dirk digler
07-19-2005, 08:45 AM
This sounds pretty interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&e=1&u=/afp/20050714/od_afp/afplifestylejapanitsharpcompany_050714114737
Thu Jul 14, 7:47 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - Parents will no longer miss their news programs or movies if their children insist on watching cartoons.
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A new television will allow two different programs to air at the same time depending where one sits.
Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp on Thursday unveiled the liquid crystal display (LCD) set that can simultaneously display different images into the right and left sides of the screen through a backlight.
Viewers will get an uninterrupted view no matter where they sit, but what they see will change depending on the angle, the company said in a statement.
Sharp will begin mass production of the display, billed as the world's first dual-view LCD, by the end of the month, with the product hitting the shelves later this year.
The new product will help solve living-room conflicts in Japanese families, a company official explained.
Fathers are often forced to watch baseball games or other programs they want to see on a small television set in the bedroom or elsewhere in the house while children occupy the large screen in the living room, she said.
The company also said the LCD can "display a TV broadcast on the right screen, while displaying an Internet browser screen on the left."
The dual-view LCD could also be put to use in a car, with a driver looking at a map navigation system while a friend in the passenger's seat enjoys a DVD movie.
Sharp also announced a "veil-view" LCD that will let users change the viewing angle of their computers, mobile phones or other electronic gadgets to prevent curious people around them from spying.
The users will get "peace of mind without having to worry about others in the vicinity snooping to peek at what is being displayed on the LCD screen," the company said.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&e=1&u=/afp/20050714/od_afp/afplifestylejapanitsharpcompany_050714114737
Thu Jul 14, 7:47 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - Parents will no longer miss their news programs or movies if their children insist on watching cartoons.
ADVERTISEMENT
A new television will allow two different programs to air at the same time depending where one sits.
Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp on Thursday unveiled the liquid crystal display (LCD) set that can simultaneously display different images into the right and left sides of the screen through a backlight.
Viewers will get an uninterrupted view no matter where they sit, but what they see will change depending on the angle, the company said in a statement.
Sharp will begin mass production of the display, billed as the world's first dual-view LCD, by the end of the month, with the product hitting the shelves later this year.
The new product will help solve living-room conflicts in Japanese families, a company official explained.
Fathers are often forced to watch baseball games or other programs they want to see on a small television set in the bedroom or elsewhere in the house while children occupy the large screen in the living room, she said.
The company also said the LCD can "display a TV broadcast on the right screen, while displaying an Internet browser screen on the left."
The dual-view LCD could also be put to use in a car, with a driver looking at a map navigation system while a friend in the passenger's seat enjoys a DVD movie.
Sharp also announced a "veil-view" LCD that will let users change the viewing angle of their computers, mobile phones or other electronic gadgets to prevent curious people around them from spying.
The users will get "peace of mind without having to worry about others in the vicinity snooping to peek at what is being displayed on the LCD screen," the company said.