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TV Set Doubles as a Mirror
Bill Kendrick writes "New Scientist reports there's a new wide-screen LCD from Philips which becomes a mirror when you turn it off. Now I just need that holographic fireplace..." Sorry - a dupe from June
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It's a mirror even when its on.
"...all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness..." yada yada
..um, why?
Great... Just great... TVs in more rooms of the house.
How many TVs do we actually need in the house? It isn't enough that we get 100+ channels of absolute garbage but we have to display it in every single room in the house. Just in case I miss 1 minute of re-runs of re-runs of MASH.
You have to wonder what effect all this TV watching has on the children's attention span.
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I suppose a large mirror on the wall is more attractive than the curent blank black surface that my TV is showing me right now. I just can't help but think that this tv would have nasty glare issues and at the same time wouldn't be that great of a mirror
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well - because they can I suppose.
It isnt a bad idea to use the TV as *something* when its turned off, but I'd have thought a mirror would be at the wrong height (you dont want to sit down to look in the mirror).
I'd personally prefer a high res screen saver
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When the screen is switched on, anyone standing in front of it sees only the picture. With the television switched off, the surface behaves like an ordinary mirror.
What about annoying background light reflecting off your screen while watching TV. Many enjoy watching TV in the dark because even the piece of glass on ordinary TVs is too reflective, and you can see a lightbulb on Darth Vader
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I like this. Don't think of it as something to replace a mirror, but at something to replace the tv. During the vast majority of the time, when the tv is off, you have a (hopefully) shiny mirror instead of an ugly piece of electronics on the wall.
Jeff
Ok, now, wtf is going on man? ...
This is the second totally stupid mod i get on the day
I Made a joke ; so first someone don't understand the joke, and mod me up as informative?; then i get moded down as oftoppic??????????
I know that replying to a mod, doesn't make this comunity any better, but come-on, what's happening to this people???
What i really don't understand, is how they get their modpoints.
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Why not? I think this is a great idea . . . people are going want this because when you turn it off, it actually becomes a part of the room's decor. Instead of just taking up space on the wall, it looks good and enhances the room, such that you wouldn't even know a TV was there.
I'm sure it's not that important to an average Joe, but think about the people who can afford these screens. They're probably willing to spend some money on the appearance of their home. And when it does become affordable, I think people will like having a wall mirror more than they will a giant black rectangle. Personally, I'm kind of excited. It seems very sci-fi and futuristic: a giant mirror suddenly displays an image. Very cool.
>How is this any better for attention span than a TV?
Because you have to sit down and read for x amount of time to get any meaningful information. As opposed to watching a four minute block of video and sound that changes camera angles every 4-8 seconds then 5 minutes of commercials, etc.
When the internet becomes another television channel is when you can compare the two, but right now its still text-based and thus requires some patience and reading comprehension.
Arguably, the internet is shifting us back towards a literate society as compared to an "entertain me" visual society that television tends to produce. Its hard to see the forest for the trees, but considering this is my third-year as a Tivo owner and fourth year broadband subscriber its easy to see how nasty TV is and how much of a saving grace the internet can be.
Neil Postman wrote a great book on the downsides of television-based politics called Amusing Ourselves to Death. Its worth checking out for those interested in media criticism.
Seems like an idea that, like and internet refrigerator before it, exists purely because it can. Which is why this is pretty cool.
Here it is from the philips site - with a massive jpg too.
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Because it will enhance the decor of the room when off. Also, mirrors tend to make a room look bigger and brighter.
-CowboyNick
If black is truly black and distinct from reflective that would be very cool. Not sure how they'd do it though - I suspect black would be reflective making Film Noir almost impossible to view on sunny days!
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