I'll be holding on to my 16:9 TV, but I certainly plan on buying something like this when I build my real home theatre. Only movies. All the time. Of course, I suppose if I want to watch something in 16:9 I could rig up a motorized (and remote controlled of course) curtain that would slide over the edges.

I was actually contemplating rigging something like this up myself upon reading that Vizio was bringing these to market.

I'm thinking that the application will either need a specific interaction from the user (hold down a specific button on the remote), or it will monitor the audio signal from the TV and compare it against the incoming audio data.

Because Dragon is going to disappear?

I dunno that the cell phone part is dumber. Laptops tend to go in bags that get handled pretty rough. My cell phone gets carried in my pocket near parts of mybody that I treat more cautiously than most others. And the larger a sheet of glass, the more likely it seems it would shatter with mishandling.

My toddler yanked my MacBook Pro off the table and on to the floor. It got a dent in the aluminum, but it continued (and continues 3 years later) to work just fine.

"Sharp looking." Yeah... I see what you did there. ;)

Somewhere there's a boardroom full of Sharp (the company, not a descriptor of their mental prowess) sitting around talking about how they love their 150" TVs, but what they really need is something their man servant can haul out to the jacuzzi when they're entertaining.

Well, I'm pretty sure they've been calling one drive or another the SuperDrive since 1988. There was a point in time where the SuperDrive was for reading every 3.5 floppy disk. They just carried the name over when they switched to CD/DVD RW drives as a standard on all Macs in 2001.

My reason for buying an iMac (all-in-one of my personal choice): a 27" LED backlit IPS display with an included computer for just a little more than I would have paid for the monitor by itself.

I agree. The all-in-one is nice looking, but it isn't exactly Mac like. Which is fine. I'm glad it isn't.

When did Steve Jobs claim to have invented the mouse? Never. He made it pretty clear in his narration of the events in his biography that he didn't invent the mouse.

The iMac's tilt (and I believe height, I'll have to check when I get a chance) can be adjusted.

There's nothing wrong with wanting something to look nice, just like there's nothing wrong with not being concerned about how something looks. Some people place a high value on asthetics because it brings them enjoyment. That doesn't make them anymore a bad person or worthy of your contempt.

Okay... Now I feel like a brainiac. ;)

I don't use my phone as an alarm clock. I don't want any notifications sounding while I'm asleep.

I think their sole purpose in life is play. I mean, sure they eat and have babies, but 90% of the time they seem to just goof off. It's awesome.

He'll be looking like a fool with his "facts" all broke down.

That's a pretty sharp tounge you've got there. Remember that words can pierce a persons defenses.

Oh... I suppose I forgot to say: This seems like it would be pretty handy.