Re: Making a plasma less obtrusive...

[ho yin ng <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>]

Is this really a good idea? It means having it on all the time ..

Who knows how long your Plasma will last?

Ho Yin

At 13:58 09/02/2004, you wrote:
>Just some random thoughts...
>
>The big objection that many SWMBOs have to plasma TVs is that they
"look
>huge and dominate the room".
>
>However, the same SWMBO is typically happy to have a mirror of
"plasma TV
>size" hung in the same place....
>
>
>So... how about making a plasma TV do the same job as a mirror - mount
a
>high-def camera pointing into the room from "behind" the
plasma, have some
>"mirror-image" software running to flip the image left-right,
and display in
>real time.
>
>The only "mounting camera behind plasma" kit I've seen is
commercial and
>VERY expensive... Anyone got any brighter ideas.
>
>Oh, and in case you're interested, the application where I've seen the
kit
>in use was in monitoring of secure facility. The plasma TV was mounted
>directly opposite the front door, and continually ran CNN... as a
result the
>eye of anyone entering the building was naturally drawn to it... giving
them
>a "full face picture" opportunity as they walked in for the
camera hidden
>behind to fire at the security monitors / face recognition stuff :-)
>
>M.