Video Appears in Printed Magazines

Skidmark · Post by **Skidmark** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:22 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8211209.stm

The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of the US show business title Entertainment Weekly.

The slim-line screens - around the size of a mobile phone display - also have rechargeable batteries.

The chip technology used to store the video - described as similar to that used in singing greeting cards - is activated when the page is turned.

Each chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video.

I thought humans would be on Mars before this happens. Technological advancement seems to occur in a very strange order.

Post by **Sades** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:05 am

Well, maybe [because of all the extra revenue they're making by selling these fancy-pants new ads] they'll stop making ads that pop up right smack dab in the middle of what I'm reading when reading stuff online now.

Or not. :/

secretcode · Post by **secretcode** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:29 am

I'm getting a strange Harry Potter vibe from this...

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:31 am

secretcode wrote:I'm getting a strange Harry Potter vibe from this...

Yes. That indeed is what the article said.

AndyTurnbull · Post by **AndyTurnbull** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:22 am

Shame it's only in LA/NY. I'd quite like to look at one and see how it appears.

Andy