RE: Making a plasma less obtrusive...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

Worse than it being on all the time it will be displaying a constant
image for most of it ... And plasmas do burn.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ho yin ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 February 2004 14:43
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Making a plasma less obtrusive...
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
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