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Video Tombstones

Posted by samzenpus on from the dead-tv dept.

Rio writes "A new company plans to unveil new high-tech tombstones with embedded flat screen monitors that would allow visitors to play memorial videos of the deceased. Joe Joachim, who says he wants to be the Walt Disney of the funeral business, plans to show the Vidstone this year at the annual funeral directors convention. The solar-powered Vidstone will play a video of the person's life at the touch of a button."

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  1. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It worked for a while. Here's a screen capture.

  2. Re:Free LCDs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I've had several grandparents die

    Did you find that Human Resources got a lot less sympathetic when the count went over four?