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Televisions for eyes were a popular theme at Comdex 1996. There were more than a few companies who used that idea for their display.

These displays were from ATI. They were promoting the All-In-Wonderboard. It was really ahead of its time and despite all the power that we have from the DVRs of today, this product did things that you still can’t do.

• You could look at thumbnails from nine channels at once (better than picture in picture) and when you clicked on one, it would show you full video and audio.

• It would “listen” to programs using the closed captioning and if a program mentioned one of your preset keywords, it would save a .txt file of the audio from that program.

• It had a zoom feature that would let you focus on a specific part of the television screen.

This display (also from ATI) looked better than all of them. ATI are now owned by AMD and you can see them here:

• Advanced Micro Devices, AMD – Global Provider of Innovative Microprocessor, Graphics and Media Solutions

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