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Here come the quantum dot TVs and wallpaper
PhysOrg ^ | 12/13/11 | Nancy Owano

Posted on 12/14/2011 1:12:13 AM PST by LibWhacker

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To: Big Giant Head

I’ve always wanted a live view of the sky projected on my ceiling.


21 posted on 12/14/2011 3:24:05 AM PST by listenhillary (Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
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To: LibWhacker

how about covering your car with it? then you could dial up whatever exterior you wanted?


22 posted on 12/14/2011 3:45:49 AM PST by beebuster2000
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Does this mean video gamers will get the whole wall, rather than a regular flat-screen TV?

Well it doesn’t apply to me anyway, I use a small one and sit pretty close. Kicking butt and talking trash is a priority.


23 posted on 12/14/2011 3:47:34 AM PST by wastedyears (Not too long you devious little parathyroid. Soon I'll be rid of you and I'll be free.)
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To: LibWhacker
I'd love to have a cheap, high-def, wall-sized tv you could apply like wallpaper!

Be careful what you wish for, kids love crayons......LOL!

24 posted on 12/14/2011 3:52:07 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Be good, Santa is coming)
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To: LibWhacker

UV and IR bands available. So, it could double as a tanning bed and a space heater.


25 posted on 12/14/2011 4:05:29 AM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: eastforker
Oh, thanks alot! I'm standing outside having a few puffs off my cigar, and now have the willy's. :)
26 posted on 12/14/2011 4:22:59 AM PST by StayoutdaBushesWay (Every man dies, but not every man really lives.)
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To: LibWhacker

Bflr


27 posted on 12/14/2011 4:26:52 AM PST by colinhester
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To: LibWhacker

Lots of different applications for this stuff.

Consider Christmas cards with video. They already have the musical and record/playback cards, a really inexpensive electronic paper could be used to great effect.

Likewise, a large screen could be rolled into a tubular shape of whatever size, and simply unrolled for viewing, much like the old movie projector screen.
Wireless internet and other applications could be included in the device allowing for a number of different display options, or simply a wireless and digital ports option allowing hookup to devices.


28 posted on 12/14/2011 4:45:02 AM PST by Drammach (Freedom - It's not just a job, It's an Adventure)
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To: Danae
Not to mention for watching NASCAR football or Iron Man.

"Surround TV" is also possible. Imagine your livingroom as the infield at Daytona, or the line of scrimmage at the Superbowl?!

29 posted on 12/14/2011 5:12:30 AM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: LibWhacker

I bought a 32’ Vizio on 12/2. My failed.

I spent some time getting everything hooked up and it all worked. I gradually tweaked the custom settings till it suited. I switched HDMI inputs to the computer and there was the cable box. It was there on all three HDMI inputs.

To make a long story short, I chatted with Vizio on line, did a reset and all was ok.Except, that night it was all HDMI again. I chatted again a week later and learned there was a firmware glitch causing the problem. If you turned off the speakers, the HDMI ports became corrupted and there was a signal from HDMI port 1 distributed to all three.

Vizio is making a firmware change and will put it on the web. The change will be downloaded to a thumb drive and input through the TV USB port.

Strange and for an old guy like me......... complex

The TV is very good once tweaked and the ability to switch inputs to my dedicated computer with a hard drive full of programming is great.


30 posted on 12/14/2011 5:24:27 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: LibWhacker

When I was a kid TV’s you could hang on a wall were science fiction fantasy. Now I have a 50” plasma about three inches thick.

I can only imagine how cool these TV’s will be.


31 posted on 12/14/2011 5:41:15 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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To: StayoutdaBushesWay
Oh, thanks alot! I'm standing outside having a few puffs off my cigar, and now have the willy's. :)

Careful, that ash just about hit your foot.

32 posted on 12/14/2011 6:32:04 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: Tallguy

Just put me on a sit-n-spin and play: “you spin me right round”... lol


33 posted on 12/14/2011 6:33:53 AM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: LibWhacker

Cool!

34 posted on 12/14/2011 7:38:35 AM PST by BreezyDog (PLAN A: A Peaceful Restoration of the Republic.....PLAN B: A Restoration of the Republic)
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To: Las Vegas Dave
Could the fictional cloaked alien technology in Schwarzenegger's film “Predator” be with us in the next 25 years??

Put yourself in a 1986 timeframe and ask if it would be possible to carry a high end camera, videocamera, telephone, computer, data storage device, etc., around in your back pocket in 25 years.

35 posted on 12/14/2011 1:09:46 PM PST by jdub (A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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To: Danae
Ya got me!

Couldn't resist. Glad you took it well. Some people get all fussed up.

36 posted on 12/14/2011 2:15:21 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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