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Although it looks like a pair of ultra-cool shades, PDT's appropriately-named Eye-Theatre is actually a wearable virtual display for watching movies held on portables such as Apple's video iPod.
The device, £150 including VAT and delivery and due to start shipping in October, is said to support video in PAL, NTSC and SECAM. It uses a pair of 4:3 format TFT LCDs and, despite having a resolution of 320 x 240, is claimed to be equivalent to watching a 50in screen from 2.5m (8ft) away.
Eye-Theatre has two parts. There's the spectacles element, of course, and that's reckoned to weigh 78g (2.75oz). Then there's an external 50g (1.75oz) lithium-ion battery pack said to be good for up to eight hours' viewing. This measures 38(w) x 98(h) x11.5(d) mm - 1.5 x 3.9 x 0.47in - and recharges from a USB port using a cable that's supplied in-pack.
PDT says that "high-quality" stereo earphones are incorporated and that Eye-Theatre comes with choice of nose-pieces to fit "every face from children to adults".
Other points to note from PDT's specs include a contrast ratio of 200:1, 25-degree (diagonal - que?) viewing angle and maximum power consumption of 430mW.
Check out this HEXUS.lifestyle.headline on a comparable but rather more expensive product, the icuiti DV920, have a quick gander at PDT's press release on page two, then comment in this thread in the HEXUS.lifestyle.news forum.
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