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Ed Hansberry
06-24-2002, 02:00 PM
<a href="http://www.techtv.com/news/shownotes/story/0,24195,3389150,00.html">http://www.techtv.com/news/shownotes/story/0,24195,3389150,00.html</a><br /><br />Not sure if this is different from the nREACH news on putting movies on your PDA <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1759">we told you about a few days ago</a>. Regardless, you will get to see this in action.<br /><br />"Watching movies on your laptop on planes is a thing of the past. These days are all about watching movies on PDAs. Pocket PC Films signed a deal last month with Lions Gate Films to put movies on handhelds. Pocket PC Films has also worked out a deal with Mazingo to bring television classics such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Beverly Hillbillies" to handhelds as well."<br /><br />The Mazingo link doesn't really have anything specific about this, but we're told there will be a detailed press release this Thursday. We'll post it as soon as we get it.
Sven Johannsen
06-24-2002, 03:14 PM
Why stop there? Why not movies on your wristwatch. Really, the experience of seeing Star Wars on a 1x3 inch screeen (letterbox version) just doesn't do it for me. Maybe if I made a head mounted holder that held the PDA 5" from my face. No wait, two PDA's for 3D. Hmm, a product idea is coming to me :)
Jason Dunn
06-24-2002, 03:58 PM
Why stop there? Why not movies on your wristwatch. Really, the experience of seeing Star Wars on a 1x3 inch screeen (letterbox version) just doesn't do it for me. Maybe if I made a head mounted holder that held the PDA 5" from my face. No wait, two PDA's for 3D. Hmm, a product idea is coming to me :)

Revolutionary things are rarely accomplished in one giant steps - instead, they're accomplished in many tiny ones, and it's the big final one that gets all the press. :-) So perhaps in five years this will be more feasable than you imagine.
Sven Johannsen
06-24-2002, 04:45 PM
So perhaps in five years this will be more feasable than you imagine.

Which? The wrist thing or the 3D? both are easily possible now. I had a Seiko wristwatch TV 20 years ago. Concept was that the reciever was about the size of a small transistor radio (remember those?) and there was a small cable that ran to the watch which acted as the display. The head mounted displays could easily do 3D since I believe they have independent screens for each eye. Anyone tried using a ColorGraphics Voyager or Margi with one of these things yet?

I wasn't commenting on the possibility, for me it was more of a 'why?'. And I understand I am not everyone, but I don't even like DVDs on my 19" monitor. Give me a big screen (virtual or otherwise :) )