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Big Screen Viewing Effect For Mobile Phone Videos
Clarinase writes "Cellular phone subscribers can now view TV, movies, photos and broadband Internet content with a big screen viewing effect with Kopin CyberDisplay video eyewear from MicroOptical. This sleek eyewear allows users to privately view large-size video or pictures equivalent to a 12-inch screen as seen from three feet away, delivering crisp, full-color video with a 17-degree field of view. This eyewear is connected to a cell phone through a thin cable, and allows up to five hours of video with three AAA batteries. Since it accepts composite video input (NTSC or PAL), the eyewear can be plugged into other devices with composite video outputs such as portable DVD players."
Score: 4, Insightful!? Aren't we supposed to be geeks? Aren't geeks supposed to like problem solving? There's a simple fix here: use a thin wire (with associated size, flexibility and weight advantages) which has plugs on both ends and will, as such, disconnect under tension. It's also easy to replace if it does break.
I've seen at least 6 or 7 different video glasses advertised since the late 90's (there's one currently in SkyMall too), but the real question for me is, are any of them halfway decent?
My primary application would be using my laptop on an airplane or at a Starbucks without having everyone around me seeing whats on my screen.
I think GOOD video glasses should:
- give me at least 800x600 res in 16bit color
- VGA, SVIDEO, and composite inputs
- simulate a screen size of at least 30"
- have option for opaque or translucent background
- not look completely ridiculous
- price point under $600
I've seen glasses that do some of the above, but I've never seen a pair that matches all of my criteria.
Has anyone had experience with devices like this? Any recommendations?