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Sharp's Double-View LCD TV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-just-crazy dept.

HaloPhreak writes "Sharp has released that they will soon release products that will "allow viewers sitting to the right and left of a screen to watch different channels." This is a new breakthrough in LCD technology my the industry-leading LCD manufacturer. In the article by Reuters, more than just television use is anticipated for this new technology. According to the article, laptops, ATM's, PDA's, cellphones, and even billboards you see in malls could use this technology."

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  1. Sound? by samtihen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What about sound?

    1. Re:Sound? by stry_cat · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Let me guess, you're one of those annoying people who walk into the TV room and start babbling when I'm trying to listen to my favorite show.

      You're the one who needs to seek help. Such rude behavior is usually indicative of a more serious problem.

  2. Didn't some student do this? by bitfoo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I could have sworn I had seen this before on slashdot, yet not on such a commercial level. If I recall correctly, some student posted about viewing different pictures at different angles, and even had set up a demo. He hadn't managed to perfect two streaming television channels, if I recall correctly. Hmm...can anyone find/remember this?

  3. Re:I understand some but not all of this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It wouldn't change the size of the navigation screen... it would allow the passenger to watch a movie on the navigation screen while not creating a distraction for the driver. And leaving room for all the other shit.

  4. native stereo 3DTV by oringo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm interested to see whether this technology can be tweaked to display slightly different images on narrow angles, which can trick our eyes to believe the flat images are 3-D.

  5. Awesome for Madden 2009 by JoelMC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This would be great for video games. Imagine instead of split screen, having dual screen on the same TV. You'd no longer cheat and see the other person picking there plays, and two player Halo would be taken to a new level.

    I don't see it being that difficult for the console makers because the power in these things is already rediculous, so why not put dual component outputs one labeled left and the other right. That would also eliminate people's questions of "what about the sound."

  6. Re:No, this isn't bullshit. by PeterBrett · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I work over the corridor from these guys, and let me assure you that there are entire sectors of industry who are very interested in this technology. Very interested.

    It's not bullshit, and you'll be seeing them in the real world quite soon.

    Having seen the demonstrations and the low-down technical details of how they work, I'm pretty impressed by it -- in particular the solution for the problem of how to get touchscreen buttons to have one function for the left-hand person and another for the other.

    I'm sorry I can't go into more details, but it's more than my job's worth...

    --
    Pirate Party UK
  7. failed 3d monitor? by Khashishi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if this was a failed attempt at engineering a 3D TV.