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Posted on 05/19/2008 9:33:48 AM PDT by Reaganesque
May 19, 2008 There’s at least one reason to look forward to the InfoComm 2008 conference in Las Vegas this June with next-generation large-screen display manufacturer Shinoda Plasma announcing plans to exhibit a flexible, 1-millimeter thick, 125-inch film-type prototype display that can be used as a curved or wrap-around screen.
At a low-key unveiling on May 15, Shinoda Plasma announced plans to exhibit the 3 x 1 meter, (9 feet 10-inches x 3 feet 3-inches) plasma tube array (PTA) display, which consists of 3 seamlessly integrated 1 x 1 meter square sub-modules and offers a resolution of 960 x 360 and weighs in at 3.6 kilograms (8 lbs), or about 10 times less than a conventional plasma display.
Shinodo Plasma is also reportedly intending to begin small-scale production of a 150-inch (3 x 2 meter) version this autumn. While digital signage and advertising applications are sure to be the main uses for the ultrathin displays, there are sure to be plenty of people wanting a display or two for the walls at home to avoid painting.
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Interesting stuff! As a comedian once said: "I'll buy it if they will promise me that this is the last thing they'll invent!" LOL. My wife and I bought a HD-tv recently with that in mind. Oh well!
Sure make a large screen TV easier to sell to Mrs. MWT who doens’t want it junking up the den.
There’s actually technology being developed that would allow you to “paint” a tv on your wall. Seriously.
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Ditto us and DVD player....now we're hearing all about Blu Ray making DVD obsolete. Humbug.
Maybe it’s a big blurry display?
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Just looking at the picture you can tell that the 960x360 must be wrong. That would be pixels that are about 1/3 inches square.
9600 x 3600 maybe.
“and weighs in at 3.6 kilograms (8 lbs), or about 10 times less than a conventional plasma display.”
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It is a bad day when a so called technical writer is hired to produce garbage like this. It is impossible for anything to weigh “10 times less” than something else.
Yeah, once you get over that ‘one times less’ mark, it gets pretty difficult.
You mean how downloadable content and movies made BOTH obsolete?
How much $$$$$$??????
I’m looking forward to OLEDs to be produced in large screens at an affordable price.
You have to wonder what you’re supposed to do with a display with a three to one aspect ratio. Either watch squashed people, a movie without the top or bottom quarter of the picture, or some re-a-l-l-y big black bars on the sides of the screen. Maybe you could divide the feed up and put a photo of your wall on each side...
A Homer Simpson MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... Gurggle. Billboards that are giant TV’s.
Good question.
Imagine what this will do to the Event Hall Rental Business.
Imagine Disney Epcot esque 360 degree video on four walls.
(imagine a bride demanding a hall with video walls depicting the theme of her choice.)
This is going to be a tacky jumbotron in every major gathering.
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