[opendtv] Re: speaking of truly troubled media ...

In many ways I think very large displays are mostly for sharing the experience with others. Otherwise it might be better to just have an HD display built into a very light weight pair of glasses. We have the technology now.
This relation of sharing vs screen size and distance only recently became more obvious to me. For computer and private movie viewing use I prefer my 37" 1080p LCD about 4' from my eyes.
But my just out of college unemployed son is now living with me again and when we are watching together he is sitting about 5-6 feet to the right of me, making that single TV unsuitable for both of us at any given angle. So we instead turn on the lower resolution XGA front projector and shine it on the wall about 10-12 feet in front of us.
I hadn't previously realized it but sharing the HD experience tends to put a minimum viewing/seating distance into play because of the angles involved. If we sit too close to the screen then we can not also both view it sufficiently straight on.
And that in turn means a minimum screen size to still get the HD effect of so many pixels needed per each degree of viewing field of vision. I think that sort of explains why everybody always seems to sit further back from the TV than I would otherwise predict for best viewing. 

- Tom



Craig Birkmaier wrote:

At 8:49 AM -0800 2/14/09, Kon Wilms wrote:

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 I cannot agree with you on this one.


Come on Craig, think outside the box. Just because I post a device
demonstrating OLED capability doesn't mean I specifically mean that
device.
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/09/10/nokias-concept-oled-scroll-laptop-designed-by-rodrigo-mercado-futuristic-impressive/
Form factors are VERY important, and there is NO single form factor that can meet all needs. A flexible display will ALSO need an interactive interface. The pictures you provided the link for suggest that there will still need to be a physical package for the display that can "support" a touch interface 
 for the device.


We're talking about replacing a newspaper or book here. That's the
specific application under discussion. Touch is unimportant -- ability
to scale the size of the display and portability is. An iPhone
although semi-useful with multitouch is still an archaic window to a
larger display. Using the iPhone to read anything of any length is a
PITA.



No wonder my butt hurts...

;-)
I've seen all kinds of futuristic displays that one can roll up, fold up, etc. I have no doubt that one of these days something like this will come to market. But my point remains the same. When you unroll one of these things it will require two hands to hold and use, and I'm not certain how easy it will be to navigate through content using such a device. A physical newspaper is not a single page; you turn pages, have multiple sections, fold it, etc.
Where do you put a roll-up display that is flexible and a foot long or more?
Would I like a larger display than my iPhone? Certainly for some applications - that's why I have a notebook computer. I do spend significant amounts of time reading text on my iPhone - I do not find this to be a huge problem when I am away from a better device with a larger display. I have more problems with network speed than the ability of the iPhone or a Touch to render information in a usable manner.
Who can tell what we will be using in the future? It might be a neurological interface that eliminates the need for a display all together... 

Regards
Craig

Perhaps. It's a matter of convenience


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