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    Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker

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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    If it could be made to act a center channel only.... and do it with enough sound quality to complete a nice 7.1 surround sound system.... that would be AWESOME. It would forever solve the problem of best center channel placement. I just don't see it being able to produce that kind of quality though.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    this seems pretty cool. Still unclear exactly when you put this screen in. I'm assuming at the time of manufacturing? The tv they were using seemed to be very reflective, I could see a lot of reflection from behind and not sure how good that would be. But the idea seems pretty cool.
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    Image of Michael Crider Michael Crider
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    This sort of thing has been tried before. I remember a product from five or six years ago that would attach to a wall, sucker-fish style, and vibrate the flat surface creating a "giant speaker". You could even get two of them in a daisy chain for stereo. While the idea is still promising, I hope this new membrane can up the sound quality; as I recall, it was loud, but pretty crappy fidelity.

    Sorry, a quick google search doesn't turn anything up. Anybody else remember these things?
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    09/24/09

    @Michael Crider:

    This thing: [www.amazon.com]

    ??
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    Why are they called Emo Labs? Don't cry, emo boy.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    A thin "pee-ay-zo" actuator?

    Have I been pronouncing "piezo" incorrectly all these years? Time for a visit to el dictionary.
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    Image of Deep-Blue Deep-Blue
    09/24/09


    @Pope John Peeps II: "Pie-zoo"?
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment Deep-Blue was starred Deep-Blue was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/24/09

    @Deep-Blue: I've basically been saying "pie-zo" forever.

    The dictionary actually tells me that it's "PIE-EE-ZO" so looks like both me and the video guy are wrong.
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    Image of Deep-Blue Deep-Blue
    09/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: FWIW, I was introduced to the word as "pee-ay-zo", and that's how I say it. I also hear "pee-zo" quite often.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/24/09

    @Deep-Blue: Hey, I'm not telling you how to live your life. I'm just telling you how the dictionary is telling us all to live our lives.

    Stupid dictionary. It's so smug.
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    09/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: "The fact that you looked up merriam definition...proves that it's a stretch." Barrack Obama
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    Image of ZombieRot ZombieRot
    09/24/09


    @Deep-Blue: Pa-zookie
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    Image of SpudMills SpudMills
    09/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I've always said "PEE-zo", as if it were German (ignore the 1st vowel in "ie"). It certainly is not "PIE-zo". It's Greek origin, so "pee-ATE-zo" would be the closest to correct. Still, I ain't changin'.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/24/09

    @SpudMills: Well, if you don't change to what the dictionary says is right, then you're just wrong. There ain't much to and fro about that.

    Also, why are you adding a "T" to the original greek?
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    Image of FiskFisk33 FiskFisk33
    09/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: i am amazed theis whole conversation is actually promoted!
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    Image of Yarr! Yarr!
    09/24/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: The same reason you add a T when you pronounce Pizza. It's pitsa, not pissa, right?

    Piezo is italian btw. I say Pietzo and it seems like everyone here (UK) and at home (Sweden) does the same.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/24/09

    @Yarr!: Piezo is derived from ancient greek. As with any derived word, you don't pronounce it the way the old timey society would have pronounced it, but you pronounce it whatever way it's reinterpreted as.

    And just FYI there's a "t" sound in Pizza, because double consonants in Italian are pronounced differently. "Piza" in Italian would have no "T" sound. And I'm pretty sure there's no "t" sound in the ancient greek.
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    Image of lo_fye lo_fye
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    I *knew* I had heard about this technology forever ago. Yep, PCWorld wrote about it in 1999 (New Transducers Limited's SoundVu technology) and BBC News talked about it in 2003 (NXT's SoundVu technology). Both were called SoundVu. Is EmoLabs the same company as NTL & NXT?

    PCW: [www.pcworld.com]

    BBC: [news.bbc.co.uk]
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    09/24/09

    @lo_fye: Similar, but different.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    09/24/09

    @lo_fye: It kind of seems similar to the Distributed Mode Loudspeakers mentioned in this article:
    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    Pffff. The Vogons have had this tech within their grasp for quite some time. And even then, they did it wirelessly.
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    Image of BaconForTheSoul BaconForTheSoul
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    I worry about the bass on this. Either it will affect the visual aspect, or it won't be deep enough.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/24/09

    @BaconForTheSoul: Bass is mono so they can put a sub woofer in the back.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    I'm curious as to how the tech behind this works. I mean, stereo sound from a single giant membrane? That sounds pretty cool if it works right.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/24/09

    @OCEntertainment: It is two membranes. One on the left and one on the right.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/24/09

    @reddingofish: Oh. Oh, yes. Yes, that would make sense....

    ...Dangit. I was hoping for something more clever yet needlessly complex than that.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    09/24/09

    @OCEntertainment: It actually is more clever. It is one membrane that is "clamped" meaning it is stretched taut so that vibrational waves cannot pass through the taut center.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    I'm going to remain skeptical until I see and hear this in real life. Having a film moving in front of the image is bound to have some negative impacts on the picture, even if the film is transparent. It might be something that only eagle eyed people can detect, but this seems like something where the portables are going to be the only place they get heavy application. The handhelds and portable market does seem like a place where this could thrive, though. I wonder if the vibrations are enough to have a negative effect on the screen after long term use.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    EMO labs? I hope the glass is shatter proof. Because, you know, pain is the only thing that is real and lets me feel feeling.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    That is very cool. I hope they are not charging too much for the rights to this. I would love to see it on lots of media devices.
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    09/24/09

    In reply to Emo Labs Invisible Speakers: HDTV Screens Could Become The Speaker
    There's an EMO labs? Must be one hell of a fun place to work.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    09/24/09

    @plasticmouse: EMO Labs: A cut above the rest.
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    09/24/09

    @plasticmouse: Must be so cheery around the holidays as well.
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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    09/24/09

    @plasticmouse: EMO labs conversation:
    Office worker A: Hey B, how are you today?

    Office worker B: Feeling shitty, like the world is crumbling and the screams of a thousand dead half-eaten placenta babies are rising from the core to get me. And you?

    Office worker A: Yeah, I felt like that yesterday. I'm okay, just the usual cutting myself between breaks, thanks!
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    Image of r0cketman22 r0cketman22
    09/24/09

    @Rabid Penguin: EMO Labs: You have to be at work in the mourning.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/03/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Tetris Mania Demo is Pointless at 30 Seconds of Total Length
    why do i long to play with a pre for about an hour?? we iPhone users were sworn to withhold chastity and stay pure!
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Tetris Mania Demo is Pointless at 30 Seconds of Total Length
    30 seconds doesn't even get the theme song in... Total tease.

    Sent from my iPhone
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    Image of freakout freakout
    09/03/09

    @OPHICERMANGO: "I like the way the email automatically says "Sent from a Macbook Wheel. That way people know you have one."

    [www.theonion.com]

    Never gets old.
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    09/04/09

    @freakout: haha, man I love The Onion.
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