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Collapsible LCD Screens

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-tempting dept.

Schart writes "I can't seem to find any pictures of exactly what they mean by 'collapsible LCD,' but NEC today announced a new line of low(ish) priced LCD screens that 'fold up for easy portability.'" Anyone out there who can supply visual documentation?

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  1. expandable PDA display by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What I want is a PDA with the form factor of a palm, that I can attach a portable screen for more real estate - like if I want to look at a manual or book with diagrams.

    The killer app for ebooks and PDA's could well be reference material.

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    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Insightful

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  3. Re:Shame about the center by KFury · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "what?? two half-sized peices on either side?? Isn't that the same thing as a fold in the middle?"

    No. He means there is a half-size piece in the center, and two quarter-sized pieces on each side, that can fold in to cover the half-size. His nomenclature assumes that the center piece is equivalent to a 'full sized' display, and the two 'wings' are half-sized, and on either side.

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    Kevin Fox
  4. You TOTALLY missed the point by Tensor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... think about it this way ...

    You have a laptop with a thin, ultra portable 10x12 form factor (ie 15 inch display)... and suddenly you open (unfold) the screen upwards or sideways (maybe both ? like landscape/portrait modes) and end up with a 23.5 inch Screen in a ultra-portable !!

    i'd say its sweet ...

    Obviously if you think about it from the desktop point of view its pretty useless, unless you travel with your desktop a lot, like to lan-parties, but that would make it an extremely small market to recoup the r&d.