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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. why by teklob · · Score: 4, Interesting

    whats the point in having a folding lcd monitor? it's not like portability is a huge factor when you still have to plug it into your computer

    1. Re:why by Shishak · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Remember the IBM laptops that had a keyboard that would open up to full size? Imagine a laptop LCD that opens up like a pop-up card to a full 23" LCD screen when in use but fold down to 15" when not in use.

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  2. The World's 1st Foldable LCD by cloudless.net · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The world's 1st foldable LCD

    Can't find a photo of it yet, but the article says "The seam between the two panels is less than 1 mm"

  3. Cool by Klimaxor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I like the idea. Some may think "well, it's 13lbs, that's not so portable" But you have to look at it this way. Whether you haul your system to and from LAN's every week, or even move it from location to location once a year, it's common knowledge that if you can the make the package smaller, it won't get harmed as easily. Even with current day LCD's, the worry of scratching the screen, or something else, makes people put them in a box, which takes up room, and is a general pain in the ass. If you can fold it up, especially so that the entire screen is enclosed, what the hell, put the monitor in your glove box and save room in the moving vehicle for other stuff (like that abnormally large chair that is just really comfortable and you just CAN'T compute without it)

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  4. Re:about time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Forget folding LCDs - a technology whose time will NEVER arrive. What we want is fold-up or roll-up screens. Remember the "electric paper" display units? These things will be in colour pretty shortly, plus they don't lose the image when you remove the power!

    Imagine your laptop, which is half the size of a normal keyboard (folded in half), with a display folded like a map inside it. Remove the display, unfold it to 2 metres x 1 metre, stick it on any wall less than 6 metres away, and presto - wireless display.

    The unit will auotmatically select what display mode you want, and what size, based on how you unfold it, and the display will know where it is still folded, and only display across the area intended for viewing. So you'll be able to unfold it to quarter-size while it's close to you (on a desk) but move up to the full size when you unfold all of it.

    LCD - BAH!

    OLED and I might be impressed... ;)

  5. Hellooo Trintron! by SuperBanana · · Score: 5, Interesting

    1980's, Sony: "You'll never notice those two 'faint' grey lines!" 2003, NEC: "You'll never notice those three 'small' spaces between sections!"

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  6. Was I the only one reminded of... by Moses+Lawn · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Aw man, when I read the blurb about a collapsible screen, the first thing I thought of Mr. Whoopie's amazing 3-D blackboard (best link I could find - 2nd image down) from 'Tennessee Tuxedo'. That was the one that opened up from pocket size to full size and came to life with full animations of whatever concept he was trying to demonstrate. Always saved Tennessee and Chumley's asses.

    Man, I really want a 3-D blackboard. Life sucks.

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  7. do you want an opinion or a link? by chipace · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you want an opinion... it doesn't look like what I expected. If you want a link (like the guy asked for) here it is: http://www.nmv.co.jp/nmvisual/hardware/index.html