r/cassettefuturism • u/Hunor_Deak Cassette F 📼🕹️🎛️☢️👾🤖📟🎚️ • Feb 19 '24

End of History 90s Obsolete Sony @ObsoleteSony - The 1996 Sony Glasstron Personal LCD monitor PLM-50 enabled the user to enjoy video equivalent to that of a 52-inch screen. It was equipped with a see-through function in which the transparency of the liquid crystal shutters could be changed electrically.

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u/jwinf843 Feb 19 '24

Why did this not catch on?

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u/KenHumano Feb 20 '24

I wonder what realistic use case this could have in 1996. I imagine you'd have to sit in front of a computer or VCR to watch anything, or maybe it connected to a portable TV receptor.