HDTV prototype is also a Windows 7 PC - All 70” of it!

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Saw this (via Hankers News Service) on Neowin.net in an article by John Callaham:

We’ve seen all-in-one PCs that have the parts inside a monitor.

We’ve also seen media center PCs that hook up to larger HDTVs.

Now one company is working on a prototype product that creates an all-in-one PC on a truly massive scale.

Dvice.com has reported that the German company Hannspree showed off the Lounge TV 70 at this week's IFA trade show in Berlin.

The product shown at Hannspree's booth was a massive 70 inch 1080p HDTV that also had a PC running inside it with Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Once more, the TV was running a business app that allowed people to "draw" images on the huge TV screen. So, that turned this TV-PC combo into a whiteboard as well. Could be very helpful if that could be transmitted as well.

The story speculates that this kind of product could be used by businesses for high end presentations in conference rooms.

The report did not have any information on the PC’s  specs.

Usually, the PC’s are low end in the specs department, but how cool would it be to see a high end PC merged with a big screen TV like this for gaming?

There's no info on availability nor production dates.

Source:  http://www.neowin.net/news/70-inch-hdtv-prototype-is-also-a-windows-7-pc

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That would make one really huge tablet! :w00t:

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

A PC inside a huge TV... this reminds me a lot of something I saw way back on a show called The Next Step. Voice activated, could read motion, I think you could also paint on it, it looked like a blast. I think it was on the same episode where they were showing a prototype of something called Wildfire, that let you press a button, say a name, and the phone it was attached to would dial the number associated with that name.

I'm actually surprised stuff like this isn't more common. The show I'm referring to stopped airing somewhere around 1996, so it's not like the concept is new or anything.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

WOW!!!!  

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sounds like fun, but I bet you'd be talking big, big bucks for the big, big TV with Windows 7.

Taking that into consideration, I'd want to know the max resolution, especially for when it came to gaming. The GPU is probably going to have its work cut out, so anything less than a high end rig merged with it would be off-putting.

The panel looks like it's glass, or at least very glossy, which may not be to everyones taste because of the reflections. Not that it would bother me, and if anyone wants to throw one of them my way, I'm not turning them down. :grin:

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

HDTV's have an anti-glare coating [do NOT clean with anything but a very soft cloth and soap and water]. 

The way to kill glare is through back lighting and light placement in the room. You can adjust the backlighting, as well. Allows you to view the TV in the dark without the uncomfortable feeling in your eyes. 

If your HDTV does not have a back light, it's simple to take a weak wattage (15 - 30 Watts) in a socket with a variable resistor (dimmer) and put it behind the TV,

:) 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Gimmee!!! B[]

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Just imagine the medical applications of this.  Doing surgery with this as an extra set of eyes?  With magnification, and vitals, etc.  Wow... 

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 5
HDTV's have an anti-glare coating [do NOT clean with anything but a very soft cloth and soap and water]. 

The way to kill glare is through back lighting and light placement in the room. You can adjust the backlighting, as well. Allows you to view the TV in the dark without the uncomfortable feeling in your eyes. 

If your HDTV does not have a back light, it's simple to take a weak wattage (15 - 30 Watts) in a socket with a variable resistor (dimmer) and put it behind the TV,

 
End of DrJBHL's quote

I don't watch or have a TV (which saves me £145 because I don't need a TV license ), though I am familiar with anti-glare coating and backlighting. I'm looking at getting an IPS panel monitor next year, and I've looked at Dells offerings, but have been left uncertain because some people have complained that the anti-glare coating is too heavy and makes whites look frosted. So at the moment I'm plumping for one of these LINK. I'm looking at building myself a new computer desk as well next year, so I'll build a hutch (not a rabbit hutch, before anybody makes a comment *_* ) to cover the monitor from as much light as possible  .

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Starcandy, reply 8
a TV license
End of Starcandy's quote

What the?

You need a knife and fork license there? How a bout a computer license? 

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 9

Quoting Starcandy, reply 8a TV license

What the?

You need a knife and fork license there?
End of DrJBHL's quote

A TV license, to the best of my knowledge, is purely to pay for the BBC programming. The other channels fund themselves through product advertisements. The only thing the Beeb advertises is it's programs. At least on TV, that is. Better yet, if you're blind or sight impaired, you only get a discount for the cost of your license. You have to be over 75 to get one for free.

How a bout a computer license?
End of quote

Please don't give our government any ideas. Our asses hurt from how badly we're getting screwed as it is.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hopefully it's not available yet or my husband will never quit begging for it.

(The sad thing is, I want it too, but Sshhh!) :grin:

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Starcandy, reply 10
Please don't give our government any ideas. Our asses hurt from how badly we're getting screwed as it is.
End of Starcandy's quote

That would be an "OUCH!", I suppose. "Death by ZuZu!" comes to mind, for some odd reason...

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

Will it fit on my desk? ;)

It was great - until they got to the 1080p.  Nice for HDTV, but for a 70" monitor that kind of sucks.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Starcandy, reply 10
A TV license, to the best of my knowledge, is purely to pay for the BBC programming.
End of Starcandy's quote

Holy crap! And I thought the telethons for PBS were a pain...... at least sending money to them for the programming is optional.

 

Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top

 ... but how cool would it be to see a high end PC merged with a big screen TV like this for gaming?
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not very cool... the future is not for TV screen but hologram... in fact, actual technology is already great :

Now, imagine a full room dedicated to SOASE Holo version, where you are inside the holographic space projection, a camera following your hand movement... and used for grasp fleet and move them elsewhere for initiate a fight... 

Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top

Wow, the vids were most impressive. Was the characters in the concert rendered in real time or post and or was it a program or the singer performer was in a or using a mo cap suit? 

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

A license for BBC? You have to pay for that channel even if you don't want it or watch it? What if you don't have the license, what happens?

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

It's the same in my country, the public TV channel, which is now more or less a propaganda machine for the current dictatorship, is partly funded from taxes added to the electric power bill.

Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting G_Bison, reply 16
Wow, the vids were most impressive. Was the characters in the concert rendered in real time or post and or was it a program or the singer performer was in a or using a mo cap suit? 
End of G_Bison's quote

There is no singer performer... voice is created by Yamaja Vocaloid 2... as for animation, it use the freeware Miku-Miku dance ( preprogrammed motion or capture with Microsoft Kinect )...

Real time render will not be a problem for a workstation or top desktop computer since the model don't seem to be very complex... i think that the problem with the technology to be adapted at home will be the price tag for the hologram projector...

Anyway, technology is there, only need some time for make it abordable for usual home user...