How long before some guy is caught watching porn on the window.. ?
Seriously though, there really isn't much privacy if all of your screen watching is clearly visible to anyone walking by on the street.
Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
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Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#22Great example of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". It's an interesting technology, but besides making CNNs coverage of elections more X-treme, who is going to use this?
I, for one, would superimpose some blue skies and nice fluffy clouds upon rainy afternoons... And big, silvery dirigibles. Always liked those.
Notice the background is very clean - most real windows will show you buildings and trees. If, however, that could be combined with "privacy glass", specially if you could make the glass less transparent on a pixel-by-pixel way, then I would consider changing all my windows.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#23That 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.
Make funny shadows. Show weather forecast. Fill it with black and put a moon there during the day.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#24Great example of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". It's an interesting technology, but besides making CNNs coverage of elections more X-treme, who is going to use this?
A bar can now pave every square inch of surface with tvs - the ceiling, the tables, the floor. Another great example of what Can be done.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#25Obviously 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.
If its cheaper, that would drive adoption lots of places that don't have tv. E.g. Africa, dorm rooms, shower stalls...
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#26Obviously 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.
Eyeglasses.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#27Obviously 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.
The only thing behind my monitors is blank white walls, so it's no problem for me.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#28Great example of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". It's an interesting technology, but besides making CNNs coverage of elections more X-treme, who is going to use this?
It's just a stunt at this point, yes, but it's very pretty.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#29I'd love this. I would put them in my kitchen (white walls, well lit) and run the power cable out to my deck. Handy.
Re: Samsung Introduces Completely Solar-Powered, Transparent TV
#30It seems to me like most people commenting here see this as transparent TV instead of seeing it as futuristic window that displays stuff !
I'd like to have this kind of stuff on certain windows, and not as a replacement for a TV, that big piece of furniture that sits in a living room.
It's a bit like "surfaces" by Microsoft. It's not really about turning computers into tables, but it's about turning tables into amazing futuristic furniture (that are extra useful).