Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-06 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another reason for not owning a TV is similar to the reason for avoiding alcohol: You know you have an addiction. I don't own a TV because I can't stop watching them when they're nearby. -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
What's that word the VCs love to use? Ah, yes, game-changing stuff this... Cheeni http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/technology/personaltech/05pogue.html?em November 5, 2008 STATE OF THE ART Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk By DAVID POGUE Come on, admit it: is there anything more awesome than

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 03:30:23PM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: What's that word the VCs love to use? Ah, yes, game-changing stuff this... Cheeni http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/technology/personaltech/05pogue.html?em 500 mW is enough burn out your retinas. LED retinal projectors

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Aditya Chadha
There's also this: http://www.shop3m.com/78923677021.html -- ~$80 cheaper and has a slightly higher resolution. Much better replacement for an aging CRT based TV. -- Aditya (http://aditya.sublucid.com/) On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 05, 2008

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Aditya Chadha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's also this: http://www.shop3m.com/78923677021.html -- ~$80 cheaper and has a slightly higher resolution. Much better replacement for an aging CRT based TV. The one Pogue talks about cuts off after 90 minutes (at

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Openoffice and mail merge. Or maybe one of those boilerplate letters William de Worde keeps for dwarfs who want to write home (in pterry's the truth) Then run it through a text to speech converter of some kind Sirtaj Singh Kang [05/11/08 18:58 +0530]: each winter, what I want is a HUD that will

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sirtaj Singh Kang [05/11/08 19:24 +0530]: On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Openoffice and mail merge. Or maybe one of those boilerplate letters William de Worde keeps for dwarfs who want to write home (in pterry's the truth) That would be far less cool than a

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Eugen Leitl wrote: [snip] I don't need a TV. I need an immersive display for virtual environments (Second Life, OpenSim). And, occasionally, HD movies (though I haven't watched a movie in months, admittedly). Hey who needs an alternate reality when this reality

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 05:49:52PM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: The one Pogue talks about cuts off after 90 minutes (at least if you are running on battery). Besides even traditional projectors need some The current crop of LED-lit video projectors are too dim for daylight viewing.

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Openoffice and mail merge. Or maybe one of those boilerplate letters William de Worde keeps for dwarfs who want to write home (in pterry's the truth) That would be far less cool than a tooltip floating above said relative's head,

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Sirtaj Singh Kang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey who needs an alternate reality when this reality is crying out to be augmented. As an often unwilling attendee at dozens of Punjabi weddings each winter, what I want is a HUD that will allow me to speak to long-lost

Re: [silk] Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk

2008-11-05 Thread ss
On Wednesday 05 Nov 2008 9:05:41 pm Thaths wrote: You forgot to add an option customized to those of us who meet younger relatives: You were yea high the last time we met. The teenage son of a friend of mine actually designed an information board to be worn in front of his chest just for