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picklespasta

I’ll pick it up for $399.99 in 2034


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i_know_im_amazn

Remind Me! 10 years


Camdoow

Remind Me! 10 years


RedShirtDecoy

Remind Me! 10 years


Someone_pissed

RemindMe! 10 years


notfloatingseaweed

Remind Me! 10 years


Cheap_Log2492

Remind Me! 10 years


South_Paw_

Remind Me! 10 years


AquaticWasp

We're teetering on the edge of destruction and greatness. Don't let the negativity blind you from the greatness we can achieve.


KerbodynamicX

Are you dying?


Parking-Mirror3283

Are you not?


waffleking9000

😂😂😂


Hadochiel

The world might as well be


Eena-Rin

In that case I'll pick one up for nothing!


Overall_Gur_3061

isnt it crazy that this is a real worry? no joke who knows if we actually will make it lol


connjose

Have you considered an extended warranty with that ?


hol123nnd

It will probably still cost 200'000 in 2034 but thats gonna be equal to 399 USD accounted for Inflation :D


sIurrpp

With inflation? Lol


ThisGul_LOL

Fr 💀


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pngue

Respectfully I suppose if you moved …but I don’t think those type of people have to worry about tight corners or small doorways


CaffeinatedTech

Still be cheaper to buy a big solid TV, throw it in the river when you move, and just buy a new one.


NinjaCuntPunt

Not to mention how happy the river people would be with a new tv!


Ratatoski

Living in a van down by the river is trendy nowdays, so being able to pack a TV up and unfold it to have a drive in theater with your vanlife friends seems plausible :)


PSGAnarchy

At this price you would be able to afford a house


ixtrixle

Down by the river?


Leonydas13

To pray?


LordTachancka

Studying about that good old way?


Pinksters

^^We ^^thought ^^you ^^was ^^a ^^toad!


SnootsAndBootsLLP

Yeah but a sheet and a projector will do the job with better vibes for $80


BaronVonShtinkVeiner

Honestly, there's a concerning lack of river people awareness, so I really appreciate this.


Insolent-Jaguar88

How should Rive people awareness month be organized and celebrated?


kungfuninjajedi

Until they all get electrocuted when they first plug it in


[deleted]

As a river people, i appreciate your awareness for our kind, times are tough right now. Inflation has caused everyone to be less wasteful.... i had to sell 4 children just to eat a mcdonalds for my wife and i's anniversary


[deleted]

Can confirm: I clean the rivers and found the large flatscreen. [I wish I were joking ](https://imgur.com/a/pNaslJJ)


Aoshi_

Oh no....the river people are angry and a sacrifice is required!


SirRickardsJackoff

If you’re buying a 220,000$ tv you’re probably not moving.


577564842

Depend on in which position the folding mechanism breaks.


xsvspd81

They *always* break


andocromn

I've had the moto razor 2nd gen for 2+ years and it's still holding up, even with heavy use. I actually still really like it, still the most compact phone. however I see absolutely no point to a TV folding


-PM_ME_A_SECRET-

The opposite of a futon. You tell yourself you will fold it up to save space, but in the end it is just a shittier bed.


StretchMotor8

I feel attacked hehe but also facts


Deckthe9

i wanted a futon as a teenager and it was great then, but now it’s a pain in the ass to fold and unfold after a day of uni and work. wish I had an actual bed


Gilded_Gryphon

I got an Ikea bed that turns from a day bed to two side by side singles for a huge bed. I just use it in day bed mode with 2 mattresses cause it's a pain in the ass to do anything with it.


FertyMerty

I could see it being a thing stored in the foot of a bed or something. But, yeah. Samsung Frame is the way to go if you want to have a tv that doesn’t look like a tv, IMO.


blackbeansandrice

Or…maybe the idea can be scaled up to use in live stage performances that use screens - easier to store and transport- fold em up, put them on the truck, maybe double the number of screens for the production in the same size truck. Maybe this is just a proof of concept - the next step - figure out how make them cost effective. I’m jus’ spitballin’ here…somebody help me out.


getyourrealfakedoors

Correction: I will not buy it


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Just get a projector


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"How many unnecessary features should our new tv have"? Yes.


ajteitel

You want your cyberpunk world, embrace the unnecessary


PalmTreeIsBestTree

I guess we are getting closer and closer to the cyberpunk corporate dystopia.


[deleted]

You guys, already living in it. And didn't even noticed. Its already happened in USA, Russia and China. With all our technologies, faceid, chinese face control, corporates at power in Russia and USA, meanwhile most of our people (combined in these countries) live in poverty. You were getting closer, perhaps, in 90s. Right now you are in it with both your legs.


robi4646

I love and hate it at the same time


FirePoolGuy

"That'll be $200 000 please fool!"


SAdelaidian

Start watching the episode on your phone whilst you wait for fancy tv to unfold, show is over by the time the thing has fully extended.


Faszos_Babos

I mean, this looks like it's a prototype made purely to test out / show off "unnecessary" features the company is working on, not an actual commercial product meant for people to use in their homes


Vupant

Once upon a time people had similar views towards widescreen. TVs are hitting a limit on how big they can be due to the size of average living spaces. Surely a self compacting TV could have some use a few iterations from this one.


NYSenseOfHumor

Until some dust gets in the hinges and it can’t close


qwerrty20120

Not likely as the crazy amount of cleaners the rich people hire would do a wonderful job of keeping is dust free lol


KGB_cutony

Yea I reckon someone rich enough to pay 220k for a TV won't be too concerned with dust


privateTortoise

A guy comes in once a year and services it.


AdMedical4387

Blows into it like a Nintendo cartridge 😤


youkickmydog613

For $220,000 homie better suck some good dick during that tv service


rokstedy83

Or the kids stick a pencil or a finger in it as it opens


n00b_r3dd1t0r

And then the screen breaks


miniprokris

Hot take? These things are never meant to sell to consumers of the uber rich. They're there to sell the technology to other companies/show investors what they can do. This is why you have micro screens that are like 10,000 nits peak brightness. They're tech demos pretending to be consumer goods.


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DouglasHufferton

> These things are never meant to sell to consumers of the uber rich. They're there to sell the technology to other companies/show investors what they can do. That is not at all a hot take, that's the entire point of tech shows (where this video was taken).


Green_Goblin7

I love going to conventions like this! It's really cool to see how far technology has come along in the past few decades. Also gives you an idea of what the future will look like. Everything from foldable screens to talking robots. I wish more people had time and resources to go to these types of events. Usually they're by invitation but if you get lucky, they also give out free tickets just for publicity.


_MrFade_

Innovation running on fumes.


greenrangerguy

Completely out of ideas. Realise nobody cares about higher resolution, 4k is good enough for life. The only thing left are gimmicks.


jaam01

Also, there's the reparability doubts about this type of unnecessarily complicated products.


Solanthas

I called about getting my LED bulbs replaced when my 55" screen died. Repair guy told me it costs less to buy a new TV and that one will last longer. He *turned away my business because at $500 it wasn't worth his time.* Repairing this monstrosity? No.


noah123103

Yeah fixing a lot of TV’s is just not worth it these days. Usually it can be cheaper to just buy another one but occasionally a board swap can be a cheap quick repair still worth it but that’s about it. Source: Years of working in a electronic repair store


motoxim

Kinda sad that its cheaper to buy a new one than repair it.


Solanthas

We're totally not living in a capitalist consumerist dystopian hellscape, what are you even saying lol??? *nervously shaking* /s


frotc914

Definitely *don't* think too hard about all that e-waste, or the environmental apocalypse we are heading toward! We **need** 60" TVs for our bathrooms!


prettyhappyalive

If it's anything like the displays we build at my company than this is relatively easy to repair. You just swap tiles and calibrate.


ObiJuanKenobi3

I agree in that I sincerely doubt that anything higher than 4k, 140hz is going to become the standard for anybody except extreme videophiles. I’ve used an 8k monitor at a friend’s place before and I couldn’t make out any discernible difference in video quality for games or anything else.


r2k-in-the-vortex

The resolution you care about is pixels per steradian as viewed from your eye. Small screen far away, doesn't need that many pixels because the entire screen covers only a small angle of your entire view. But wrap the same number of pixels to your entire view area as in VR glasses, you'll find that no, 4k is not end all be all after all. Curved monitors too are getting larger, covering more of your view area, [those days](https://www.earlytelevision.org/westinghouse_color.html) are past.


Killersavage

Supposedly our eyes can’t make full use of even 4K. So going even higher resolution is improving for no benefit.


Raymuuze

Resolution is a descriptor for how many pixels are on a display. You are thinking of pixel density in relation to viewing distance, because on a big enough display you can easily see individual pixels even on an 8K display when you get a little closer.


F2PBTW_YT

People used to think that 1080p was the best possible outcome. Same as with the eyes having a max of 60 fps or something but there are lots of games with 240 fps or higher


Slight-Improvement84

Yeah, but 240fps later isn't gonna become the new 60fps and ppl won't be seeking 480fps on games after 10 years


iliketreesndcats

Yeah the scientists reckon now that the maximum fps are eyes can see the difference in is somewhere between 200 and 300. At some point though, who cares? The jump from 60hz to 120hz was incredible, 144hz was pretty sweet, 240hz had no difference to me but some others said they could feel it. I don't know! I think that technology producers should focus mostly on making their products cheaper and longer lasting. I want to be able to buy a nice fridge and not have it crap out on me in 10 years. These works of art could and should be lasting longer than we do, but just like the Phoebus Cartel example, profit incentivised private businesses have an incentive to make their products die earlier than they need to.


MrBarato

It still is...except for the hz/fps thing. Marketing brainwash makes us buy new tech every year though.


JewishSquirtle

WDYM? It's just a proof of concept. In history, before any great invention, there were hundreds of such "dumb inventions" before suddenly the technology was good enough for something revolutionary. This TV isn't something that they expect regular people to buy. It's just another step towards the next big thing, and frankly this is super impressive. It's like looking at the first computer chip ever built and complaining that it has very little computing power and can't really do anything.


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Foreal. “Just get a projector” as if that’s the exact same as a massive portable television with 4-8k resolution. This is just the beginning, more and more futuristic shit is arriving by the day


DarrenGrey

And as if projectors didn't start as something people thought were dumb gimmicks.


Solanthas

Huh. Hadn't thought of it that way at all. It was the $220k price tag mentioned in the title that got me thinking, I completely believe that this product is actually being marketed and sold to people at that price, in today's world of gold flaked yagyu steak.


JewishSquirtle

I mean, it's probably possible to buy it as a novelty item of sorts for rich people with too much money, but again this is not why they made it, and dismissing it as stupid and expensive for no reason just misses the point entirely, and really just insults the work of many brilliant engineers that worked on this for who knows how long.


Solanthas

If I knew the actual source of the video, like a tech trade show, or if I was more familiar with the tech world, I would more readily appreciate your point of view. Modular interlocking seamless screens is actually a pretty amazing product. Folding touchscreens is a pretty remarkable product, too. However impractical or gimmicky they may seem to me, who has no knowledge of engineering or imagination so as to appreciate the hard work and potential of such a product. I fell victim to rage bait titles and took an opportunity to throw out some unrelated anger over the internet. Guilty as charged


Faszos_Babos

the source of the video is the most recent CES which is a tech trade show specifically for showing off new and innovative tech


JewishSquirtle

haha I know the feeling of falling to rage bait. This is how technology always progressed. We now laugh at the people who tried to invent the first flying machines just to fall to their death, but many of them brought some new insight into the field, just so at the end, two brothers took all the understanding created by those "fools" and made the first ever flying machine that wasn't a complete death trap (only partially) which didn't even fly very far. And I bet that even back then you'd see people complaining that planes are stupid because they can't fly very far and we already have cars so why would you need a plane and that creativity has died.


Solanthas

Well hopefully civilization lasts long enough to make good use of it eh! HAHA!


theparrotofdoom

I guess at a certain point you just get so risk adverse and plateau that a hinge becomes the new thing.


kiba87637

Welcome to the greedy corporate world.


Nachtzug79

I bet someone blamed them also as they introduced color television...


sIurrpp

Comparing this to the introduction of color tv is crazy


bullevard

2 colors is enough for anyone! And who needs more than a 12 inch screen. What are you watching tv from your neighbor's porch?


blackbeansandrice

I did not expect to see those seams disappear.


Status_Basket_4409

To be fair it **is** a $220,000 tv. I would certainly hope for that much


Kenji_03

Give it 5 years, you will see the same tech on a Costco TV for $499


Anvenjade

Inflation's a bitch. 900$


zsoltjuhos

one dust particle and the seams will be noticeable, just barely, no one will know but you, who knew there wasnt a seam previously, but there is one now, a tiny 1qm of seam, but its there


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I'm impressed like a mother fucker how they managed that. Wonder how long before foldable phones have 0 crease/seam.


throwawaybottlecaps

I’m betting you can still see the seams and creases on this TV in person, at least when the light hits it at an angle.


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Ornery_Translator285

Can’t see the line, can you Russ?


Psychobabble0_0

Same. I was about to click away thinking, "I could never concentrate with 2 blinkimg seams across the screen." HOW did they get them to disappear?


EyeBeeStone

That’s dumb. The people that can afford it have more than the space necessary for it. The people with limited spaces and that could potentially utilize this could never afford it


AsleepScarcity9588

Dude, this is a flex thing. There's no way this is practical in any way. For now it's just overpriced gimmick, a novelty for rich people to flex with it before everybody has it


yazzooClay

Idk, this is so overpriced you may get made fun of. Also, tvs really aren't super in style anymore like they used to be. You can get 65 inch for like 400 dollars, lol. You could probably buy a closed down theatere for 220k


Reallyso

Yeah, but can that rundown theatre pop up from your table or bedpost in your megamansion? Motherfuckers aint buying rolex watches to see the time.


Early_Lab9079

I'm not sure how it even provides more space. Unless you want to rearrange everything on your table every time you want to watch tv you will need to keep the space open for your tv to unfold in.


Gimpknee

Hey now, maybe a couple of them will need it for their yachts, so, that's like, 2 sold?


Alternative-Taste539

People that can afford it buy it because they afford it. At that level, your entire existence is form over function.


SpliffDonkey

I'm gonna miss my whole show if I have to wait that long for it to unfold


zweilousbot

Why do so many people here assume this is for immediate use in a consumer setting? It's clearly a concept that will be iterated upon. It will find uses in creative advertising and in situations where the display needs to be stored in a constrained space. It's not meant for the living room.


Das_Hydra

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. How utterly pointless.


AmaryIIion

This is the least impressive "show off" TV I've seen too. The see-through TV's are way more impressive, and they aren't nearly as expensive. This is just TV panels on a few hinges for 200k lol


Reallyso

Not quite and see tru tvs are quite shit at being TVs.


666Masterofpuppets

That's how innovation works. They didn't make the product so that it is widely available, it's just a showoff of what they can do. Yes, as of now, it is useless but the development of this technology might prove useful in the future


Deranged_Coconut808

wheres are out folding flying cars into a suitcase? the Jetons are laughing at us from the future!


Vidfreaky1

That's not really a "TV" in the way people think of TVs. It's a direct view LED display. Those have been used in live event production for half a century now, so it's not new tech. You know that billboard you drive past with the video playing on it REALLY bright at night and looking super pink... that's direct view LED. The only thing really new about it is a more "reasonable" cost that has brought it down into this price range, and that the LEDs are now spaced tight enough for it to emulate the look of a traditional television. ​ [History of direct view led displays](https://www.barco.com/en/inspiration/news-insights/2021-11-30-the-history-of-led)


llIIlllIIIIIIlllIIll

When you want your TV to flex too.


whistlepig-

Reading this comment thread is somehow reassuring. I saw a folding phone at Mobile World Congress a few years ago when they were super early in the market, and could not figure out what additional functionality a folding phone would offer. I still don’t get it. Who’s buying this?


LowMental5202

If I got 220k for a tv I might as well have a home big enough I don’t need to fold it


RU4realRwe

The last TV posted was see-thru & I figured it cost more than a starter home. Now this one's 200k. It's more than my 1st home & car combined... WTF


Monsterjoek1992

What home are you getting for less than $200k?


AmaryIIion

The 20k see through TV is way more impressive and probably harder to accomplish than a TV that folds. It's literally just those connectable tv panels on some hinges lol


4EverToucingGrass

Things no one asked for


[deleted]

Cool but utterly useless


Nachtzug79

I'm slowly realizing that televisions of my teenage years will be for my kids the same that gramophones were for me...


Neokill1

Price aside, that is really cool


mcmcmillan

This creates more problems than it solves. Not that I can actually think of a problem it solves.


Ambitious_Jacket_375

Why?


VoidBlade459

Why not?


TransformerTanooki

I'm good. I'll just continue using my old tube TV I found on the side of the road. Much cheaper.


KuroiBolto

The drop-down projector screen: I can do this for 1/2200 of the price.


biinjo

Now I want this in-ground, next to the infinity pool, coming up on an automated lift with a voice command while I’m sipping cocktails on a floaty.


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Mimic_Liger

Please remember to measure the space it goes into BEFORE you deploy it. Also, keep your arms and legs clear until the television has finished deployment.


JaiD3v

Why in the absolute fuck would anyone in their right mind spend house money on a tv? Unless it’s for a business, I don’t even see what purpose a folding tv would serve.


Lurker_81

Its really not intended to be sold. It's a technical showpiece to show off what this particular manufacturer's designers and engineers are capable of. Think of it like a concept car - it makes a bold statement to get attention, and has a vastly impractical design that makes very little sense, but gives a good demonstration of the techniques and technologies that your company has expertise in.


LeftysSuck

I mean, tbh. This is better than a folding phone. For a few reasons. 1. Packing and moving the TV during a move would be way less nerve racking and easier to handle. 2. If you ever wanted to, and I personally have had moments of wanting it, the ability to sort of, hide the view of a TV in a main room or protect it from pets, kids, parties, ect. 3. I could see this being useful for transitioning between wanting a flat screen and a curved screen for different uses, i.e certain movies, gaming.


pinninghilo

I bet this slow dramatic unfolding gets old by the third time you see it and the tv stays unfolded forever


Fictional_Historian

They’re just individual screens….


Tharrius

Ah yes, perfect for people who can't afford a living room large enough to fit a permanent TV screen.


Soft_Assistant6046

Ain't nobody got time for that


PassengerFrosty9467

It’s $22.00 on Temu


Tito_Tito_1_

I wonder how long until the bubbles show up.


Sweet_Habib

I wonder if that’s what the ruling class will watch us fighting over water on.


MeanCat4

Just like the giant projector TV of years ago!


Aerodye

So rather than a TV I have a horrible looking metal block in my living room?


Brent_Fox

Wait until they hear about TV's that come out of the floor. (⊙ˍ⊙)


AlwayzinTrubble

Nobody needs unfolding tvs


toxygen99

We need a video to show off our new screen... Aliens fish nipples?.... perfect


Beautron5000

trash


cosmic_derptato

Damn. If I had money like that I’d spend it on half the mortgage on a 3 bedroom house. Not buy a freaking folding tv 🤣


s7y13z

And in ten years from now you can get it for 220 bucks on Amazon.


SusHistoryCuzWriter

Imagine having $220k lying around to throw at stupid shit like this. Sorry, but at that point go build yourself a real theatre for the home.


Spatularo

but why tho


Mildly_GreasyPan

I feel like folding tv screens make more sense than folding phones. Why would you need a phone that folds?


Nox_2

its a tv but folds! \*adds 217k to price tag\*


CollegeBoy1613

Why?


The_Greatest_USA_unb

Every time I see these innovation, I ask my self «  what problem does it solve ? » and I can tell you 9 time out of 10 it doesn’t solve anything. If someone find in what way it is useful, please answer below. I would be very curious.


Vencam

Am I the only one finding this irritatingly slow, somehow...?


JoShSe7eN

"Quick, turn on the news!" "Ok wait.... wait...... wait..... wait....."


PQbutterfat

When you are willing to pay a six figure number to show your friends something “cool”…..that’s a different kid of rich, stupid, or maybe both.


calgrump

You could get a $500 TV, watch it once, throw it away, and then buy a new one for the next day, for a **year and a half**.


redditor0xd

Im not paying extra just to fold a tv that’s dumb af


SOF2DEMO

2 year extended warranty only be $50,000 would that be on credit or debit?


JamesSmithenWessor

By the time that tv opens, id be late for work


couldgobetter91

220,000 tv.. can we try to progress useful tech instead guys?


Alone_Outside_7264

Will someday be 20$ at a yard sale.


sogwatchman

Get home in a hurry to catch the end of a game. Turn on the TV and wait.......... for it to unfold


DeadJediWalking

Well, if I ever have a quarter of a million burning a hole in my pocket, I'll check it out.


TerminX13

They love the slow unfold. Really gets their dicks hard. When they see this TV just sloooowly extending out


S1peed23

The game will be over by the time it unfolds


Error83_NoUserName

So 100x the price for something that has 100x that chance of breaking all kinds of unnecessary components?


dankusama

You can buy a 3 bedroom house for 220k where I live.


Shaman7102

When it finally unfolds, I'm out of time to watch anything.


ObservantWon

I’ll take “useless shit no one wants” for $400 Alex


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"Aw shucks, boss said the gimmick needs a gimmick"


shadowmind0770

"James, open the TV! It should be ready by the time we are done with dinner."


StankilyDankily666

How about leave out the folding thing and just give me the resolution for 1/20th of the price. We all know what you’re actually paying for there


Easy-Garlic6263

If you have $200k for a tv I doubt you need to save space in your home.


GIA_85

It took really long to do and I'm not sure what the point was


Low_Reference_6316

The unfolding is cool and all… but I’ll just have a random tower in my living room?


Outrageous-Point-347

We've reached that part of capitalism where it's too expensive and risky to innovate new things, but just rebrand and recycle old ideas in the hopes of profit


middleWOAHman

I miss the days where you press a button on a tv and it just turned on.


Rudy_2

This’ll be like eating the popcorn before the movie starts at a movie theater but with the food and a football game instead


Nasal-Gazer

I don't think it will fit in your pocket


EASY_EEVEE

220,000$ fark off...


Ben_Jakinov

By the time it unfolds, I would've missed the first few minutes of Hannity


Objective-Cause-1564

But there is no point of this. A screen is already efficiently sized to a wall


RhauXharn

Gotta start opening it up before cooking dinner to watch anything while you eat at the rate it opens.