We've been keeping an eye on Shinoda Plasma's curved PTA (plasma tube array) technology since 2007. What started as a single
43-inch prototype grew to
125-inches in 2008. Now, Shinoda is showing off a 145-inch diagonal prototype consisting of six PTA panels stitched together in a 2-meter x 3-meter matrix. The 960 x 720 pixel resolution might not impress you until you consider the weight: just 7.2-kg (15.8-pounds) thanks to the slim PTA panels measuring just 1-mm thick. Impressive compared to
108-inch LCDs that weigh in at 196-kg (430-pounds) and the original Osborne 1 "laptop" that weighed 24.5-pounds. With any luck, these giant displays will be
commercialized for signage so we can all simulate crushing motions with two hands.
posted May 7th 2009 3:59AM
FIRST!!%#^&%#!#
hence, the benefits of OLED. Next year is going to get very interesting when we start to see 30+ inch OLED's in our local electronics retailers. At this point if i could lift a 50 inch tv by myself i know i would pay an extra say, $2000 for it. just a thought.
oh and on the plasma... oops. ye well that's pretty cool but that stand would have to be like a cast on a broken leg or something it wont come off and if it does shit will hit the fan IN PIECES.
You would pay $2000 for the ability to lift your television with one hand. That is the saddest and stupidest thing I've heard all week.
The resolution is 960x720
270 was too weird...
960 x 270 lol
Considering it's most likely going to be 3 or 4 stories up. It's probably wouldn't matter much if it was 1080p or even 720p.
And teh frame holding it weighs 2 tonnes
haha,,, I love how the (laptop) is quoted,,, the Osborne was released 28 years ago,,, so I guess it was pretty good for the time,,,
portable computers didn't catch the main stream until the 90s,,, when consumers really could benefit from them,,,
Laptops aside,, I think this display could be really good for huge bill boards,, you know,, sell by the meter or change ads at different times of the day
You know,, maybe the ads after midnight could change into something intriguing,,,
960x270?? Thats like a 3.5:1 ratio... WTF?
Hey, my dad DID have an Osborne-1 !!!
You could have it in any color you wanted, as long as it was blue!
i just wanna play halo on it
yuk, like the resolution on this thing was not bad enough Halo 2.5 will only spoil my day even more.
ahaha.
and @MSM
billboards do not have to be moved (and if there the ones on the ground they usually sit on a wheelie stand) so wasting money on an extremely light one is pointless.
Oh ha ha ha Halo 2.5. I guess we should all agree being that you were first to post right. Wanna post a comment using the ultra uncool "M$" while you're at it?
I was just thinking what's with the resolution? That's no better than a HD ready tube TV
Resolution for signage hardly matters because you're usually viewing it from so far away. Size (and price) is far more important as any benefits resolution holds diminishes extremely quickly. 960x720 is fine anyway, it's still "HD".
Linkin Park FTW!
Wait.. didn't we finally get to the point where screens didn't curve?
No no. We started with convex screens, then slowly started removing that convex. But once we'd started, we couldn't stop. There was simply too much momentum. We've passed point of flat and have started going concave. It's only a matter of time before screens form inward-facing tubes, then eventually collapse on themselves.
If it's bright enough to see inside a brightly lit auditorium and they can get those 6 panels to come apart again, and then get the whole thing to fit inside a checkable bag you could see these things at trade shows all over the world even if the resolution is as poor as the price is high. That thing is going to beat the living hell out of a felt background with a bunch of posters on it.
I Love how LG and other TV makers always have beautiful Asian Models... hey it sells!
I did a little write-up a handful of years ago paying respects to the Osborne, my first computer. Take a look at the 4.77MHz CPU, 83k floppy (upgradable!) and the other specs like the 4" black and white CRT.
http://davemathews.com/fun/osborne.html
If they could pull off a full HD resolution, I'd be sold!
Looks like it would be neat, even with low resolution. Judging by the inversely proportional rate of sales:picture quality (Vizio anyone), I think this would sell just based on the cool factor. Now that everyone in one of those Clayton iHomes can afford 1080p, affluent people need new products to brag about that set them apart from the common folk.
am i the only one thinking this but can u imagine watching porn on this thing?
Yes, you are the only one here thinking that.
Go Japan Go!
Why do the Japanese insist on having a barrel girl stand next to their tech, pointing at it as if to say "Here, it is, the big thing, yeah thats right, the thing thats taking up nine tenths of the shot".
Maybe it is to show scale, but with a Japanese girl, this doesn't really help. I mean, this thing could be as big as the television in my den for all I can see.
My guess is that 960 x 720 would be for each panel. If it were for the total, it would make it 320 x 360 each. That makes no sense.
For a second, I thought this was a post about Mike Shinoda's custom built plasma or something..
thats one small woman. ohh, its a giant tv
not very handy in these small Japanese houses(?)
Does that billboard on the screen say Pontiac Garbage? No wonder they went under with advertisments like that.
That would be "Pontiac Garage."
She has nice legs. I wouldn't mind going up her skirt.
7.2kg would be for the screen itself. You can see the two huge boxes either side of the screen which obviously contain the electronics to run the thing. They look pretty heavy.
I doubt the screen on the Osborne 1 weighed more than 7.2kg.