marzman Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Hey guys, I've been working my way up to buying a new TV for the last few months or so and would be interested to know if anyone has any experience with the dual screen functionality which i've seen mentioned in a few places online. Basically - i think the new LG tv's can turn split screen gaming into a different full screen view for each player, so that both people get to have their own full screen view. However, does anyone know if this theory can be used to watch 2 different sources at the same time yet? i.e. Can i play xbox while the missus watches X Factor?? If so, im going out to buy one of these TV's NOW so i dont have to sit through another Saturday evening of SHITE!! Here's a video Quote
marzman Posted November 10, 2012 Author Posted November 10, 2012 Yep, but i dont mind listening to The X Factor as long as i dont have to watch it. Quote
DannyBoy Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 The technology is definitely available to buy now, mainly from LG and Sony it seems. Dual inputs (two seperate devices or two unrelated displays, as opposed to two displays from the same device that are direclty related, such as dual screen gaming) is an interesting one though. The restriction I would imagine is going to come partly from the input devices; with the current version of the Sky+HD box you can only ever watch one channel on the same box, so you'd need to buy a multiroom box and hook it up to a different input on the same TV. The tv/Xbox combo is a better bet, although tbh I haven't actually seen any TVs that openly claim to be able to handle displaying two inputs simultaneously. I can't see it being that hard to have two sound channels either, maybe one for speakers and one for headphones, that shouldn't be a problem. Seems to me that this technology is still in its infancy, and that now probably isn't the best time to buy in. DB Quote
ioneabee Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 ah, but will she mind listening to the inane converation (and purile swearing) thats going on with COD or whatever you preferred poison is Quote
ddcboyle Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) That's amazing. Finally a way for both the male and female to sit in perfect harmony. Need for speed on whilst she's watching the notebook Edited November 10, 2012 by ddcboyle Quote
SteveW Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Might have to get one of those so I can play cod whilst the mrs watches X Factor! Quote
marzman Posted November 10, 2012 Author Posted November 10, 2012 Thats if it exists...!! Does anyone have a 3D TV that they could try this with? Quote
DoogyRev Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Thats a great bit of technology Most of the stores over hear are doing buy one get one free on all TV's over $1k ..... so why share a screen when you can have two TV's Quote
spursmaddave Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 TV for the spare room or bedroom would be far cheaper and more practically surely Quote
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