Princeton PTV-WWTV7 wireless, waterproof display

Ah, summer; the season to kick back by the pool with a cool drink and catch up on all the reruns you've been saving to your DVR. What, you don't want to bring your TV and set-top down to the pool and risk splashing them a little? Well, neither do we. And that's why we're planning on picking up a Princeton PTV-WWTV7 wireless, waterproof display for the Engadget beach house. The seven-inch LCD, due out in Japan this June for 49,800, comes with a built-in battery and WiFi receiver, and a separate unit houses a transmitter that also includes an analog tuner and S-video and composite inputs for other video sources. And, according to Princeton, it really is waterproof, and can be used in the kitchen, bathroom and by the pool, though they don't recommend actually tossing it in the water. That's fine with us; this will be perched on our rubber float all summer long.

[Sam @ May 19th 2006 3:00PM]

I assume that's 49,800 Yen, not dollars... I hope

[ben @ May 19th 2006 4:08PM]

no one understands yen...SPEAK AMERICAN!!!

[johndoe @ May 19th 2006 4:27PM]

USD 450 for a 7 inch lcd with a wifi-reciever and transmitter?
couldnt you just buy an emachine and hook it up to wifi network?

[austin @ May 19th 2006 8:57PM]

oh man... i bet the engadget beach house is SweeT. robot monkey butlers. replicators. wireless badminton...

[strider_mt2k @ May 19th 2006 9:01PM]

One could kludge together something that would work the same way from existing hardware, but this is a nice compact waterproof package.
The built-in tuner doesn't hurt one bit either, considering it sits back in the house where the cable or sat signal is.

There are probably some cool robotics or home automation type applications for a setup like this too.

Prety cool!

[iowannaski @ May 19th 2006 9:07PM]

Wireless television? What will they think of next!!

[Russ @ May 19th 2006 9:36PM]

Now I just need a waterproof keyboard and mouse and I'm set.

[lil chippy @ May 19th 2006 11:51PM]

How about a water proof computer... computers are way better then tv's. Ooh like where is the engadet beach house? i want to go there i mean like wireless gizzmos and stuff!!!!

[Marc Mayor @ May 20th 2006 5:10AM]

Ok, next step: the one you can actually toss in the water... Sheesh !