This might be the coolest computer monitor ever. And although we’ve seen some creative ways to expand a monitor’s viewing area, none are literally as seamless as this. The Ostendo CRVD is a 43″ diagonal LCD display that gently curves across its viewable area, wrapping the user in content. The monitor’s 2880×900 native resolution doesn’t require a [...]
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This Monitor has Curves
November 24th, 2009
Posted in Displays, PCs and Laptops 
Tags: curved display, gaming monitor, LCD, monitors, Ostendo CRVD 
No Comments »Mobile 3D TV Coming Soon…
October 19th, 2009
It seems like 2010 is going to be the breakout year for 3D capable TV’s. A perfect storm of content production and hardware integration promises to finally lift the technology from a cheap trick to mainstream habit. Already, companies such as Sony and Panasonic are demonstrating and producing 3D capable TV’s as described here and here. As we’ve [...]
DoubleSight monitors will have you seeing double!
September 30th, 2009
I’ve never been a huge fan of dual desktop display configurations. Placing two 17″ or larger LCD displays side by side with their bezels slicing right through my continuous Windows Desktop space is annoying, distracting, and takes up too much real desktop space.
I do like the emerging trend of smaller, USB based auxiliary displays, such as Mimo’s [...]
Posted in Displays, PCs and Laptops, Peripherals, USB Tags: display, DoubleSight, LCD, monitor, USB No Comments »More 3D Capable TV’s in 2010
September 3rd, 2009
In case anyone was wondering about the validity of 3D TV after Sony’s release yesterday, Philips and Panasonic today both announced plans to begin incorporating high definition 3D technology into some of their upcoming products. The announcements came at the IFA 2009 consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Panasonic is launching a cross country promotional tour in [...]
Posted in 3D Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Displays and Projectors, Emerging Technology, TV and Video, Technology Tags: 3D, Blu-ray, LCD, Panasonic, Philips, plasma, Sony, TV 1 Comment »Another reason not to buy that new TV
September 3rd, 2009
We recently posted news of LG’s pending release of large format OLED TVs, in which it was suggested that anyone currently considering buying a new TV may want to wait for that technology to fully materialize (and come down in price). Well, today Sony, adding to its slew of recent new product releases in what [...]
Posted in 3D Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Displays and Projectors, Emerging Technology, TV and Video, Technology Tags: 3D, Bravia, HD, LCD, Sony, TV 3 Comments »LG’s 15″ OLED TV Release: A look at things to come…
August 31st, 2009
The next generation of flat screen TVs may soon be upon us. Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology has been around for a few years now, mostly finding use in cell phones, personal media players, and Sony’s 11″ XEL-1 TV which debuted in 2007. Up until now and at great cost with an MSRP of $2500, [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Displays and Projectors, TV and Video, Technology Tags: LCD, LG, OLED, Sony, TV 1 Comment »Cool or Annoying?
August 29th, 2009
Ok, I’d like to start a new series called “Cool or Annoying” in which you can comment about whether a particular device would serve you well or annoy the hell out of you. The first candidate is the gScreen Corp. Dual Screen Spacebook. Let’s delve, shall we?
Well, upon first glance this thing looks [...]
Mimo Monitors 720-S Portable Touchscreen USB Display
August 24th, 2009
With the onset of social networking, instant messaging, financial tickers, news feeds, media players, and countless other “always on” PC applications, screen space management can be an issue for even the largest displays. While the concept of a smaller, auxiliary monitor isn’t new, Mimo’s new 720-S offers several noteworty features that deserve some attention.
The [...]
