New TV to bring whole family together

**dirk digler** · 07-19-2005, 08:45 AM

This sounds pretty interesting.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...y_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.

**Rain Man** · 07-19-2005, 08:47 AM

Those are pretty cool concepts.

Aside from that, I don't necessarily view "family time" as sitting eight feet from each other watching different television shows, but whatever. Who am I to comment on Japanese family values?

Chieficus · 07-19-2005, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

TOKYO (AFP) - Parents will no longer miss their news programs or movies if their children insist on watching cartoons.

If the parents keep missing their news programs because their kids keep insisting to watch cartoons, then there's something wrong with the parenting to begin with...

But anyway. So I guess the battle now becomes: Who's forced to wear the headphones?

**dirk digler** · 07-19-2005, 09:05 AM

Hey just think you can watch football on one side and your woman can watch her stuff on the other.

That would be great.

**Lzen** · 07-19-2005, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Chieficus

If the parents keep missing their news programs because their kids keep insisting to watch cartoons, then there's something wrong with the parenting to begin with...

But anyway. So I guess the battle now becomes: Who's forced to wear the headphones?

Heh, I let my kids watch cartoons or whatnot a lot of times. But when I or my wife want to watch something, it's go to your room and watch your own TV.

When the oldest child says why don't you watch the TV in your room, I simply respond with "who pays the bills?"

**Lzen** · 07-19-2005, 09:26 AM

Speaking of the sound issue, I wonder if you will even need headphones. Didn't someone post an article awhile back about how they have invented a technology that can direct sound to specific areas? That would go nicely in a TV like this.

**Dartgod** · 07-19-2005, 09:34 AM

I think you all are missing the more important piece of this article:

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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.

You know what this means, right? You can browse pr0n at work without worrying about your nosey "cubicle neighbors" ratting you out!

RedNFeisty · 07-19-2005, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Heh, I let my kids watch cartoons or whatnot a lot of times. But when I or my wife want to watch something, it's go to your room and watch your own TV.

When the oldest child says why don't you watch the TV in your room, I simply respond with "who pays the bills?"

Thank you, I was thinking the same thing. Why in hell would I let the little guy watch the forty one inch while I have to watch the twenty seven inch? I don't freaking think so, I paid for both!!

**Rain Man** · 07-19-2005, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dartgod

I think you all are missing the more important piece of this article:

You know what this means, right? You can browse pr0n at work without worrying about your nosey "cubicle neighbors" ratting you out!

This is why I consider you one of the great minds of our time.

And interestingly, if they combine this with the ability to display different pictures, you can be browsing porn and then when your boss walks in, he'll see a big spreadsheet or report from his angle.

**Lzen** · 07-19-2005, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by RedNFeisty

Thank you, I was thinking the same thing. Why in hell would I let the little guy watch the forty one inch while I have to watch the twenty seven inch? I don't freaking think so, I paid for both!!

I think it's cute that you refer to Clint as "the little guy".

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