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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 19:12 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 19:15
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Wow.. Only Sony could create something like that. It'd be awsome to have though!


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Screwed Over
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 19:28 Edited at: 19th Mar 2007 19:31
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nice, i want one, and one of these which are both uberly cool.


(and yes, i know its fake...)


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Fallout
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 19:54
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Ok, Sony tele, probably not amazing. CRTs just fire electrons at a layer of phosphorus AFAIK. So what you have there is a CRT, an an equvilent on a transparent window. Probably (I aint an expert!) exactly the same as a normal tele, except made of perspex and with a slightly different chemical on the transparent window.

As for the dot clock ... I find that really disturbing. Dont know why. It puts time into perspective so well, it's scarey seeing the day disappear so visually.


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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 20:42
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Look carefully, it has a projector on teh floor at the back. I imagine the glass is created to refract the light horizontally when it hits from that distance and angle.
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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 20:48
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They look ugly and way too scifi to have in your home, unless you really are a scifi geek
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The TV is real. Its a projector and a TV with particles in it that show the image.

Yeah, time does fly by fast.

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 21:19
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it's not a tv, it's a projector surface...try and guess why they don't show a picture of the other side of the "tv"? lol

as for the clock...makes u feel like your waisting ur time :S

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 21:21
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Are those things on the side speakers? That kind of ruins the look.

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:20
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yer the speaks look ugly

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:26
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I have no knoledge of how this works, but it looks like it's being projected from the back to me. Which will be a pest for many as I don't know about you, but my TV is right up in the corner. Where it's supposed to be. I don't want 1-1.5 metres of room space taken away! And those speakers! Why are they MASSIVE? There's nothing wrong with my (comparatively) tiny Creatives, which have nice, smooth bass tones.


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Benjamin
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:33
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Quote: "Which will be a pest for many as I don't know about you, but my TV is right up in the corner"

I don't think it's designed for people like you.

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:34
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Doesn't look very transparent.

It's probably like pretty much everything electronic, the 1st time something of it is made there will be lots of flaws =/
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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:35
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TV = cool
Speakers = lame

That TV is really fancy looking. I really like the look of it. The speakers on the other hand are a huge waste of space, and look rather ugly. Also, you'd have to clean them alot or they would look all nasty with dust, finger prints, etc.

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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:37
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And besides, who wants a transparent TV? If I want to watch a DVD, that's what I want to watch, not a DVD mixed with the wallpaper. It's dumb and I hope it never catches on.


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Posted: 19th Mar 2007 23:38
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if you had your speakers on real bassy all the time then you wouldn't need to clean them

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Quote: "And besides, who wants a transparent TV? If I want to watch a DVD, that's what I want to watch, not a DVD mixed with the wallpaper. It's dumb and I hope it never catches on."

Looking at the pictures, the actual image isn't transparent... not that I trust any of them, if the projector's light is capable of passing through it, then ambient light should be capable of doing so also. So it'd only look good at night, in which case you might as well forget it's a "transparent TV" cause you can't see anything other than the image anyway.

The projector behind it takes up too much space, might as well have a standard projector pointed towards a wall.

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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 01:19
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A window using this technology would be a good use. But using it for a TV is plain stupid.


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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 03:09
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Quote: "TV = cool
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~ Agent Dink"


Yeah. I can imagine one of them getting stolen, and the burglars returning it.

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Posted: 20th Mar 2007 05:49
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Looks like something you'd find at Ikea.

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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 02:36
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I will have to cope with my 42 inch plasma



and the three 22 inch widescreens coming later this financial quarter

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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 04:17
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I'd buy a new car if I had that much money

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Wiggett
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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 05:52
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sweet, its basically just a fancy projector, but i actually like the giant speakers, they look sci-fi awesome, and thats what i want. I will just wait till they are old and can pick one up for $20 at an op shop.

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Posted: 21st Mar 2007 16:25
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Just wrap your current speakers in tin foil and stick a few toilet rolls on the side for the same futuristic Sci-Fi effect.


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