How Could the Brightest Monitor Have NO Backlight? - Sun Vision rE rLCD Display

[AdamFromLTT]

 

It's not an OLED, but it is pretty unique. This Sun Vision Display brings what they call rLCD, a whole new tech that we need to reflect on for a second. So is the solution any good? Like Blue light defeating good? Well, only one way to find out!

[OhYou_]

that price is pretty disappointing since you can buy the reflective material and just diy your own one for 15x less money.

[xnamkcor]

Run a duct of sunlight into a sealed dark room. Add some filters for safety and color. And pipe the ducting into the back of a monitor.

[gudvinr]

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whole new tech

Ever heard of pebble watch? Garmin, Amazfit

 

Tech itself isn't really new

[xnamkcor]

26 minutes ago, gudvinr said:

Ever heard of pebble watch? Garmin, Amazfit

 

Tech itself isn't really new

Gameboy Color?

NeoGeo Pocket Color?

Wonderswan Crystal?

[Motifator]

Big up to Linus for more Acer Predator hurr monitor related video content.

A good refresh from the meme videos.  

[Uttamattamakin]

12 hours ago, xnamkcor said:

Run a duct of sunlight into a sealed dark room. Add some filters for safety and color. And pipe the ducting into the back of a monitor.

The hard part is you'd need a set of sun tracking mirrors because the Sun (due to Earths rotation) moves in the sky. 

That's why Linus mentioned being a baller with a waterfront home with floor to ceiling windows.  The kind of person who can have this in their home office. 

It would be cool to have a monitor that could operate like this one if need be OR have a front light.  That on a tablet or portable would make a lot of sense.  Perhaps more sense than E-Ink. 

[da na]

Sounds quite a lot like transflective LCD displays, used on many pocket PCs in the mid '00s - typical backlight supplemented with a reflective layer behind the screen rather than a white plastic layer, so the screen would still be visible under bright direct light instead of sunlight washing out the backlight. They work great for small devices.

[Motifator]

Yeah but this is a 32 incher isn't it? Also, no adjustable stand. Does it even have a VESA up the back? A grand for that? Yeah no.

[OhYou_]

58 minutes ago, Motifator said:

Yeah but this is a 32 incher isn't it? Also, no adjustable stand. Does it even have a VESA up the back? A grand for that? Yeah no.

yeah this is the other point, a 32in 1080p
my eyes are watering just thinking about it, imagine everything is huge again like its windows 95 or something.
completely unusable resolution for that size, my house window screen has more dpi than it
they did it for signs because you want big fat pixels to let more light in and out, but damn is this entire product just a scam.

[xnamkcor]

3 hours ago, Uttamattamakin said:

The hard part is you'd need a set of sun tracking mirrors because the Sun (due to Earths rotation) moves in the sky. 

That's why Linus mentioned being a baller with a waterfront home with floor to ceiling windows.  The kind of person who can have this in their home office. 

It would be cool to have a monitor that could operate like this one if need be OR have a front light.  That on a tablet or portable would make a lot of sense.  Perhaps more sense than E-Ink. 

I think there might be an issue with colors, but you might be able to use phosphors to convert the sun's light into a light source that doesn't move as much.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoluminescence

[Uttamattamakin]

1 hour ago, xnamkcor said:

I think there might be an issue with colors, but you might be able to use phosphors to convert the sun's light into a light source that doesn't move as much.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoluminescence

I think just having one nice bright light in the room would be a much more simple and direct solution. 

[xnamkcor]

1 minute ago, Uttamattamakin said:

I think just having one nice bright light in the room would be a much more simple and direct solution. 

I think it would be a fun solution to bypass stupid energy efficiency regulation to sell a monitor with no backlight, then, also sell a lamp that emits 2000 lumens of "white" light that consists purely of 3 specific nanometer wavelengths for Red, Green, and Blue.
"We aren't responsible if the customer just happens to combine two of our unrelated products".

[Uttamattamakin]

17 hours ago, xnamkcor said:

I think it would be a fun solution to bypass stupid energy efficiency regulation to sell a monitor with no backlight, then, also sell a lamp that emits 2000 lumens of "white" light that consists purely of 3 specific nanometer wavelengths for Red, Green, and Blue.
"We aren't responsible if the customer just happens to combine two of our unrelated products".

Why go with RGB?  Go full on with a Halogen lamp lol. 

[manikyath]

20 hours ago, xnamkcor said:

I think it would be a fun solution to bypass stupid energy efficiency regulation to sell a monitor with no backlight, then, also sell a lamp that emits 2000 lumens of "white" light that consists purely of 3 specific nanometer wavelengths for Red, Green, and Blue.
"We aren't responsible if the customer just happens to combine two of our unrelated products".

nah, HP already got you.. when you plug in some elitedisplays it immediately asks you if you want to turn off "energy certified suck mode", you press once, and poof, no more power limits.

it's not called "suck mode", but it is heavily implied that your display will suck if you leave it enabled.

[xnamkcor]

5 hours ago, Uttamattamakin said:

Why go with RGB?  Go full on with a Halogen lamp lol. 

Having pure R, G, and B and then using subpixels with varying brightness is how LCD displays work. Having extra colors spill through isn't optimal.
It looks like Halogen is almost completely missing blue light.
Maybe Xenon? And then make a way to electronically adjust a filter to change what wavelength gets let through? And then make a grid of them at about 160dpi and make them addressable at about 120Hz.