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iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

GeekChick — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:32:55 EST

I'd love a laptop with a full screen on the back to make it easier to show my great PowerPoint to small groups of people.

GeekChick

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Kareem King — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:35:32 EST

I'll take two.

Kareem King

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

phelander — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:00:23 EST

@braindesign. STFU it's a concept, not an actual product and the REASON APPLE SELLS SO MUCH IS BECAUSE THEY MAKE WELL DESIGNED PRODUCTS THAT WORK! Get your head out of Bill Gates Ass, because his wallet isn't back there.

phelander

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Step666 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:55:33 EST

@delithic: that's what I thought but I didn't know for certain, so I asked.

I tried googling 'curved LCD monitor' but all I get are pages talking about that Alienware model that was on show at CES which is, ironically, neither curved nor an LCD.

Step666

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

braindesign — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:47:43 EST

WHY! WHY! WHY!....slap an apple on the stupidest idea you can come up with and we'll sell millions

braindesign

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Nylo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:06:43 EST

@KingHater:

Hahah! That alone is going to send this iCrap to its grave.

Nylo

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Nylo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:04:37 EST

Y a w n !

Nylo

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

tdevil — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:44:16 EST

err... excuse me! but this is friggin' 3-D rendering in the la la land! There is no such product and won't be one available anytime soon. Yes you can "theoretically" curve glass (see your windshield), but how practical, repeatable, reliable would that be in mass production and at what cost. Anybody can do anythig with enough time and money but this one people is nothing more than nicely drafted 3D sketches, renderings of a utopia!

Cheers!

tdevil

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Fierock — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:08:10 EST

@aec007: agreed. Better would be to have a 6' dia. dome with a projector, complete with some kind of fish-eye lens, mounted on the the top of your backrest. more along the lines of omnimax than imax, esp. with projector.

Fierock

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

mandarin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:52:16 EST

When you re-design, does that mean you actually know what the insides are? Or is it just a bunch of promises?

mandarin

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

graffiksguru — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:36:28 EST

I like it, not as thick as the alienware and nec monitors, although I don't know how useful the screeen on the back is going to be, maybe make that an option. Hopefully one day will become reality!

graffiksguru

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

birdgirl39 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:02 EST

I...Want...One.

birdgirl39

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Julio Allison — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:46:08 EST

Additional screen on the back - nice touch. I WANT my girfriend to KNOW I'm looking at porn.

Julio Allison

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Vash21 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:49:34 EST

@NcSchu:
That was alienwares and it was a monstrously thick dlp monitor (or three stuck next to each other) so this is pretty cool if it is that thin and still gives great quality

Vash21

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

aec007 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:48:04 EST

@delithic:
But not cheap...

aec007

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

delithic — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:38:34 EST

@Step666: No you do not need flexible materials. An LCD is basically made up of two pieces of polarized glass with some liquid crystals and electrode plane made of indium-tin oxide sandwiched between them. All you would have to do would be to make two curved pieces of glass and the crystals and electrode plane would just be in between. There would be increased cost in making two curved pieces of glass with uniform thickness throughout. It can be done with existing technology.

delithic

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Grifter — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:20:01 EST

I know for privacy reasons a curved screen is helpful. 2nd screen, not so much. 2 cameras are nice only if you want to show people how much dust you have collecting behind your crappy computer (for 99% of the buyers) or a wall most likely. But ideas are ideas and it's always nice to think out of the box.

I do like the monitor and I guarantee if you saw a flat monitor and this monitor sitting side by side and this one cost $100 more, I would think most people would spend the extra money for this one for the coolness factor alone.

Grifter

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:05:41 EST

Wait, so what you see on the big screen is displayed on the little one behind it? Well that totally squishes the prospect of wide angle porno at work :(

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

vertibraker — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:54:49 EST

Alienware curved monitor is much nicer.

vertibraker

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

aec007 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:45:58 EST

Only usefull if you are sitting at the focal point.
A 24" is too small of a screen to do this. It would have to be 36"+ wide to make this a viable (if not justifyable) reason to curb it and carry the expense associated with it.

It has been done before and better.

aec007

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Step666 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:38:04 EST

@delithic: I realise it doesn't have to be flexible as it's not being moved but clearly a material that is naturally flexible could easily be shaped in a variety of different ways.

My question was more can LCDs be manufactured in such a shape?
Or will we have to wait for flexible materials to get this sort of thing.

Step666

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

tek_nic — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:55:50 EST

I like the second screen. It would be perfect for my point of sale PC here at the office. Having a reversed screen to show the customer things like specs, drawings, or maybe just have the return policy displayed as default :P

tek_nic

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

tellahoohooo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:51:23 EST

so do you curve the superdrive too? or is this gonna be like the air?

tellahoohooo

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

uberfu — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:45:30 EST

I like it - retro 50's or not_ even without the 2nd screen_

He does make a point about the built in camera - is that you may not ALWAYS want it pointing at you_

uberfu

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

uberfu — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:43:44 EST

The second screen would come in handy in a Computer Lab setting at a school so the teacher/ professor/ instructor would know what the student is up to_

uberfu

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

CampSteve — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:37:56 EST

Clever. A webcam on each side. This way you can SEE and HEAR the person you're sitting directly across from on the other side of the computer. Brilliant!

CampSteve

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Mish80921 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:32:24 EST

I think this is cool and shows the possibility of a computer in a less traditional monolithic desktop light. It would seem to me that enabling/disabling the second monitor would be a no brainer setting. The concept could have value in an open floor work environment where, on a swivel, it could eliminate the need to shoulder surf when discussing a work product f2f....ahhhh. Use your imagination boys and girls.

Mish80921

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

PatrickTulskie — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:04:44 EST

@reddingofish: Yeah it's like an IMAX cash register or something. The screen on the back is just dumb for anything else.

PatrickTulskie

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

steven522 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:03:38 EST

My boss needs one of these so he will not have to "confiscate" one of our monitors when he needs a second screen for presentations. This way, he just activates the back screen and the people sitting in his office can see the monitor without having to crowd behind the desk.

steven522

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Jason — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:02:56 EST

@delithic: Yeah, that makes sense. A standard curve would make it easier to manufacture. New LCD making factory robots would be needed though.

Jason

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

reddingofish — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:01:14 EST

Looks like it would be a good cash register.

reddingofish

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

SirNirian — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:57:41 EST

Well i think we can all safely assume that it would be perfectly plausible that apple release or at least start rumors about a television (no not apple T.V. but more like an iT.V.) i think this would be a good time for them to start.

SirNirian

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Stacky Botrus — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:50:53 EST

He wasnt inspired by anything from the 50s. It ripped this idea from the curved screen monitor that is a reality today.

Stacky Botrus

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

delithic — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:49:16 EST

@Step666: The screen doesn't have to be flexible because its not moving. Its just manufactured in a curve instead of flat.

It will probably be more expensive to make, but I don't see any difference between this and a flat screen technology wise. I think its a neat design. Although the screen on the back defeats the added privacy from the curve reducing the veiwing angle.

delithic

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

NcSchu — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:01:23 EST

I recall seeing a large curved monitor (by Dell, perhaps?) during the CES coverage, so it's definitely possible.

NcSchu

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

Step666 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:41:58 EST

I'm just curious, how feasible is a curved screen?

I understand that all this e-ink stuff is flexible but it's nowhere near the stage at which we would want to use it as the primary display on a PC, is it?

So, right now, is it possible to make something like this?

Step666

iView Concept Gives iMac a Curvaceous Bod and Second Screen on Backside

zarchitect — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:04:43 EST

It's difficult to gage how big this thing is but if it's a big 24"+ monitor, the bezel is way too thick! I'd fatten the bottom up for the computer parts but leave the upper minimalist - almost floating. 2nd monitor is silly - especially in this day and age of e-waste awareness.

I think a better concept would be to use liquid paper with no edge... curved of course. when off, it's just a clear piece of glass - THAT'S great space design!

zarchitect