[mdanger007]

What if we could just put these displays were our windows are?

[wlesieutre]

If you only want to watch TV at nighttime or maybe when it's overcast, and don't mind your neighbors watching your TV

[lostlogin]

Watching the show backwards?!

[jedberg]

I do that all the time. When I'm in the kitchen the only way I can see the TV is via the mirror in the breakfast room.

[defrost]

As long as you don't watch cheesy TV Detective dramas while you cook: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheKillerWasLeft...

[JumpCrisscross]

In-window shade.

[wlesieutre]

Even with a blackout shade behind it for TV mode, I have to wonder how long it would take for the sunlight to cook the panel

[seanmcdirmid]

I can see it working for glass houses that need to occasionally need a TV (think really rich people with overzealous architects). The cooking problem is situational and not always an issue for every window.

I would instead love E-shades to be a thing instead, I'm still waiting to press a button to make my windows go dark.

[JumpCrisscross]

> would instead love E-shades to be a thing instead, I'm still waiting to press a button to make my windows go dark

These exist. I’m considering putting smart film on my bathroom and home office windows.

[seanmcdirmid]

I’ve only seen samples for sale, and any sort of large scale installation is “contact us, we might have something.” I’ll just stick with Lutron until suppliers get their act together.

[darkwater]

Any brand name to kick off a search?

[ssl-3]

If it's part of a window shade, then what advantage does transparency have?

[spinach]

Flickering tvs in windows would make being outside in a place with buildings become like being on a webpage full of video ads.

[vunderba]

Then you'd have ZERO natural lighting in your house. Far more realistic is using them in lieu of traditional "paintings" though outside of Samsung Frame - most of them have poor viewing angles and are glossy which destroys the illusion.