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TV Set Doubles as a Mirror

Posted by michael on from the chocolate-and-peanut-butter dept.

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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  1. Believe me by SYFer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a mirror even when its on.

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    1. Re:Believe me by Michael+Woodhams · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I believe you.

      When I read the summary, I thought "Is this anything more clever than just a semi-reflective coat on a flat TV screen?" The answer is "no".

      This means:
      a) With one of these, all those annoying reflections you get off your TV screen already get hugely worse.
      b) You could get much the same effect much cheaper by putting a standard sheet of semi-reflective glass in front of your standard TV.

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  2. More TV... Just what we need.. by Rip+Van+Winkle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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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  3. Re:This is one of those things that make you think by MrRTFM · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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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  4. Reflection is a problem! by microbox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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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  5. Re:This is one of those things that make you think by vontrotsky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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