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20" 4K tablet, anyone? (The resolution is UHD+, 3840x2560.) Panasonic announced one, though at a price of $6000 ($7000 for the faster model) I doubt many of us will be buying one. http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughpad/us/windows-4k-tablet-specs.asp On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Shirley M?rquez D?lcey <mark at buttery.org> wrote: > Interesting take, Dan. The more expensive Lenovo (the one that is also > a touchscreen Android device) does pivot all the way from horizontal > to vertical, so it looks like a first pass at your concept in a > smaller size. That one isn't due until summer. > > Did you ever get to play with the original Microsoft Surface? Not the > tablet that now bears that name, the tabletop device that is now > called PixelSense. They have a couple of them over at the N.E.R.D. > That isn't pivotable, but it does have the tough waterproof tabletop > thing down. > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:37:06PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: >>> The author said that the ideal size for a computer monitor was 50" in >>> his opinion. Do you feel that a screen that big actually gains you >>> something? Beyond a certain size, when you are sitting only a few feet >>> from the display, large portions of the display end up only being in >>> your peripheral view. >> >> 50" is an excellent size for a monitor. It will need to be about >> 200 dpi, and have an extremely tough front pane. Waterproof, and >> easily cleanable, from all the coffee spills. Multitouch, with >> an innovative rejection scheme for anything larger than a finger >> or unmoving for more than a few seconds. >> >> I expect it to be tiltable a few degrees from completely >> horizontal, but not close to vertical, because it will form a >> large portion of the desktop. Not a metaphorical desktop, but >> the furniture kind. >> >> This will take another few years, but it is clearly within our >> foreseeable capabilities. >> >> -dsr- >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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