Odd Places You Didn’t Expect LCD Television To End Up

Cute Girl With LCD TV

Liquid-crystal display (LCD) technology is a relative revolution in the world of television: a mostly inexpensive way to produce a sharper image that's capable of delivering high-definition picture to its audience. But if you thought that LCD TV was only for the living room, you would be wrong.

LCD TV is popular enough these days that you can expect to see it just about anywhere you see a screen - a computer, a display window, a...giant box hanging from the top of an American football stadium. Huh? Let's take a look at the unusual places LCD TV is showing up these days - as well as the unusual uses it's getting.

Advertising and Informational Displays

You know those boring trade shows in which people give you a snoozer of a pitch, some free stuff, and send you on your less-than-merry way? Those experiences are going to be available in...wait for it...high definition!

Samsung is reportedly "mass producing" super-wide LCD displays to be used at trade shows and advertising display panels, which means that good old-fashioned posterboard is officially on its way becoming a dead technology.

Says the excellently-titled Chang-man Kim, vice president of marketing at the Samsung LCD division: "We now are witnessing digital information displays being used in a broader range of applications with increasing demand for customizable DIDs to improve information delivery." In other words, LCD TVs aren't just for watching network television on a Tuesday night - they're ready for more official use as a part of the way you conduct business.

Giant Boxes Hovering Above Giant Men

American football's Dallas Cowboys have one of the most spectacular stadiums in the world to play in, a $1 billion-plus tribute to the world of professional sports. The largest LCD screen in the world is housed there, held high above the football field and displaying screens on each side so that fans all across the stadium can enjoy high-definition closeups of their favorite athletes.

If you're like just about any 18-24 year old man on the planet, your first thought may have been: "Can that thing play video games?"

Since there are no stupid questions, you deserve a legitimate answer: yes. That thing can indeed play video games, reportedly being used by an NFL player to play Gears of War and perhaps Halo, as well. There's even video evidence that the world's largest LCD screen was indeed hooked up to an Xbox 360 and enjoyed in the way LCD was meant to be enjoyed.

Projector Form

Of course, you don't need a giant LCD screen if you've already got, well, just a regular giant screen. LCD projectors are available if you don't want to lug around a television set but instead prefer to simply lap up the good old-fashioned quality picture by enjoying a more cinematic experience. You can't, after all, bring the Dallas Cowboys LCD screen home with you.

Set it up well enough and you can enjoy a gigantic LCD experience without lugging around a giant panel - if you already own a projector, you can even simply upgrade your old one by selling it and buying a used LCD projector. Simply keep your projection screen and you're good to go.

One of the most exciting aspects about new technology isn't always the technology itself - it's the way the technology is used. While a trade show display may not excite you, you can't help but get pumped about starting your own LCD movie night.