manufacturer has developed a speaker that can produce moving pictures as well. They claim that the picture quality is quite good, and compare it to average computer flat screen. 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.