A new startup company called Displace claims to have made the first completely wireless TV. Active-loop vacuum technology is used by this 55-inch 4K OLED panel to suction itself into place. The firm incorporated handles into the frame to make hoisting the screen simpler. In addition, the Displace TV includes four inbuilt batteries that eliminate the need for a power line. These batteries are hot swappable, so you won’t have to wait for one of them to recharge before you can watch TV once more.
The company showed a prototype during CES 2023 in Vegas, but because it was a custom made TV, they said that information regarding battery size and charge time is still unavailable. However, they did state that if consumers watch six hours of TV per day, they should have access to a month’s worth of runtime, or roughly 7.5 days of nonstop viewing. The Displace TV can function without a power cord in part because there isn’t a lot of processing going on inside the device. It essentially involves media streaming from a base station that is included with the device and handles rendering.
Each unit weighs less than 20 pounds (9 kg), which is impressively light. One of the best things about this TV is that it can be easily moved around the house. You would need to push and hold a button on either side of the TV and wait for the vacuum loops to gradually disengage in order to remove it. The manufacturer claimed that this mechanism operates on any flat surface, even those with a faint roughness, such as drywall. When you push it back against a surface, the vacuum loops on the back detect the contact, so the mechanism starts sucking itself onto the wall.
The “active-loop vacuum technology” is also powered by batteries, so if you manage to drain all four batteries while the Displace TV is mounted on the wall, it could theoretically tumble to the floor. There are multiple on-screen warnings before the batteries become completely exhausted though. This could work well if you are watching a movie at the moment, but if you forget it on a wall when you go on a vacation, it could end up in a disaster.
In the top of the frame of the Displace TV is a pop-up 4K camera that serves more purposes than merely enabling high-definition video calls. The only method to interact with the TV because there isn’t a separate remote is through the company’s own software, which also supports some gesture control. To pause your program, for instance, simply hold up your palm during playback. You can also zoom in and out of objects on the screen by stretching out your hands in a stretching motion.
However, the Displace TV is somewhat expensive at $3,000. Currently, just 100 devices are available for pre-order and the business announced that shipping will begin in December. If you want to try this latest piece of technology, hurry up.
