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Signal adds a face blurring tool its secure messaging app
Signal has added a face-blurring feature to its app.
Skype's background blurring feature will hide a multitude of sins
If you've ever used Skype while working from home, chances are you've been wearing pyjama bottoms (or even less) on your lower half, while the clean shirt on your top half has done a passable job of indicating professionalism. No shame there, we've all done it. But no matter how put together you appear, video calling will still rat you out when it comes to your background environment. Laundry left hanging around, questionable wall art, the words 'I hate this project' scrawled on the whiteboard behind you -- all in plain, damning sight of your Skype partner. Until now, that is, as Skype has developed the feature none of us ever knew we needed until it was too late: background blurring.
JVC's prototype 120Hz and LED-backlit LCDs
JVC already announced its new lineup of LCDs, planning 120Hz refresh rate HDTVs and had a lot of announcements about its Everio camcorders during the press conference earlier today. We also took a look around JVCs exhibit off of the show floor and took a look at early versions of HDTVs that should be hitting shelves sometime soon. The 120Hz refresh drive LCD (pictured above) was running a simulated demo of its ability to reduce motion blurring, and is expected to hit this year. The LED-backlit LCD/ 120Hz Clear Motion Drive we saw previously at CEBIT had colors that looked great but unfortunately is still without any prediction of when it will be ready to ship but you can take another look at it after the break.
JVC unveils 120Hz Clear Motion Drive for 1080p LCDs
Not to be outdone by Samsung or LG, JVC has announced its own implementation of 120Hz refresh rate on 1080p LCDs just prior to CES 2007. JVC's 120Hz Clear Motion Drive utilizes frame doubling and motion interpolation in a way that they claim is at least theoretically superior to a traditional 60Hz LCD with a 0ms refresh rate. The company has decided it is time to create a new way to measure the rate of image blurring, in order to show the difference between newer motion drive-equipped HDTVs and traditional panels. Called Motion Picture Response Time, these LCDs will rate 10.5ms, while previous models could not possibly rate higher than 13.3ms. However you count it, it will be interesting to see how much of a difference this new technology makes, and if people who already own conventional 1080p LCDs will consider upgrading for it when they become available in the second half of this year.
