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Is Xiaomi's transparent TV the biggest design fail ever? (archive)
Many strange things have happened in 2020, so it's probably the perfect year for Chinese tech company Xiaomi to announce the world's first completely transparent TV. And if you're wondering that the point of it is, we're here to tell you that you're not alone.
Available in China from from 16 August, the snappily named Xiaomi Mi TV LUX OLED Transparent Edition will cost ¥49,999 ($7,200/£5,500), offering "an ultra-immersive viewing experience" in which "images seem to be suspended in the air". That is, we assume, as long as your TV isn't positioned against a wall.
[...] In a blog post on its website (adorned with several images of women in extravagant ballgowns standing behind transparent TVs, because why not?), Xiaomi calls the TV "a new way to consume visual content previously only seen in science fiction films". Unlike traditional TVs, the Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition "creatively embeds all the processing units in its base stand". The TV sports a 55-inch OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and 150000:1 static contrast ratio.
Get your transparent APNGs ready.
Also at The Verge.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday August 16 2020, @03:37PM (1 child)
Funny, we have a wall of windows in our home that's 60 years old... looking to get it replaced, the residential window installers basically refuse to quote. I'm calling a commercial outfit on Monday to see if I can get them to bid.
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Tuesday August 18 2020, @01:43PM
> the residential window installers basically refuse to quote
Good for them! Glass walls are pretty far outside the expertise of residential window installers, so the result would likely have been... less than optimal. Sucks for them if it fails right away, sucks for you whenever it fails.
Here's hoping you can find a commercial outfit willing to do such a small job at a price you can afford.