Reply to: V for Vendetta

[Moscow Mule]

you could argue that CRD devices are still superior for desktops... but who here still uses one?

My pal (graphic designer) but not here so doesn't count.

LCDs are getting better colour reproduction every day...

[Troll]

Mobile device, very cool. Desktop - I'll keep the high-res LCD.

you could argue that CRD devices are still superior for desktops... but who here still uses one?

[2uk]

You guys are really missing the point of V for Vendetta.

Best you get back to coding up the governments next tax or ID database for them.

It is because people don't care. In Canada it is the same. In the US , well I haven't been there but looks like everyone shut up and stay low. The rest of the world doesn't really matter. Well except Russia , but the US have them in sight. Hoping the next Putin will be as tough as the current one.

[Moscow Mule]

The real advatange is the fact that these displays are 'rollable', ergo Windows Mobile would benefit more than Windows in this context, in the not too distant future you could have a 10 inch polymeric screen that rolls out of your device for watching movies (once the technology matures a bit), the 'Readius' has already been developed by polymericvision which is a black and white polymer screen which rolls out of a mobile phone sized device:

http://www.polymervision.com/Product...ius/Index.html

Mobile device, very cool. Desktop - I'll keep the high-res LCD.

[Charles Foster Kane]

Oooo Shiny... Can't see youtube at work, or use a proxy. But Cambridge stuff looks interesting for shop windows etc. .

However, If you've got a predominantly 2D paradigm (eg Windows) why do you need an expensive bendy screen on your desk?

I'm not saying we're at the zenith of computing technology but I'm not sure a polymeric screen would offer me anything...

The real advatange is the fact that these displays are 'rollable', ergo Windows Mobile would benefit more than Windows in this context, in the not too distant future you could have a 10 inch polymeric screen that rolls out of your device for watching movies (once the technology matures a bit), the 'Readius' has already been developed by polymericvision which is a black and white polymer screen which rolls out of a mobile phone sized device:

http://www.polymervision.com/Product...ius/Index.html

[Moscow Mule]

Google LEP or 'Light-emitting polymer' technology.

Or even this would be a good start:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhMVNdplJc

Oooo Shiny... Can't see youtube at work, or use a proxy. But Cambridge stuff looks interesting for shop windows etc. .

However, If you've got a predominantly 2D paradigm (eg Windows) why do you need an expensive bendy screen on your desk?

I'm not saying we're at the zenith of computing technology but I'm not sure a polymeric screen would offer me anything...

[gingerjedi]

I actually enjoyed V by the way, just thought that having current office computers in a film set a decade-and-a-half or so in the future shattered the illusion a bit

That sort of thing only makes it feel more 'British' which is no bad thing, we were brought up on crappy BBC effects and props... I like it that way.

[The Lone Gunman]

How about in 2020 Dell goes retro

[Charles Foster Kane]

Why? How can you improve the LCD monitor, other than making it bigger and brighter? The case it goes in is pure ergonomics & economics.

Google LEP or 'Light-emitting polymer' technology.

Or even this would be a good start:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhMVNdplJc

[Moscow Mule]

Bendy, curved polymers using nano skins

If this comes to pass by 2020 (and you can find me) I'll give you five pounds.

[Troll]

Why? How can you improve the LCD monitor, other than making it bigger and brighter? The case it goes in is pure ergonomics & economics.

Bendy, curved polymers using nano skins

[Moscow Mule]

I actually enjoyed V by the way, just thought that having current office computers in a film set a decade-and-a-half or so in the future shattered the illusion a bit

Why? How can you improve the LCD monitor, other than making it bigger and brighter? The case it goes in is pure ergonomics & economics.

[Charles Foster Kane]

There are some unbelievers about....

Nitpickers is a great site for, well, movie nit-picking, Star Trek nitpicks for example:

http://www.nitpickers.com/tv/reposit...pg=s&sp=i&tt=1

I actually enjoyed V by the way, just thought that having current office computers in a film set a decade-and-a-half or so in the future shattered the illusion a bit

[Troll]

how about here

Picky...

[Burdock]

I thought it was excellent

seconded. especially V's dialogue.

<film spoiler>
and I liked it when he blew up the Old Bailey to the 1812 Overture.
</film spoiler>

... and I liked it when the end credits kicked in to 'Streetfighting Man'.

I ordered the comic novel after seeing the film - never read one before - and thought it was brilliant too.