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Philips Introduces Mirror TV
UnknowingFool writes "PCWorld.com is reporting that Philips is introducing mirror TV. It is a combination mirror with LCD monitor that will be rolling out to hotels. The screens will be 1280 x 768 resolution and come in 17, 23, and 30 inch sizes. It reminds me of TV PiP where the main part is the mirror and the smaller part is the monitor. Philips hopes to install it in homes later."
so if you mount it above your bed you and your loved one could either watch a porno, or be the porno.
Mike
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man if I broke this I would really get 7 years and also out be out $5500.
SCREW FLANDERS
Now you can shave and watch the news. As if running a razor blade over your face was not dangerous enough. =-)
It used to be said that a broken mirror would take 7 years to replace due to cost. Looks like the good old days are back :)
But the mirrors themselves can be larger, with the image appearing as a window within an otherwise conventional mirror.
A teenage girl's dream! TV-Mirror in one!
Davak
I'll be interested in what's on my tv even when its turned off!
Take Care
A1miras
I can sort of understand it used in hotels, where you may not want to waste room space by a monitor, and the monitor is used for some minor task such as weathcr-cheking/orders/etc...
But why would anyone want a monitor in their mirror at home???
"The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it"-R.A.Heinlein
My dreams are coming true... Now, if only there were a way to combine a time machine and a DeLorean.
Is it just me, or are most of the features listed like bill checking and payment nothing to do with the main fact that it is a combination mirror and TV, which the main point of the article seems to be getting at? Seems like quite suggestive advertising
There sure is a lack of interesting news today. Let's all leave early.
man that screen is small. I dont know why they dont make it the size of the entire mirror. I also dont see what the big technology breakthough is. Or isnt there one?
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How much media do we need? I'd like to brush my teeth and shave without stock quotes or CNN on my mirror. TV does not need to be EVERYWHERE.
This P.I.G. will walk on the water, This P.I.G. will walk on the sea, This P.I.G. will walk whereever he wants.
This might be good for museums, or historical areas where a computer would spoil the atmosphere, but a mirror would not look out of place. Then the lcd could display information about the room/area.
Technically, this sounds quite cool. I think they are playing tricks with the polarization. (LCDs typically change the polarization of the photons by 90 degrees. A polarizing filter then blocks either the rotated or unrotated photons.) I think the "Mirror LCD" technology can make the polarizing filter reflective, instead of just blocking photons going through. This would give a slightly dark mirror, but satisfactory for bathroom-type purposes. On the other hand, the business people behind this have been, um, watching too much TV. A normal 17" LCD TV runs about $475 and a 17" mirror about $25, so Philips thinks people will pay more than $1000 per square foot for wall space. If wall space was this valuable, wouldn't hotels would hang better paintings?
Good, so now we can get TV/VTs to watch the crap they put out themselves...I'm sure Douglas Adams would approve.
-- Free software on every PC on every desk
Yeah, its actually gonna be "buyable" in 2005.
When my dad was in highschool, they said that our cars would drive themselves by now.
Go figure.
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Here is a mirror!
sulli
RTFJ.
Okay from the article:
Mirrors with 17-inch screens will sell for less than $2500, and those with 30-inch screens will probably be priced under $5500, says Gregg Chason, Philips vice president and general manager. But he cautions that it's hard to pin down prices just yet, and he notes that Philips will promote custom mirrors and frames with variable price tags.
--- How hard is this realy?
Supplies needed:
17 inch LCD
Two way mirror
decent border decor
What...maybe $400 to $500?
Add an embedded linux box and you have everything you could ever want.
Mirror Mirror on the wall...who is the worlds biggest BOFh of all?
The picture seems to show the TV part as only the lower 1/3 or so of a larger mirror, with the upper 2/3 being a regular mirror. I think that would be strange - you'd basically have a mirror directly above your TV screen. It would also lessen the appearance of saving space - now it's just a mirror on top of a TV (two things), instead of a single thing that changes from a mirror to a TV. I think they'd have more success with a smaller wide-screen framed mirror/TV so that there would be no mirror while the TV was on.
Speaking of the TV being on, would you see your reflection during a dark scene in a movie? How would ambient room light affect this?
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What!!! I look like that!!! Did someone cast a spell on me???
....loose money.
Cheap shot, I know. But seriously, is it really worth spending money you don't have on a product you don't need? (or a product that can be replaced in 3 different products for cheapers?)
-Valiss
to create double image's or... TWO TV'S... WHOA
Now I'll have to squeeze my zits some where else ...
Take flat screen. Take a 'one way' mirror. Put bright screen behind mirror and ta-da, you get tv-in-mirror.
GWAR did that back in '93 at their Chicago show.
Now I can see how pathetic I look while I'm surfing for Porn at 2:00 in the morning. Thanks Philips!
SKROOB: (covers crouch) ACK!!! I told you never to call me on this wall!!!! This is an unlisted wall!!!!
I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
will we get it factory-installed on car's rear and side mirrors too? so when you're not watching the road, you can watch the TV.
mirror, mirror on the wall
who is watching who
are you watching me
or am i watching you
and the fact that the product is geared towards hotels is all too obvious.
one more step towards 1984.
Frys has LCD screens for under $200 now.
Get a sheet of glass at a glass company for $20.
Get a roll of mirror film at wally world for $8.
Bada bing! Same thing at a 10th of the cost...
I want Mirror Universe TV. A TV that broadcasts 24/7 my life in a mirror universe.
I wonder if I'd have a mustache and goatee and be ruthless...
The coolest voice ever.
this is the pefect example of how technology is beginning to discreetly integrate itself into our world. Transparent transistors, mirroring tv screens... Tommorow might be coming sooner than we thought.
The days of having monitors that blend into the wallpaper, or keyboards that only appear as part of your desk when used arent far away.
fade into a middle aged man in a bad suit, balding
male-voice-over:feeling down? self-image problems?
man looks himself over, up and down in the mirror.
male-voice-over:You're an unfashionable slob! Look at these attractive people!
male/female models flash around him in a halo of images.
male-voice-over:You look like NONE OF THESE PEOPLE! They are attractive, you on the otherhand, well, frankly are not.
man's face drops, eyes tear up -- he looks dejected and sad, almost suicidal.
male-voice-over:What you need is a week Visit at ZHHA Spa and Resort, a Bottle of Sup-Er-Pretty hair gel, and a Free 30day supply of E-Z-Thin diet tablets. See the Checkout Counter for details!
man turns from mirror, picking up his bags - another person walks around the corner and the male voice over starts again: "feeling down? self-image problems?"
Hmrphm, cause and effect friends... do I *really* need the intrusion of TELEVISION in the mirror, where, formally, I used to be ALONE with myself?
You know, for some odd reason shower radios have been around for years, but shower TVs have been technically possible for a good while but nobody bothered to make it. Why? Because most people don't exactly want a TV in their bathroom, the idea of watching a newscast while naked and showering just doesn't seem appealing to most people.
I expect that people who discover the Mirror TV at their hotels (because this is not a feature the participating hotels will bother to advertise) will be given a feedback card to send to Philips as they leave, and a majority will be returned with the box for "I don't know whether it works well because didn't feel like using it." marked.
Will wonders never cease? Who knows what truly marvelous inventions will benefit mankind as we enter into the 22nd century? We stand at the threshold of a new era of prosperity and scientific enlightenment!
The best part about this is that I can pop zits on my hind quarters during commercials and wave my bare hind quarters at whoever's on the telly in between commercials.
I went to a "parade of homes" thing (basically some builders construct some outrageously expensive homes which are then furnished with a bunch of lavish stuff) last year and saw one of these in one of the houses. (I don't know who made it.) It was in a bathroom, which is really about the only place I can see it possibly making sense--if someone likes to listen to/watch the morning news while they're brushing their teeth or something, this could be somewhat handy. It looks like it would be downright silly to use one as a regular TV, though.
Cheers,
Jeremy
How much space does a regular run of the mill cheap 25-30inch crt take up? You have the tv and then you need a big stand to put it on. With this new mirror thing, its all in the wall, flat...out of the way when you don't need it. Redesign the hotel rooms around this new technology and not only do you have more options with what to do with the space in the room, but the rooms could actually be made smaller, yet seem to be bigger due to hiding the tech in wall. The hotel could make an extra couple rooms per floor, I am sure that this fact alone would more than make up for large up front costs.
combined with a camera and some realtime image distortion you could have a lot of fun freaking people put as they watched their head blow up like a a balloon (or whatever) in their "reflection". or better yet give your buddies fake flashbacks. oh my god, my face is melting!
This is just begging for a computer vision system to render your reflection, but delete the person sneaking up behind you. Then, once they scare the shit out of you, it switches back to mirror mode so the other person shows up again.
When the LCD is activated, you see the display. When it's turned off, you see your reflection
So you can only see either the display OR your reflection, instead of the common assumption that you can shave while checking the stock exchange....
if it is, i can do that for $5490 less.
How vain would you have to be to watch yourself in the mirror while having sex?
The coolest voice ever.
Puts a whole new meaning to the term "Pay-Per-View".
"View your own appearance for only $1.99/hour".
No, really :)
... the hotel managers better be careful about who they let stay in each room ;) When my family made road trips (and my siblings and I were small) I'm sure we could have accidentally done a bit more damage than the 'rents would have liked to put on the family credit cards. One well-aimed pillow / baseball / souvenier frisbee, and that $5000 TV is looking less well.
I like the space savings etc, but
timothy
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k remember at the begining of the movie.... after arnie finishes his quickie with sharon stone ;) they have breakfast in their futuristic kitchen.....their walls are large TVs that act like 'windows'. It is only a matter of time before the resolution/size of these things is good enough before it looks like the real thing. 5-10 years... Add voice recognition to these things and ohhhhhhh baby, I'm so there. :)
I can see this sort fo thing being used in high end hotels, the kind that now have 3 phones with 3 seperate lines in the same room, including the bathroom. Combine this with a couple of other bits of tech, and you could have a voice activated TV/Multimedia device that you could watch while taking a bath. If you think of it as a more dynamic device than broadcast TV it might have potential for the busy business traveler, look over the breakfast menu, or convention meeting schedule, or review your room charges and express checkout, while you brush your teeth. Many hotels have tried the idea of putting a TV in the bathroom in the past, but have always ran into certain problems, not the least of which is water and electronics don't tend to mix. Of course the reality of this would probably be a device that plays a canned promo whenever a guest walks by, or first enters the room.
Ike
p.s. I think the idea of using this as a notebook computer monitor has its flaws, people tend to like their monitors on a desktop, not a wall.
Hell, Philco was making mirror TVs in 1939! Take a gander.
If you post it, they will read.
The screens will be 1280 x 768 resolution and come in 17, 23, and 30 inch sizes
I want better res than that on my 19" moniter, that has to look like crap on a 30" screen
Now I can proove myself that my fac e shows no emotions while watchin' the ass cool combat news network :-|
... to hook a webcam up to a conventional flat screen monitor? Then you could forgo the mirror.
This post is dedicated to all of those
Seems to me it would be WAY to easy to hide a camera behind the mirror and claim it was part of the TV... personally, I've suspected some hotels of spying on patrons for quite some time.
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Imagine the boost it could give to the advertising industry...
Example:
Commercial: "Here check this new soap. It makes you skin look great!"
Picture OFF (Mirror mode)
Commercial (from off): "Look how ugly you look today. That won't happen with our soap!"
Picture is back (Mirror mode off): "Go and get it"
blablabla... Well.. that would be the moment my shiny new MirrorTV has to say "Bye!" while experiencing the powers of gravity..
Phillips also announced the expansion of their new 'technology splicing' line with the addition of the mobile phone/tazer and the combination bidet/kitchen blender.
The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking.
here's the full screenplay
http://www.evilwillalwaystriumph.com/script.htm
"SWEENY!", screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. "325921 SWEENY-37! Yes, you! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You're not trying. Lower, please. That's better, comrade. Now stand at ease, the whole squad, and watch me."
When I'm bored with watching TV, now I can watch myself watching TV. It adds a new dimension of fun!
Seems to me that if you put a $5000 piece of equipment that easily fits in a suitcase into a hotel room, you're just begging to get ripped off. They'd have to wire each of these with alarm sensors to detect removal.
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
...how will you know when it is turned off?
not only can we turn on the tele-mirror and see all of the beautiful people running around doing beautiful people things wearing beautiful people clothes, but we can immediately see how much less beautiful we really look when compared to those idealized images.
then we can watch commercials featuring make-up and creams, clothes and other products that we need so that we can be beautiful too.
reminds me why i don't own a tv anymore...
--Cycon
http://www.deltaflux.org
Your Brain + EEG + LEGO Robots = Brainstorms
"Oh yeah... Cindy, ride that big ol'-"
*zot!*
"AaaaAAAAhhhhh, who the hell's THAT ugly bastard, and what's that in his hand?!?"
There's no wrong way, to eat a Rhesus...
Indeed, a crowd in Tokyo conservatively estimated at estimated at 220,000 to 250,000, took to the streets to loudly clamor for the products. Scores of cars were turned over and burned, shops were broken into and looted, windows smashed, many set on fire. Several entire city blocks were set ablaze as the exuberant crowd chanted pro-HDTV songs and waved signs and banners reading "We want a TV device in all commercial products without exception," and "MP3s must be playable at all times from all possible everyday objects," and "There is nothing more important than watching TV and listening to Pop music, not sex, not world peace, not food, not religion, and certainly not politics."
The scene was repeated over and over around the world. In New York, well over half a million people flooded the streets in an area roughly centered around Times Square. Again, cars were burned, buildings looted and torched, and a vast array of demands raucously chanted and displayed on all manner of signs, banners, placards, flags, effigies, etc. "Pencils must all have 16x9 format displays," "Toilet Paper must have Full-Motion Video Displays on Each Square of Paper, Even at the Expense of Sound," "Fruits and Vegetables Wired at Last," "TV 24/7/365 Everywhere, and Damn the Commercials," read some of the signs. A group of alleged proctologists demonstrated a disturbing array of HDTV-enabled diagnostic equipment. Police were forced to detain a contingent of scantily clad strippers, all of whom were playing MP3s at full volume, the sound apparently emanating from somewhere between their legs.
The multitudes quickly became unruly, even hysterical. Dozens of people were overcome with emotion as they shouted their demands, so great was their excitement at the prospect of being able to watch TV and listen to music using any arbitrary object in their immediate proximity. Many dropped to their knees and passionately praised any number of deities and spiritual entites. As the demonstrations progressed, thousands of people in each of the world's major capitals were trampled to death or fell victim to heat exhaustion. Scuffles became fights, and fights became pitched battles. In Alabama, hundreds of pistol- and shotgun-wielding demonstrators, demanding that either their firearms or ammunition be equipped with the full line of Philips' video, audeo, and networking products, initiated a firefight with local National Guard troops. At the time of this writing several pockets of resistance ere holding fast in the downtown area, with new foci appearing in suburban areas. Alabama Gov. Dick Brain was expected to make a televised address at 10 pm local time.
Need I go on?
However LCD monitor/TVs are really great and I've been looking for one for awhile. I've a couple of buddies with them in their kitchens and been itching to put one in myself. Something that won't take up counterspace, can be hung on the wall, let me use a wireless keyboard & mouse if I want to look up that FoodTV recipe directly, etc.
Doesn't need incredible brightness, not gaming so response time isn't critical, the wider the viewing angle the better but anything over 120 degrees should be fine, LCD resolution is fine no need for great quality. What is does require is a wireless remote, really as few wires as possible. I've looked at the $99 converters and they're all awkward and way to much of a hassle in the kitchen.
So, any recommendations for a good LCD Monitor with a built in TV tuner? 15", 17", with remote, wall-mountable?
I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.
is watching you, so turn around so he can get a better look, sister...
There's no wrong way, to eat a Rhesus...
The resolution they are offering MirrorTV matches the resolution level of Microsoft's version of movies in *HDTV* courtesy of Windows Media Player9... And if you need proof, check the stats of Artisan's latest DVD release of "T2." Same exact screen resolution on the Windows DVD disc... So where are the 1080i and 1080p versions of MirrorTV?
"Right now, somewhere in this world, Scott Baio is plowing a woman he doesn't love," - Peter Griffin, *Family Guy*
It seems to me that this would be easier with a TV and a camera. Eiter point it out, so it sort of looks like a mirror, or have it blend in with the wall. I think that a mirror would affect the image quality, as opposed to just displaying a specific image on a standard TV.
Just my 0b10 cents
If I have nothing to hide, don't search me
I don't really want to see myself when I'm watching pr0n. =\
Didn't manufacturers work hard so that monitors don't reflect, to cut down on glare?
Doesn't this defeat the purpose?
other then the gee-whiz factor I don't think it will catch on too much. Why would a hotel spend the extra money when they don't need to and why would a regular joe ever need a mirror/tv? That is unless people really become that vain and tv addicted.
The new "touch-screen" version is really pissin' off the cleaning crew, sick of wiping smeared fingerprints off the mirror/tv.
The biggest trick the devil pulled was letting lawyers become politicians so they can write the laws.
Throw in voice recognition and we are there.
"Mirror, mirror... who is the geekiest of them all?"
Add a camera and image processing and it can really get itself into trouble.
Yes, that's exactly what it is. Chris Eigeman makes me laugh so hard in that movie, yet friends get annoyed whenever I suggest watching it for the jillionth time. Taylor Nichols is great too, plays a convincing nice, conflicted guy, and all three of the leading women are drop-dead gorgeous. Mira Sorvino naked ... :)
Tim
jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
How about putting these in the review mirrors and having them show extra info, night vision, radar vision, something like that.
:-)
Its a mirror, its a display, its a mirror agian.
Sounds Cool. Needs to be cheaper though
...an invention that makes broadcast crap look interesting.
"Honey, turn that shit off. Sabrina the teenage witch indeed... *mirror mode* AAAAIIIIEEE!! Turn it back on! Turn it BACK ON!"
The hotel could configure it to handle bill payment and other hotel services
You mean a $2500+ mirror TV could be configured to do what every TV in every half decent hotel already does? Amazing.
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
victory gin in the bathtub,
the ol' pair of two-eyes a swimmin'.
yeah 2003 was when the hubbub
died down, the world had begun its dimmin'.
these days, tubed in and happy,
my two-eyes plays only the best tunes.
true, reception's a bit crappy,
but can't recall different in many moons...
ahh, a news update -- how exciting!
the war may be close to ending, says the voice.
i smile warmly to two-eyes, inviting
patriotic appearance to shield my secret choice.
the white speck of dust, my betrayer;
there is no place to keep thoughts but inside.
julia, oh lost julia, sadness in layers,
a musty regret salty w/ the passing tide.
Did you mean "telescreen?" Big Brother Is Watching.
That, I don't understand.
If they want to reclaim the space needed by a CRT, they could just go with a flat wall mounted TV. Combining that with a mirror doesn't really help all that much.
I think the problem is that a TV and a mirror just don't belong in the same place. Basically people like to sit infront of a TV, and stand in front of a mirror. Allow one with this combo deal, and it will cause a problem for the other.
Just look at the girl in the article's photo, and imagine having to watch TV in that position.
I dunno... I'm as geeky as the next man but I still can't think of a single reason for this...
A mirror with a video screen? Madness! But, with the small addition of a webcam, you can at last see what you look like when you talk over a videophone link!
Am I kidding or serious? Well, that's a question I leave to the moderators.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
The next model will also feature a video-conferencing camera mounted behind an unbreakable plexiglass screen.
President Skroob doesn't like these mirror monitors in the bathroom either!
--
But then again I thought VCR+ was a stupid idea and would die a quick death--so what do I know?
...which is the stupidest show of all?
Just add a webcam and centralized control from the hotel's back office and we come ever closer to George Orwell's predictions.
Don't mod this funny, this is seriously getting scary.
Put my fist through my alarm clock with its ding-dong death inside my ear. - The Blackjacks.
So are there any plans to transmit a Transparency signal?
That would be cool... you could leave parts of the image as a mirror. See how you would look with a dorky Billy G. hair-do! Watch as we make your eyes look like a Linux possesed Demon! Watch as we show you your living room through rose coloured glasses!
(And pleeeeeese don't base the new standard on NTSC [Never The Same Color]!!!)
I read the topic first and I thought it was a TV on one side, yet people could see through it from behind.
Like those mirrored viewing cages.
God spoke to me
It can do a google image search, and present you with the answer.
Best Buy can have you arrested
Have you ever tried to shave (or, perhaps less dangerously, just use a comb) in front of such a contraption? It's like bicycling with your arms crossed.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall,
Who's the Fairest of them all?
By integrating this system in the wall you would not save space, nor would you be able to create any more rooms. The reason for this is that most building codes and networking/telecom codes have requirements for thickness of walls when electrical devices are installed into them. (Especially devices which create electrical interference). This would make THE ENTIRE WALL 2-4" bigger, probably taking up much much more space than a Mounted LCD or a reg. 70" projection TV for that matter. Also, the installation costs would be outrageous, you would need custom walls, I mean completely custom walls, you would need a 2x10, and I can't tell you how much more those would be in framing construction. These problems could be fixed by bribing politicians, the IEEE, and a couple other standards organizations.
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"With this new mirror thing, its all in the wall, flat...out of the way when you don't need it. Redesign the hotel rooms around this new technology and not only do you have more options with what to do with the space in the room, but the rooms could actually be made smaller, yet seem to be bigger due to hiding the tech in wall. The hotel could make an extra couple rooms per floor, I am sure that this fact alone would more than make up for large up front costs."-arcite
RTFA!
Phillips is unveiling wall mounted versions which are not going to save any space at all, except for maybe the few inches saved by not mounting the LCD monitor next to the mirror. Which is comparable to a painting, picture or poster. Wow, what an inovation.
"Philips is emphasizing the Mirror TV's good looks. Decor is important, as is space, which makes a wall-mounted display a good choice over a conventional television. Needless to say, a mirror hanging on the wall looks better than an LCD, and is more versatile"-PCWORLD
So sorry, saved space is bull and saving costs, HA! This is just another thing that will probably be gobbled up by the super rich and probably will be soon forgotten by everyone else.
In response to what the hotel IT manager said, how much does a freakin bolt and chain cost? and what about wall anchors? Those work really well. And owh owh, whats wrong with the anchors they use in schools? And in hotels right now????
Besides...look at what rockers and rappers do to Hotel rooms now...those poor paintings, what will happen to a wall mounted LCD/Mirror combo??
A mirror tv...hummm...hay here is an idea why don't we just coat the screens with a surface which can be manipulated by electric current, which could become transparent or reflective... like lets say PLASTIC! I think these guys are on the right track: http://www.funktionale-oberflaechen.de/english/a1
If phillips really wanted to they could just coat their damn lcds with something on the lines of this, get it to the point were it could be manipulated by a controlable means, like the lcd turning on??? and bamm there ya go!
"Technical Inovations are usually just more bah for your buck."-CWMasakariAlpha AKA Haloows
"The Fields are easily swayed by the swaying of small wheat stocks."-CWMasakariAlpha AKA Haloows
And besides, all we need to do is place the tv behind the mirror like in that commercial...with the soccer fan...do you remember that? I think it was a Circuit City commercial or Bestbuy...can't remember.
"Richard Feynman (inventor of quantum mechanics)"
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Looks like you've got a good sense of humor yourself!
It's the same sort of motivation that drives people to put their TV inside an armoire in their living room. A whole lot of people really hate staring at hardware and feel that its mere presence is an intrusion on their lives, except when they're actively using it. The rest of the time, they would rather it not be there.
This device is designed to cater specifically to that desire. When in use, it's a flatscreen TV. When it's not, it's a mirror. 'Unobtrusive' is the key word here.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my killbot features Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available."
Slimming reflections.
Mirror, mirror, show me the most beautiful lady in this planet!
1984.
Is it just me or does anyone else remeber those things that watched people in their homes being two way mirrors with a television and a camera? If you do install it in a hotel, or if philips just sells it, how hard would it be to embed a small camera behind the glass? Could be usefull for somethings probably, but what if you didn't know the camera was there? (I know cameras can be hidden anywhere) But here you could possibly buy a product with a camera already installed without you knowing it. -d
...wants to watch themselves watching TV?
If you want a "mirror" just attach a camera to the monitor and reverse the image. Then you don't need the big, heavy mirror.
Everytime I go to design conferences (I am a interaction/process/pervasive designer) I see Philips' visions. I have had some courses with designers from Holland (a part of the Netherlands, appearently) that have or will work at Philips. I don't know if it is the context the designers are missing or it is real visions.
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Last time I watched an idea, it was also simular to this. A guy laying in his couch and watching television in a window (not on a computer, a window in the room, apperarently it was dark enough to look at the screen). Suddently his daughter calls him, and he sees her in the window area besides the television. He wouldn't miss that show while talking to his daughter in person. Another children are watching television in their rooms, and then they suddently want to go into the kitchen. They take the pencil that saved the program they were watching, and put it in a holder at the kitchen, and then they can continue watching the same program. It is so hard to turn on the tv with a remote and press a couple buttons!
Putting technology into existing everyday things have never been accepted by people, as the value of the product would change. Looking into a mirror will never be the same, and I would be damn scared if a tv-program suddently popped up on my mirror without knowing it (as they wouldn't in hotels). Mirrors are objects to serve a personal need, not for entertainment, except those funny faces
(yes this can be compared with sex)
Hello dear, you know how you wont let me have a flat screen telly?
Well I've got us a nice mirror instead....
Get the EULA T-shirt
How difficult would it be to clean your TV-Mirror? A regular TV doesn't get as many fingerprint smudges as your mirror does.
python >>>
reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,map(lambda x:chr(ord(x)^42),tuple('zS^BED\nX_FOY\x0b')))
My parents have always been a little behind on technology, and often don't even know of tech that I consider "normal" everyday technology. I'm picturing in the probable future a makeup table in our bedroom strategicaly positioned so that it can be easily veiwed from the bed, with recessed/hidden stows for the mouse and keyboard.
I'm also picturing it being at an angle where all my parents would be able to see when they come to visit is the fact it was a makeup mirror. I also see them getting very disturbed that everytime they walk past our bedroom door they see me sitting in front of it. When they happen to go in our room and I'm not their, I also expect them to see nothing but a makeup mirror/table.
Yes, I think it would disturb them greatly to wonder why their son who often had uncombed hair as a kid and always looked like he had just dragged himself through the dirt was now sitting in front of a bunch of makeup and staring blankly at the mirror all the time. Oh the gossip that would ensue after that. After all, the only thing the common human can make that travels faster than light is gossip.
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so you can switch off your TV just to see who is watching you from behind?
I can already see the FBI trying to figure out how those mirrors can record everything that goes on in a room.
Or Hotel employees embedding cameras in them.
Great! A camera to locate the viewer, a camera to take the scene, a embedded processor to compute resultant viewing angles, and the mirror/tv can display it... as discussed here.
i have heard of something like that. a friend of mine has a tv that also acts as a computer monitor, and it had a built in dvd/cd player, and a built in tivo system. it was crazy. he works for a tv manufacturing company and him and his friends put it together.
>"Richard Feynman (inventor of quantum mechanics)"
:-P Quantum Theory.
>Looks like you've got a good sense of humor yourself!
OKAY, okay
*sigh*
Pedants.
what is phillips trying to promote, and what are these hotels doing...what is the point of making a MIRROR TV...so is it a TV or a MIRROR ahah...its a interesting idea but i would not think that phillips would come up with it.