h a l f b a k e r y"It would work, if you can find alternatives to each of the steps involved in this process."
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I figure I'd just hire someone to work out the details, but I'm convinced a screen that can be expanded (for instance when you're in a team situation, and everyone is looking at the same computer), or contracted (when try to be discreet) would be a best seller. It'd have to be easy to use-such as with
the click of a "ADJSCR" button, and fast.
I played around with the idea of a manually adjusted screen, but something like that would surely be riddled with mechanical problems. I could just see a person giving it one too many hard yanks, and find him/herself with a flacid, awkward-looking display.
kind of like this...
http://www.eink.com..._Vision_Readius.jpg a rollable display. [BJS, Dec 14 2006]
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I like your suggestion TwoSheds. I had been considering a circular screen that could fan-out. This would have to be mounted on a rising pedestal. The display would still be rectangular, but it would adjust accordingly. This could be tied into the monitor display settings of the OS. |
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I didn't do it for anyone's benefit. I just found the pretentious tone taken was offensive. |
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It was my first post. I'll make sure to do that in the future. I only need to hear something once before changing it. I'd be thick otherwise. |
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What instead of messing with the screen fabric itself, you move it? Put the guts of a video projector inside the monitor so normally, it projects on the screen like a rear-projected TV. Then when you press your ADJSCR button, a mirror flops over, some lenses move, and the image projects over on the wall behind or to the side of your monitor. Like a 2-in-1 projector/monitor. |
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Oh and welcome to the bakery. |
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I think it could be done once flat roll-up monitors hit the market, but they would only be able to expand either horozontally or virtically. |
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