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Re:LG and Samsung Are Making TV Screens Disappear by zaviermiller on Monday July 29, 2024 @08:49PM (#41105108)
When I was a child I was convinced the future would contain transparent monitors. I loved the way they looked in VGHS. The day I found out they can only get as dark as the surface behind them destroyed me...
Re:LG and Samsung Are Making TV Screens Disappear by somat on Monday July 29, 2024 @11:44PM (#41105890)
I have a transparent clock I inherited from the previous tenet, Looks great, completely unreadable on whatever surface I put it on. I suspect I will leave it for the next tenant.

Honestly I am a bit impressed, I am not sure I could have designed a clock face that is simultaneously too dark on a dark background and too light on a light background.

Re:LG and Samsung Are Making TV Screens Disappear by nightfly on Monday July 29, 2024 @09:09PM (#41105225)
An LCD-like layer could solve that
Re:LG and Samsung Are Making TV Screens Disappear by JKCalhoun on Monday July 29, 2024 @10:19PM (#41105543)
"...Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."

"I can hear something but I don't see anything." Luke squinted up at the twin suns. "3PO, help me get this little R2 unit inside where it's dark. Maybe I'll be able to see the hologram in there."

Re:LG and Samsung Are Making TV Screens Disappear by cchi_co on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @05:35AM (#41107495)
When a childhood vision doesn’t quite match up to reality...