Displace to Launch Truly Wireless TV Powered by AMD and NVIDIA at CES 2023

[TheLostSwede]

We don't normally cover TV's at TPU, but this one is so different to anything else out there, that we had to cover it. A US company that goes under the name Displace, will launch the Displace TV at CES 2023 in January and maybe the least strange part of this TV is that it'll have a CPU from AMD and a GPU from NVIDIA, although technically speaking, neither is actually inside the TV itself. The display itself doesn't seem to be particularly remarkable, as it's a 55-inch 4K display based around an unknown OLED panel. However, Displace claims that the sub 20 lbs (9.07 kg) panel features "proprietary active-loop vacuum technology" which allows it to be stuck to any wall without the need of mounting hardware.

If that wasn't crazy enough, the Displace TV is powered by an interchangeable battery pack and the company claims that the TV has a month's worth of battery life, assuming you don't use it more than six hours a day. The company provides four batteries and a charging station with the TV, as well as a base unit, which houses the AMD CPU and NVIDIA GPU. The only other thing the company mentioned about the base station is that it supports Wi-Fi 6E. The Displace TV also supports gesture control, as well as voice control and a remote. For those that find a 55-inch TV a bit on the small side, Displace claims that up to four panels can be connected together to create a 110-inch 16K TV, although it seems like they've counted wrong here, as four times 4K resolution is only 8K, not 16K. It all sounds a bit too good to be true, but we'll have to wait and see if the company really shows up at CES and if it has a product that delivers on all its claims.



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[Jism]

Nice fire hazzard containing so much battery's.

 

[Denver]

Trying to understand what the point of this aberration is... AMD and Nvidia should be happy regardless

 

[Totally]

Real world example of the phrase "Just because you can doesn't mean you should."

A product that literally no one asked for or solves an existing problem and creates a hassle for it owners. I'm impressed.

stuck to any wall

That my friends is bs, until I see it in person because in my area textured walls were all the rage since the 2000s until now neo-modernism/minimalism started taking over recently. No amount of vacuum wizardry is going to get a vacuum seal on a wall that's finished in a porous split-faced stone tile, or real wood.

 

[spnidel]

"features "proprietary active-loop vacuum technology" which allows it to be stuck to any wall without the need of mounting hardware"
playing russian roulette with an expensive TV? sign me the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Garrus]

ONE MONTH of battery life. Wow. I guess if the TV itself has none of the extra hardware, it save a lot of power. The base unit you plug in and the TV you just run from batteries and the wireless connection.

 

[Denver]

ONE MONTH of battery life. Wow. I guess if the TV itself has none of the extra hardware, it save a lot of power. The base unit you plug in and the TV you just run from batteries and the wireless connection.

I think it's doomsday TV or something.

"The world is ending but your TV still works"

 

[Gucky]

SO it is simply a OLED Screen without controller/tuner powered by batteries.
Then there is a basestation/PC/tuner that sends the picture wireless to the Screen, probably uses a powercord.

 

[n-ster]

Huh, not for everybody but appreciate the innovation and letting the rich pay for the R&D for this kind of stuff XD

I've always liked the idea of the base station separate from the display, easier to manage heat, theoretically base station upgradeable and panel can be re-used and vice-versa, easier mounting, clean look

 

[eidairaman1]

Ill stick to a Sony or NEC.

 

[Blaeza]

I don't trust TV's mounted using bolts on a wall, let alone SUCTIONED to a wall! The agony as you come home and find it broken on your diamond-encrusted rug...

 

[eidairaman1]

I don't trust TV's mounted using bolts on a wall, let alone SUCTIONED to a wall! The agony as you come home and find it broken on your diamond-encrusted rug...

I dont either, also you have to find studs to mount and if they are too wide apart you have to run a 2x4 plank across just to have a mounding point for the bracket.

 

[zlobby]

 

[Nioktefe]

"proprietary active-loop vacuum technology"

interchangeable battery pack

I wonder how those two ideas will fare together when the owner inevitably forget to charge it or is away for a long time

 

[ZoneDymo]

good, I hate things running on power and just working, I want them to slowly start acting up and when you want to use them you suddenly are confronted with the fact that you cant because you need to charge the power source!

 

[thegnome]

Yeah yeah, OLED on batteries running for a month, "no mounting hardware needed" (I can bet their suction cups don't stick to my wall), and a unknown company.

It's funny, but it's fake! Very much fake! Just trying to lure/scam investors into stupid and impossible products...

 

[InVasMani]

I always wanted a TV to vacuum my wall.

 

[samum]

Trying to understand what the point of this aberration is... AMD and Nvidia should be happy regardless

The point is to swindle investors.

 

[zlobby]

I always wanted a TV to vacuum my wall.

And I always wanted a TV on my Dyson, so I can continue watching my favorite shows no matter which room I'm cleaning.

 

[wheresmycar]

This could be a good commercial/events/occasions product... especially exhibitions or what not. In the last 15 years we've set up shop in several exhibition centres across the UK, Germany and France and some of these exihibiting organisers charge a rediculous sum of cash just to acquire power to the subscribed unit and additional costs for approved and verified extensions (yep, very advanced tech at a cost lol). If I were still in the game, i'd definitely pick up something like this with the freedom of planting the screen anywhere and everywhere, that too without wires hanging about or causing floor hazards. Although, "active loop vacuum tech" - it would be interesting to see how that works out (i like me screws and bolts).

As for personal use... no thanks, can't be arsed swapping/recharging batteries whether its one month or 6. Everytime the battery bars drop below 49% my short of juice OCD kicks in. A long-lasting battery rechargeable smaller travellers wireless display would be nice... so not discounting personal use completely.

 

[Prima.Vera]

So a glorified photo display with included TV tuner.

 

[Totally]

This could be a good commercial/events/occasions product... especially exhibitions or what not. In the last 15 years we've set up shop in several exhibition centres across the UK, Germany and France and some of these exihibiting organisers charge a rediculous sum of cash just to acquire power to the subscribed unit and additional costs for approved and verified extensions (yep, very advanced tech at a cost lol). If I were still in the game, i'd definitely pick up something like this with the freedom of planting the screen anywhere and everywhere, that too without wires hanging about or causing floor hazards. Although, "active loop vacuum tech" - it would be interesting to see how that works out (i like me screws and bolts).

Yep this this was my thought too that this makes very good sense as a commercial product/digital signage. Where glass panel partitions and a lack of electrical out are commonplace. IMO that was probably the original focus of the display but then at some point those developing it choose ridicule and that it would make more sense in a living room.

 

[trsttte]

This could be a good commercial/events/occasions product... especially exhibitions or what not. In the last 15 years we've set up shop in several exhibition centres across the UK, Germany and France and some of these exihibiting organisers charge a rediculous sum of cash just to acquire power to the subscribed unit and additional costs for approved and verified extensions (yep, very advanced tech at a cost lol). If I were still in the game, i'd definitely pick up something like this with the freedom of planting the screen anywhere and everywhere, that too without wires hanging about or causing floor hazards. Although, "active loop vacuum tech" - it would be interesting to see how that works out (i like me screws and bolts).

As for personal use... no thanks, can't be arsed swapping/recharging batteries whether its one month or 6. Everytime the battery bars drop below 49% my short of juice OCD kicks in. A long-lasting battery rechargeable smaller travellers wireless display would be nice... so not discounting personal use completely.

There's a lot of portable power station nowadays that fill that niche perfectly well.

This is just another one of those bullshit products that seem groundbreaking but have no pratical interest that are presented every year at CES.

 

[chstamos]

"features "proprietary active-loop vacuum technology" which allows it to be stuck to any wall without the need of mounting hardware"
playing russian roulette with an expensive TV? sign me the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even if this hitherto unknown entity gave a warranty of replacement for TVs that fell down and broke, I still would not trust it for fear of it falling on the cat.

 

[zlobby]

Even if this hitherto unknown entity gave a warranty of replacement for TVs that fell down and broke, I still would not trust it for fear of it falling on the cat.

That would be a real CATastrophe!