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Xiaomi just released their transparent OLED TV. It looks surreal: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363861/xiaomi-oled-tv-t...
They did the same thing with bezel free phones: early adoption of Korean (LG) or Japanese (Sharp) display tech. I'm not sure what their angle is, but these early adopter products seem like one offs.
Their Xiaomi Mi Alpha bezel free phone was just as crazy! https://i.imgur.com/CYHISoC.jpg
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I've owned a Dell XPS13 which was the crappiest product I've bought in a while. So I'd say the problem with Dell is more inablity vs. malicious intent.
What was so bad about it?
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What was so bad about them?
As a counterpoint to that (and maybe it has just been a particular model series), I've had the 9343 XPS13 for 5 years now without issue. The battery life is much shorter now, for sure, but it's been a daily driver for all that time so I'm not so surprised.
I've seen a lot of bad reports, so maybe I just got lucky, but I hope not since I loved that machine and the XPS line would be pretty high up on my list if I was in the market for a new laptop now.
Well, this would be another method for achieving heads up displays. Here's an application that I think would be really cool: HUD retrofits for cars. Take a transparent plastic film, stick it to the inside of your windshield in a similar manner like you would apply a tint film to the side and rear windows. Then, take the connector dangling from the corner of the film and connect it to the supplied box which connects t…
That would be cool for aftermarket HUDs. As far as making a useful HUD goes, some carmakers are already doing that. I have a 2019 Mazda CX-5 and it has a HUD that is projected on to the windshield. It tells me my current speed, the current speed limit of the road I am on, if there is a stop sign ahead, and if I run the GPS system it displays the next cross street, and arrow symbols for upcoming turns. I personally fi…
For a long long time, science fiction movies have used transparent displays to seem more "futuristic." However, actual transparent displays have been underwhelming in practice. This technology is being use by Xaomi to make a "transparent TV"[1] which in theory you will be able to buy. (I realize that not all of these sorts of announcements survive until actual product shipment). It will be interesting to see one of t…
Well for one it would be great to place on mirrors to "try on" clothes, or any kind of augmented reality like that. They can also be placed on your windshield for directions and other info like your speed. Gaming monitors with "designer" internals so that when your screen is off you can see the cool inside, similar to some watches with exposed gears.
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What was so bad about them?
As a counterpoint to that (and maybe it has just been a particular model series), I've had the 9343 XPS13 for 5 years now without issue. The battery life is much shorter now, for sure, but it's been a daily driver for all that time so I'm not so surprised.
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The "transparent TVs" shipping last year seemed ok. From the Linus Tech Tips hands on review of one (Dec 2018), they seem like they're already useful for some scenarios. eg shop windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxs4IS9HXU
That is pretty cool. I hadn't thought what it would be like with two of these back to back in a gaming situation. From the video you linked the opacity seems to be much better than I expected. I'm hoping one or more of the high end TV shops put this into their show room so I can see it in person.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/loo-with-a-vie...
