Monday, March 9, 2009

Sci-Fi City

With the increase of digital screen technology comes dramatically lower prices. The mass production of large digital screens has now reached a cost effective price, opening the way for the futuristic city landscapes of Science Fiction movies to become a reality where digital screens take up all that the eye can see.

Panasonic has released a digital screen dedicated to the digital signage market. The TH-58PF11WK, TH-50PF11WK and the TH-42PF11WK models offer 1920 x 1080p and a 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. In addition, these panels are durable and have over 100,000 hour life span. With a glass panel giving final protection, it makes it perfect for public locations. The screens can be position both in the vertical and the horizontal directions and have easy expandability options. The display id allows up to 100 tv's to be controlled with a single remote.

With these advancements it won't be long before signs of all kinds are replaced with their digital counterparts.

3 comments:

Dan said...

It is amazing how this technology has become quite affordable and has the potential to be used in public environments. This would create the futuristic sci-fi cities that have been wandering in our imaginations since it waz first envisioned by movie directors and sci-fi authors. The one downside to these futuristic cities is the risk of damage or malfunctioning hardware.

David said...

It's amazing how technology as changed and become more cost effective. I'm a big fan of science fiction movies and the effects and visuals makes a huge difference. Although this tv has become popular i have heard of many defects that come along with it. Hopefully they have solved this problem and made it more productive.

JFilipe17 said...

wow we have a came a long way in a short amount of time. To think that 20 years ago bulky color tvs were fairly new. This is going to change the way we look at thing although i dont know how shortly we will be seeing a sci-fi city.