Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by mromano » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 4:59 AM UTC

Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
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Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by Vipsy » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 5:44 AM UTC

Seeing how they marketed LED TV, it might be possible they put a camera at the back of it, and mixed the images. Here is the transparent TV :)

Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by neolefty » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:05 AM UTC

Looks like it's not actively backlit? Way cooler than it has any right to be, at least in the daytime. Brightness is automatically directly proportional to the light coming from behind! Wonder what they have planned for night.

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Post by collint » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:24 AM UTC

Yup. This is what I want at my desk.

Now I just need to find a great window with a view :)

Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by netmau5 » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:32 AM UTC

I love the future. Hopefully this won't go the way of the OLED and be way too expensive for practical use. I know it's only a matter of time, but I want this now! There are so many interest problems that a technology like this one could be applied in solving.

Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by high5ths » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:37 AM UTC

Obviously incredibly cool, but at the same time, how often do you want to see what is behind your monitor? Other than storefront windows and cars I would think it would be distracting to have everything be transparent.

But it is very, very cool.

Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by Groxx » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:37 AM UTC

Anyone know if LG's has solar-poweredness? This mentions nothing along those lines: http://justinireland.com/lg-transparent-lcd/ via http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2266954

Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by jarin » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:59 AM UTC

neolefty wrote: post #3

Looks like it's not actively backlit? Way cooler than it has any right to be, at least in the daytime. Brightness is automatically directly proportional to the light coming from behind! Wonder what they have planned for night.

Maybe you could have thin LED strips on the sides to side-light it?

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Post by joshontheweb » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 7:00 AM UTC

You could have such a sweet GPS interface in your car with this in the windshield.

Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV

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Post by ww520 » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 7:00 AM UTC

That looks great if they can make it into windows panes - the outside of the glass is the solar panel and the inside can play video. Make it transparent on whim. Make it opaque to block out the sun.