Okay so how much thinner until you can shave with it and how many TVs will they attach to said razors for a closer shave?

strider_mt2k

I wonder when it will be available in the USA and at what pricing point.

smallbusinessmarketing

Buy one! Horse/Octopus-lady compels you!

dancinbojangles

AH!!! A CENTAUR!!!

x23

ok this is way cool

kendra68

@InfoMofo: Whooooooa.

As for the TV, I see the merit of external electronics, particularly (doesn't show from the pictures) if all of the connections go there, and only one cable does in fact go to the TV. Very iMac-esque from a clutter-reduction perspective.

But I, too, would trade much thickness (ok, SOME thickness) for durability and bullet-proof-ness. Put a big slab of sapphire glass on the front of my LCD and I'm a happy man; make the innards equally robust and you have a friend for life.

Look, I just pitched two old tv's. One, because my son took a REALLY strong magnet and held it to the screen; bad for the mask and thus the picture. The second because the tuner wouldn't handle anything above channel 35. Both of these sets were well over 20 years old, and would be servicable if I weren't picky. (The latter will still be a great video and game platform for the kiddies.) THAT's the kind of life we need to build into these devices, and to blazes with the thickness. Harumph.

ps61318

Why couldn't she have been the other kind of centaur, with the horse part on top, and the lady part on the bottom?

InfoMofo

I love seeing companies pushing the build envelop by building super big,super thin or super small just to prove that they can do it, but as a consumer I couldn't care less. What I care about is quality and price. And I'm not sure I could tell the difference between a TV 1" thick and one that's 4" thick from 10' away and looking at it head on. I'll never pay more money for something like a TV just because it's a inch or two thinner.

baltwade

would have been better to have the tv show the missing parts of the lady behind it, rather than a horse; what was that technique called again? I think we even had a competition like that with notebooks here a few days back...

yogibimbi

@Knirfie: I'm with you - I hope this is a trend that catches on in other companies.

Maksimir

I wish more companies would offer TV's with external tuner/IO box. This would allow me to store all my AV equipment in a (19") rack a few meters away from my TV without having to deal with the 20 cables running to the TV and back...

Knirfie

It will be interesting to see if more companies goto the external device hookup. I cant imagine that the separate box is that big.

flamingsocks

Reminded of a great SNL skit: [media.putfile.com]

"I'm sorry, we don't hire dirty centaurs."

BENNY THE INTERN

Forget the TV, where can I get the stand?

absentblue

@InfoMofo: Hahahaha, nice futurama reference. Classic.

jibbly

@InfoMofo:
Best horse-lady gag of the morning.

Lorne

You still only have one cable to the TV in a proper HDMI setup. HDMI switching receiver?...

wcbjr

Cool... an X-rayed TV show!

ANoel

I don't suppose the TV is light enough that she's actually holding it with her fingertips.
That would be pretty impressive.

Lorne

@BENNY THE INTERN: Solid link!

I was going nuts trying to remember which skit Walken was in with the centaur! Nice :)

remps

I always thought having a TV so thin you couldn't plug your cables into it was stupid, but after reading some of the comments here, I can really see the benefit of it.

karmaghost

sweet. i'm sure that's going to cost $$$$$$

chopstickhero

@baltwade:
I'm with you on that one.
Unless you have a designer home or you just happen to need to hang the TV on the wall and there is no cabinet, furniture or anything else around it, the ultra slim design is pointless.
Most cabinets, TV stands, DVD players, etc.. require at least a 12" deep space.
Whether you put a 4.5" or 1.5" deep TV on it makes no "real" difference and I would certainly not go around paying an extra $1000 for slimness.

Specially when all they've done is repackage the same TV technology and remove the parts that get hot and need additional cooling from the TV set and packaged them in a box somewhere else.

It's a nicer setup... but not worth paying that much extra for.

I recently changed the LCD on a 14" laptop and changed the CCFL lamp on a 15" laptop LCD.

LCD's have all the video controllers built in a PCB board behind them... all the cabling you have going to the LCD is the video signal flat ribbon (a DVI like number of wires in a flat connector) and power for the CCFL inverter and 2 wires to the CCFL lamp.
The whole assembly is no more than 3/16" ~ 1/4" thick.

For that matter, there's no reason why large LCD TV screens cannot be even thinner, if you house all other required circuits (tuners, cable card,interfaces) , connectors and such in a separate box.

:)

aec007

Sexyyyy.

And I don't mean the model. I'd prefer a guy there.

IrisMR

@Knirfie: Yep. I was hoping to get the first post in on that as well. Having a single cable for all of your AV to get to the TV would be awesome. snaking everything an extra 4 feet really sucks. Here's to break out boxes!

AmishPhysicist

The thinnest production flat panel tv, which apparently has the worst viewing angle of any current flat screen tv. They may say 176 degree viewing angle, but it sure looks distorted at the lowly angle of 120

@Knirfie: Just get a good A/V receiver with a single HDMI output. Not only will you have less wires going to your tv, it will upconvert your non hd sources.

ceilingFANBOY: gets shrinkage on Saturday

When did the thickness of flat panel screens become the problem? Where's the value in the extra cost? Even if the cost was the same, isn't it more frail then a thicker panel that isn't liable to bend? Big TV's are generally meant to stay put. Who would find value in their portability other than someone who would find this easier to steal than a thicker one? I suppose the only value is in the manufacturer's storage and shipping, so maybe the only justification for these is that they should be cheaper.

gogarty

All I really care about is the 120Hz and LED backlighting.

But high-end sets like this one will drive those two technologies below the $4K mark and into the mid-range 50"+ sets. That is when I pounce on one.

shawn_dude

@baltwade:
This theory is one I live by. Good call. This could be applied to many things gadgety, and Gizmodoey.......

"I love seeing companies pushing the build envelop by building super thin or super small just to prove that they can do it, but as a consumer I couldn't care less."
......and Appley. Hint. Hint. Nudge, nudge. (thats 4 U x) ;)

Out2gtcha

That chick's got some serious tail

matto

What makes these companies think that I want a TV that looks like I can break it over my knee?

videoCWK

The horse seems to have an elephant's head.

FLskydiver

*Poof!* Dang comment system.

FLskydiver

It looks like she's standing behind an x-ray screen. I thought, "How'd that horse get inside her?"

CaliforniaKid

Definitely an impressive TV, but that whole X-ray thing creeps me out a little. Maybe posing on the side would be a little better? Otherwise, I likey.

finalgearsolid