Gizmodo: dissected

Dissected Samsung LCD Panel Bares It All

Andi Wang — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:00:13 EDT

If you've ever wanted to see a flatscreen TV's innards and how all its gizzards fit into the TV's supermodel-thin body—but you've never had the guts to do it yourself—Samsung has dissected it for you.

With a LCD flat panel from its 6000 series, Samsung reveals, layer by layer, everything from its LED backlight—which is actually lit up from the sides of the panel—all the way to the front bezel. The gallery can be seen at the Samsung Experience in New York City this week, but we've got a photo recap for you if it'll physically hurt you to see this beautiful panel shredded in person. [DVice]

The BlackBerry Bold Gets Disassembled

Sean Fallon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:00 EDT

For those of you who like to take a gadget apart to see how it works, the folks behind the CNN.cn store have done a thorough job of dissecting the new BlackBerry Bold. They even offer handy tips on how to do it yourself—if you are ~~stupid~~ curious enough to do that sort of thing. [BBworld.info via CrackBerry]

Wii Broken and Exposed

Jason Chen — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:00:37 EST

Pop Sci had an easy task: open up the Wii box and take pictures of it. It was easy in theory. However, since Nintendo put the thing together with proprietary screws, Pop Sci had to pull the old Conan the Barbarian holding up the wall in order to get the console open. The result? A broken console and a whole bunch of pictures of the inside.

Take a look at the gallery and see the chipset, the two wifi antennas, and the slot-loading disc drive. And then cry as you realize you're staring at the never-be-played-again innards of a beautiful Wii. – Jason Chen

Gallery [Pop Sci]

Wii Broke It [Pop Sci]

PS3 Dissected—Prettier than Expected

Travis Hudson — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:00:55 EST

While our own Jason Chen is a bit too in love with the PS3 for these measures, the folks at DailyTech weren't and took the huge, son of a gun PS3 apart. What surprises did they find? Nothing really; just a bunch of circuit boards, fans, and other electronic components. I must say that it does appear to be fairly easy to take the PS3 apart, a lot easier than the Xbox 360. Seven torx screws and whammo, you have the innards of the PS3.

So, uh, modchippers out there. You folks going to get to work on this yet, or what? – Travis Hudson

The Sony Playstation 3 Dissected [Daily Tech]