{"id":10978,"date":"2024-04-20T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10978"},"modified":"2024-12-31T19:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:02:59","slug":"transparent-lcds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10978","title":{"rendered":"Transparent LCD&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/global\/ces2024-lg-signature-oledt\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/global\/ces2024-lg-signature-oledt\/\">LG OLED Signature T<\/a> announced at CES it is going to be the first commercially available transparent TV. It definitely could add a lot to minimalist living spaces. Samsung, not to be outdone, introduced its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/home-entertainment\/samsung-new-transparent-micro-led-boosts-picture-quality-of-see-through-screens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">micro-LED display technology<\/a> which seems to deliver an even brighter, better image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" data-attachment-id=\"10981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=10981\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?fit=1600%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-18\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?fit=640%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?resize=640%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?resize=1536%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?resize=600%2C270&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-18.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Transparent OLED and LCD screens have around for a while &#8211; in fact, you&#8217;re probably using one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/DIY-Transparent-Side-Panel-From-a-Recycled-Monitor\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/DIY-Transparent-Side-Panel-From-a-Recycled-Monitor\/\">People were making cool <\/a>transparent panels by taking a standard backlit LCD, remove the LCD antiglare coating, do <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/al.hd\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/al.hd\">a little wiring<\/a>, then put a lot of light behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vK6iQc908ho?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LG also has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lg-informationdisplay.com\/oled-signage\/brand\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lg-informationdisplay.com\/oled-signage\/brand\">large transparent OLEG signage<\/a> as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t think just making a standard TV out of a transparent display is understanding what new things are possible with this technology. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/8\/24029590\/lg-oled-t-transparent-tv-announced-specs-features\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/8\/24029590\/lg-oled-t-transparent-tv-announced-specs-features\">The Verge review<\/a> even points out that the tv came with a movable backing screen that slid behind it to help it act more like a traditional TV &#8211; so why go transparent? I personally think this opens up a lot of new ideas for innovative new products and experiences instead of just being a minimalist TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that point, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/lgs-dukebox-puts-vacuum-tube-audio-behind-a-transparent-oled-display-125526158.html?guccounter=1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/lgs-dukebox-puts-vacuum-tube-audio-behind-a-transparent-oled-display-125526158.html?guccounter=1\">LG Dukebox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/us\/ces2024\/lg-labs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/us\/ces2024\/lg-labs\">showed up at CES 2024<\/a> and is one of the first devices to make use of a transparent LCD as part of the product design. It&#8217;s essentially a re-imagined jukebox. You get to see the internals of the system while the user interface is displayed on the transparent display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a good start, I can think of a number of interesting new products that simply COULDN&#8217;T really be made in other ways than using a transparent display. Those are the kinds of product ideas that I think are ripe for this kind of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" data-attachment-id=\"10979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=10979\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-16\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?fit=640%2C336&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10979\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?resize=514%2C270&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/03\/image-16.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rCUyfWMsSwE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/8\/24029590\/lg-oled-t-transparent-tv-announced-specs-features\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/8\/24029590\/lg-oled-t-transparent-tv-announced-specs-features<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/us\/ces2024\/lg-labs\">https:\/\/www.lg.com\/us\/ces2024\/lg-labs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/lgs-dukebox-puts-vacuum-tube-audio-behind-a-transparent-oled-display-125526158.html\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/lgs-dukebox-puts-vacuum-tube-audio-behind-a-transparent-oled-display-125526158.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LG OLED Signature T announced at CES it is going to be the first commercially available transparent TV. It definitely could add a lot to minimalist living spaces. Samsung, not to be outdone, introduced its&nbsp;micro-LED display technology which seems to deliver an even brighter, better image. Transparent OLED and LCD screens have around for a while &#8211; in fact, you&#8217;re probably using one. People were making cool transparent panels by taking a standard backlit LCD, remove the LCD antiglare coating,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=10978\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,26,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artdesign","category-ideas","category-cool","category-luxury-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-2R4","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12929,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10978\/revisions\/12929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}