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If this inspire more affordable products like this[0] that would let me store the TV away easily, I'd be very interested. 0 - https://www.lg.com/global/lg-sign

If this inspire more affordable products like this[0] that would let me store the TV away easily, I'd be very interested. 0 - https://www.lg.com/global/lg-signature/rollable-oled-tv-r https://www.lg.com/global/lg-signature/rollable-oled-tv-r

royletron 4y ago
this was my first thought. Bendable technology doesn't just mean curved viewing, it has some really cool pratical uses like this roll-y up thing. You could also imagine one from the ceiling like a garage door. No more wall mounted TVs plz
- jayknight 4y ago
  Like a retractable screen+projector, but no need for a projector. Sound nice.
  - kadoban 4y ago
    Sounds like a lot of expense, work and fragility for very little benefit to me.
    - leeoniya 4y ago
      not having extremely hot bulbs and still mediocre brightness, plus probably a couple orders of magnitude less power at higher resolution, and less ghosting at faster response time? plenty of benefits, imo. projectors universally suck, in my experience.
      - kadoban 4y ago
        I was comparing against a normal TV.
- deleted 4y ago
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- SergeAx 4y ago
  Ceiling version is an interesting idea, thought impractical: it will need some additional mechanics to achieve a non-neck-bending view angle even for low ceilings.
bee_rider 4y ago
I was really surprised that all the cellphone manufacturers went with flip phones, rather than roll-out phones like a miniaturized version of this.
- NegativeLatency 4y ago
  Less bending overall results in less failures? Also it would be hard to talk on a floppy phone
  - bee_rider 4y ago
    There's "more bending" in some sense because the whole thing has to bend, but it avoids the seam problem.
  - alias_neo 4y ago
    Make it so it has no speaker or microphone, and then you don't have that problem and can sell more wireless earbuds. Tangentially, you also solve a security/privacy concern. Heck, make the band a wireless display and solar/kinetic charger and you can mind the guts to a wirelessly connected device that never leaves your pocket.
    - autoexec 4y ago
      > Tangentially, you also solve a security/privacy concern. You also introduce/force a security/privacy concern. Bluetooth can get your device remotely hacked and it's routinely used to track you, your location, and nearby devices. It's one reason I always use phones with headphone jacks, I never have a need to enable bluetooth.
- macrolime 4y ago
  I think they're still struggling with durability. I think it's likely we'll see rollable phone screens of sorts within a few years though. A rollable screen could just be an extension screen that could be pulled out when needing more screenspace
badtension 4y ago
I love the idea, you could put the TV in front of a large window and just roll it up in the evening without having daylight obstructed. Not to mention moving between apartments, it would be so much easier.
denimnerd42 4y ago
This would solve a lot of issues with interior design aesthetics. A lot of rooms just don't have a good spot for a TV. They end up above a fire place, or in front of a window. or in an awkward viewing spot. They make lift systems that put the TV down into a cabinet but you still have the full size TV to store away.
- ngold 4y ago
  Eventually it will just be wallpaper.
  - wffurr 4y ago
    Doesn't seem like it addresses the problem of awkward wall spaces at all, vs a stow-away screen of some type.
  - ntr-- 4y ago
    Obligatory: > The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely. > The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. - George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949
    - SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
      Prescient, but the one thing Orwell missed was that in some cases, people will wait overnight in the cold and rain just to be able to purchase the latest model telescreen. Would probably have been too unbelievable for the book.
- gnicholas 4y ago
  When we were looking at homes, I was surprised how many had TVs mounted (and angled downward) from above the fireplace. I get not wanting to take out the fireplace, and I get wanting to have a TV in a communal room. But boy would it be much nicer if you could unroll a screen at an appropriate height (e.g., not all the way down from the ceiling) on a temporary basis.
squarefoot 4y ago
Interesting, although before buying it would be advisable to check how many rolls/unrolls it is guaranteed for.
duskwuff 4y ago
Not shown on that page: the price tag. MSRP is $100,000.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 4y ago
  To be fair, it used to cost more than $10k to get a basic 86 inch TV. Now they can be had for a little more than $1k.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    $10k -> $1k seems a lot more achievable than $100k -> $1k
    - presentation 4y ago
      Even if it remained a luxury item I still think there would be a market for this. It has the immediate “take my money” factor
    - Gunnerhead 4y ago
      Then do $100k -> $10k. Yes, maybe too expensive for an average consumer but not out of the realm of possibility.

royletron 4y ago

this was my first thought. Bendable technology doesn't just mean curved viewing, it has some really cool pratical uses like this roll-y up thing. You could also imagine one from the ceiling like a garage door. No more wall mounted TVs plz

jayknight 4y ago
Like a retractable screen+projector, but no need for a projector. Sound nice.
- kadoban 4y ago
  Sounds like a lot of expense, work and fragility for very little benefit to me.
  - leeoniya 4y ago
    not having extremely hot bulbs and still mediocre brightness, plus probably a couple orders of magnitude less power at higher resolution, and less ghosting at faster response time? plenty of benefits, imo. projectors universally suck, in my experience.
    - kadoban 4y ago
      I was comparing against a normal TV.
deleted 4y ago
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SergeAx 4y ago
Ceiling version is an interesting idea, thought impractical: it will need some additional mechanics to achieve a non-neck-bending view angle even for low ceilings.

bee_rider 4y ago

I was really surprised that all the cellphone manufacturers went with flip phones, rather than roll-out phones like a miniaturized version of this.

NegativeLatency 4y ago
Less bending overall results in less failures? Also it would be hard to talk on a floppy phone
- bee_rider 4y ago
  There's "more bending" in some sense because the whole thing has to bend, but it avoids the seam problem.
- alias_neo 4y ago
  Make it so it has no speaker or microphone, and then you don't have that problem and can sell more wireless earbuds. Tangentially, you also solve a security/privacy concern. Heck, make the band a wireless display and solar/kinetic charger and you can mind the guts to a wirelessly connected device that never leaves your pocket.
  - autoexec 4y ago
    > Tangentially, you also solve a security/privacy concern. You also introduce/force a security/privacy concern. Bluetooth can get your device remotely hacked and it's routinely used to track you, your location, and nearby devices. It's one reason I always use phones with headphone jacks, I never have a need to enable bluetooth.
macrolime 4y ago
I think they're still struggling with durability. I think it's likely we'll see rollable phone screens of sorts within a few years though. A rollable screen could just be an extension screen that could be pulled out when needing more screenspace

badtension 4y ago

I love the idea, you could put the TV in front of a large window and just roll it up in the evening without having daylight obstructed. Not to mention moving between apartments, it would be so much easier.

denimnerd42 4y ago

This would solve a lot of issues with interior design aesthetics. A lot of rooms just don't have a good spot for a TV. They end up above a fire place, or in front of a window. or in an awkward viewing spot. They make lift systems that put the TV down into a cabinet but you still have the full size TV to store away.

ngold 4y ago
Eventually it will just be wallpaper.
- wffurr 4y ago
  Doesn't seem like it addresses the problem of awkward wall spaces at all, vs a stow-away screen of some type.
- ntr-- 4y ago
  Obligatory: > The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely. > The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. - George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949
  - SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
    Prescient, but the one thing Orwell missed was that in some cases, people will wait overnight in the cold and rain just to be able to purchase the latest model telescreen. Would probably have been too unbelievable for the book.
gnicholas 4y ago
When we were looking at homes, I was surprised how many had TVs mounted (and angled downward) from above the fireplace. I get not wanting to take out the fireplace, and I get wanting to have a TV in a communal room. But boy would it be much nicer if you could unroll a screen at an appropriate height (e.g., not all the way down from the ceiling) on a temporary basis.

squarefoot 4y ago

Interesting, although before buying it would be advisable to check how many rolls/unrolls it is guaranteed for.

duskwuff 4y ago

Not shown on that page: the price tag. MSRP is $100,000.

asdfasgasdgasdg 4y ago
To be fair, it used to cost more than $10k to get a basic 86 inch TV. Now they can be had for a little more than $1k.
- dylan604 4y ago
  $10k -> $1k seems a lot more achievable than $100k -> $1k
  - presentation 4y ago
    Even if it remained a luxury item I still think there would be a market for this. It has the immediate “take my money” factor
  - Gunnerhead 4y ago
    Then do $100k -> $10k. Yes, maybe too expensive for an average consumer but not out of the realm of possibility.