Suhit Gupta
07-15-2005, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1837269,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594' target='_blank'>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1837269,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Japan's Sharp Corp. has a solution for the family fight over who gets to watch what on the TV—sit on opposite sides of the room. Sharp said on Thursday it will begin producing a new type of liquid crystal display (LCD) panel this month that if used in a TV would allow viewers sitting to the right and left of a screen to watch different channels. [They] acknowledged that sound would be an issue. He said directional speakers were one possibility in the future but earphones would be the most likely option at present. The world's top maker of LCD televisions said it had achieved the breakthrough by superimposing a "parallax barrier" onto the LCD to make the source light separate into right and left directions, creating a so-called dual-view display."</i><br /><br />Interesting. I find it a little hard to believe that this would be so useful for home-theater stuff, but I can see commercial applications for it.