ShiftBrite RGB LED Coffee Table
Are you the kind of person that likes to sit down and look at colorful lights on a coffee table? If so, I suggest you continue reading. Macetech’s new Nxt-Gen coffee table will keep you deeply entertained when you’re sitting on your sofa doing nothing.
This kaleidoscopic fever dream of a coffee table is equipped with a 9×9 matrix of LEDs, which can apparently be set to “acid flashback” mode if necessary. It’s kind of like a crazily insane Lite Brite. When it’s not blasting color at your living room, though, I can think of a couple interesting uses for it. Read more
Giant Clock For Your Ceiling
This mega-clock seems to be designed for those with a pretty wide perspective, as you would have to walk your eyes through the entire ceiling to find out what time it is. The work belongs to Realities United and was exposed at the NYC gallery. Read more
AUO To Unveil World’s First Curved Display
At the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2008 which will be held in the next few days in Los Angeles, California, AU Optronics (AUO) will unveil the world’s first curved TFT-LCD on glass substrate. They seems to like to be “world’s first” as they will also unveil world’s thinnest ultra-thin 0.63mm TFT-LCD for mobile phone apps.
Missile Command On Multitouch Wall
Are you bored? Do you wanna have some fun? Well, here is an idea which involves multi-touch applications. Steve Mason installed a Missile Command clone at the Obscura Digital on that impressive multi-touch wall. You should try the two-player version of the Missile Command because it’s much more fun and what’s better than have having fun and to workout a little?
The Pufferfish spherical display system
The Pufferfish PufferSphere is a digital display that offers a compelling 360° surface for anything to be projected on, and it is easy to set up anywhere due to its inflatable nature. It has either a 2 or 2.5 m diameter and it inflates by a self-contained base unit.
The PufferSphere is great for permanent installations as well as for temporary exhibitions as it is easy to set up, operate and to transport. It can be inverted, suspended, mounted on walls or just stand upright and it offers a full range of template-based content services to the users.
It can also be well seen from distance because of its impetuous size and this new platform is expected to set new standards in the world of content presentation.
Eight-Monitor Mount From Humanscale
A new uber-geek monitor-mount has been unveiled by Humanscale, using eight monitors. I definitely wouldn’t mind to surf using the Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display, but also it isn’t a priority, especially that the price hasn’t been specified and it will be in the high range.
The Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display should get released next month and we shall see more specs and price then.
NEC Announces Three New Monitors
Yoshiaki Tsuda, President of NEC Display Co., Tokyo, announced that three new monitors will be released on 1st February. The first one is the 17-inch LCD174WXM with 1440 x 800 pixels display, the second is the 19-inch LCD194WXM also with 1440 x 900 pixels display, both are WXGA+ and are wide-format optimized for video playback. The third is the 22-inch LCD224WXM with 1680 x 1050 pixels panel display. The pricing hasn’t been announced so we are waiting for the official unveiling.
Multi-Port 24-inch Dell 2408WFP Released
Dell has released a new 24-inch monitor, with good performances, like the 1,900×1,200 resolution, 400cd/m2 brightness, 102% color gamut, 178-degree viewing angle, 1,300:1 contrast ratio and a response time of 6ms. Yet it’s performances aren’t extreme, but it has a vast variety of jacks, like the 2x DVI, DisplayPort, Composite, HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Component, 2x USB downstream, one USB upstream. The 2408WFP already available to buy for the price of $748.
via Engadget
MacWorld 2008: 30-inch NEC MultiSync LCD3090WQXi
NEC has unveiled at MacWorld 2008 a new 30-inch wide-screen display for professionals. It’s especially designed for photography, CAD/CAM industries, graphic design, print production and more, having great performances.
The MultiSync LCD3090WQXi has a 4-megapixel resolution ( 2,560×1,600 ), a wide gamut and provides premium color performance. Also it includes 12-bits and sports LUT ( internal look-up cable ), High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection ( HDCP ), supported through the DVI-D connector.
It has a lot of features, like the ColorComp, X-Light™ Pro, AmbiBright, Black Level Adjustement, Digital CableComp, Multi-Directional Controls, Eco-Mode, Spectraview II, Standalone calibration/matching, OSD Lockout, OverDrive and more.
The display will be released in February, this year, for the price of $2,199.99.
NEC Will Launch Its Own Curved Dispay
Just like Alienware, NEC has launched its own curved display. Although everybody is impressed by DLP display, they shouldn’t ignore the CRVD-42DWX+ display that NEC brought at CES. Theoretical they are very similar, the curved display is a 2880×900, double WXGA+ (if anybody is interested), with a contrast ratio of 10000:1. We suppose that NEC’s display is built by the same manufacturer that built Alienware’s product , Ostendotech. Also we suppose that they will start shipping in the second semester of this year, but they didn’t announce the price so all gamers can sit back and watch some photos for now.
Alienware’s Curved DLP Display
We found out more informations about Alienware’s curved DLP display. It will be launched in the second semester of this year. In the image above it’s shown a prototype model and probably they will change its appearence and its inner circuits. Inside lies four DLP projectors LED backlit and which their “after-effects” can be seen on the display, but they will appear only when you take a photo of the display. Altough it was developed by an ODM named Ostendotech it will be a product of Alienware. It’s expected to process every image at best quality and to support the majority of games without problems. The perfect position for viewing is from a distance of two feet.
10.4-inch Flexible Color LCD Unveiled by ITRI
A new flexible display technology has been developed by Taiwan’s ITRI ( Industrial Technology Research Institute ), that includes a flexible LED backlighting unit, called BLU and a 10.4-inch chloresteric LCD, called Ch-LC.
The new technology doesn’t use a glass substrate, as the other LCDs use, but instead uses two plastic substrates for the 10.4-inch color flexible display. The company stated that the LCD is only 10mm think and lightweight, with a color gamut of 57%.
Hitachi’s 19 mm Thin LCD
Sharp and Hitachi are both trying to showcase some ultra-thin LCDs. This comes after Sony announced the incredibly flat, high contrast OLED TVs. So, we have Hitachi launching a 19 mm thin LCD television that stands at 32 inch. It was announced but not much will be known until the CREATEC event in Japan 2007. Although it is quite thin, it still pails in comparison with the crazy 3 mm Sony OLED. So we all need to wait for CREATEC to start so we can get some inside info on the Hitachi 19 mm thin LCD.
Sharps Comes Back with the AQUOS Update
A new range of AQUOS LCD television sets were recently launched by Sharp, marking the debut of the XL2E series. They will not be as thin as the previously unveiled prototype and will come in three sizes of 52, 46 and 42 inches. As you would expect these days, Sharp’s HDTVs are full high definition ready and offer 100Hz technology. Probably looking to be on the same scale as a lot of standards, XL2E were also tagged as 24p. This stands for 24 images per second and is the exact same speed that is used in cinemas.The HDTVs show a contrast of 10,000 to 1 when dynamically measuring and 2,000 to 1 in panel contrast. We have a built in DVB-T tuner and an analogue tuner together with nice features including YUV connection, VGA input and not one but three HDMI connections. Audio quality is supported by SRS true Surround.
The three TVs announced in the XL2E series are: LC-24XL2E, LC-46XL2E and the LC-52XL2E. All will be available later this year but price is still not known. Sharp will also launch 5 new 1080p TVs outside of the X20E series with models coming in 52, 46, 42, 37 and 32 inch models. All five of them will support 1,080 pixels and will be tagged as 24p while coming with over three HDMI inputs with HDCP connectivity to HD sources, 2 scart connections, a slot for CI cards (for paid TV) and YuV connection. The five new AQUOS Full HDTVs are the LC-32X20E, LC-37X20E, LC-42X20E, LC-46X20E and LC52-X20E, all coming at the end of this year.
JVC LT46FH97 46″ 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV
I know all of you want to get maximum enjoyment from the television and DVD playback.This can be possible with the new 46-inch JVC LT46FN97 LCD HDTV. It offers a native progressive resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The 1080p has twice the resolution that on allmoust all the high definition 720p or 1080i displays found in the HDTVs of today. You can get more vivid pictures than before, the scene or content wouldan’t be a problem. The LT46FN97 has a incredible picture quality.For this you should thank the JVCÕs Genessa 32-bit CPU video processing, that is part of JVC’s 5th generation DIST (Digital Image Scaling Technology).The standard definition signals are improved by new Natural Progressive IP conversion, it has improved a scaler performance and a new PLL system wich improves the performance of a composite signal.
The Genessa video processor has a Digital Video Noise Reduction, wich reduces the “graininess” for the analog and the digital video source.The Block Noise Suppressor detects and eliminates the Ã’block noiseÓ, and the Mosquito Noise Suppressor eliminates noise from a low bit-rate signal without degrading the image, and the 3D Y/C comb filter with DTV Cross Color Eliminator that has a very advanced 10-bit 3D Y/C separation process that will eliminate the cross color and the dot interference that’s imbedded in older source material.
You will get 480p, 720p and 1080i high-definition viewing thanks to the built-in digital ATSC tuner, that pulls the HD signals from the airwaves. Another feature is that you can set it to an optional receiver or a cable/satellite set-top box choosing between the dual HDMI and the dual component connections. The QAM tuner is compatible with the unscrambled HDTV cable reception , and it also includes a standard analog NTSC tuner that receives standard-definition programming.
The screen is set to a 16:9 aspect ratio, with a 178-degree viewing angle, 500 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, with a 1000:1 contrast ratio.
With the Natural Cinema features you can get a 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, so you can watch progressive-scan movies programs in their native 24-frame format.
You will have a completely focused pictures with help of the Digital Super Detail correction technology and the Natural Progressive Circuitry . The color range limitations are compensated by the 5-point Color Management System .This also ensures you that the JVC colors will be reproduced with dimension and vivid detail. Some other features may include the digital video noise reduction, white character correction circuitry, five video status modes (theater, dynamic, game, standard, and TheaterPro D6500K), seven aspect ratio modes with EZ, a multi-function timer and standard sleep timer, 10-minute auto shut-off, front panel lock, high-speed channel changer, and V-Chip parental controls.
The audio performance is very good, it has been improved by MaxxBass, with the digital signal processing that will extend the perceived bass performance, and the built-in parametric equalizer for more accurate frequency response. The speakers are built-into the front of the screen and they can produce 10 watts of power per channel for 20 watts of total power.You can get also virtual surround sound, advanced tone correction and a volume limiter.
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV–all over a single cable. It provides up to a 5 GB per second bandwidth for transmitting pure digital video and audio signals with no degradation in the transfer. It can carry up to eight discrete audio channels, making it compatible with 7.1-channel surround sound systems. Signals are encrypted with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) to prevent recording. HDMI is fully backward-compatible with most DVI connections.
The video component features a three-jack video input, that can provide separate connections for luminance , blue color difference and red color difference, resulting a increased bandwidth for color information and more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite connections.
With the LCD HDTV you will also get a removeable stand, remote control (with batteries) and printed operating instructions at the price of $2,399.