http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050715/...double_display

TOKYO - At last, a way to end squabbles over which TV channel to watch — without buying a second set. Sharp Corp. has developed a liquid-crystal display that shows totally different images to people viewing the screen from the left and the right.

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One person can be surfing the Internet, using the display as a PC screen, while another watches a downloaded movie or TV broadcast. It also works for watching two TV channels: One person can watch baseball while another watches a soap opera.

The "two-way viewing-angle LCD," announced by the Japanese consumer electronics maker Thursday, will go into mass production this month and will cost roughly twice as much as a standard display.

Sharp will offer the product for worldwide sale, but the Osaka-based company will also supply other manufacturers with the displays for various products expected later this year, said spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama.

Sharp says the technology offers many possibilities.

It could be used in cars so drivers can look at a map while the passenger watches a movie. Or at a store, sales clerks and clients can view different data on the same display simultaneously.

Another possible use is for billboards that display two kinds of advertisements depending on where viewers stand. The display will also work in the regular way and show a single image to all viewers.

One catch is that the images overlap if viewers stand right in front of the screen. Moving a few inches to the left or right may be necessary for a clear view.

Another drawback is that users will have to work out a way to listen to the sounds coming from the different channels. One solution is for one viewer to use earphones.

The technology appears to derive from Sharp's three-dimensional LCD displays, which work by projecting slightly different images to the right and left eyes without the use of special glasses. Sharp has been selling 3D laptops for a few years, aiming them mainly at engineers, architects and other professionals.

A U.S. startup, Deep Light LLC, plans to launch its own monitors next year that can present several different images to different viewers in 3D without glasses.

 

meh

 

Sounds cool, but its probably useless. Kinda like the dual zone climate control in my TSX.

 

doesn't it say sharp in the article?

 

Thread title: Samsung/plasma

Article: Sharp/LCD

 

Maybe you posted the WRONG link, but your thread title is WAY OFF!!

First its a SHARP not a samsung.
Second its an LCD not a plasma.

Cool article.
I guess I will have to take my mirrors off the ceiling
and put them next to the tv!!

 

Seems kind of useless. Besides the fact it costs twice as much as a regular display??

 

 

As long as they make, people will buy it.

 

I was thinking the same thing... I started reading the article, then checked the thread title, checked the article again, etc... Made me for a minute

 

twice as much as a standard display? Wouldnt you rather just buy 2 Different displays..?

 

 

You say tomaTOE, I say toma-TO, lol!

 

so what image do you see if you are sitting directly in front of the screen? kinda silly and impractical to me. why would i want to sit askewed just to view something? very cool inovation but absolutely useless.

 

deyumm ma bad shiet. your right its sharp's new lcd.

 

 

it cost twice as much. I'd rather have 2 then

 

And if you cross your eyes just right like you're looking at a Magic Eye book, you can watch both shows at the same time!

Or maybe you'll see a 3D deer. Either way, it's da bomb!

 

how the hell does the sound work?

 

useless in a home theater situation, yes. good advertising and automotive applications though. In fact, even if it was a single-image lcd that could divert it's viewing angle to a specific side could have many applications