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This will be a LEGO for home electronics;
e.g. a Home theater system can modularized into
A> CD/DVD drive (can be made into disk-man)
B> pre-amplifier
C> Amplifier with speakers.
A TV system can modularized into:
D> display Unit
E> audio amplifier with speakers.
A Disk-man can
be modularized into:
F> CD/DVD drive
Now, if analyse this C and E are complementary to each
other. Hence we can get rid of E. A TV can be forced to
utilize C so that it can be made cheaper and have much
better performance. A TV will now contain only
display;hence far fewer things to go wrong. This display
can be shared by computer, oscilloscope, telescope,
microscopes etc,
You get the idea..This list can be extended to include
many other products.
BUG Labs
http://www.buglabs.net/products
[afinehowdoyoudo, Dec 09 2010]
Linn
http://linn.co.uk/linn_products
Manufacturer of hifi separates [pocmloc, Dec 09 2010]
[link]
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//so that it can be made cheaper// I think I can see the flaw in this idea. |
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Again, you are talking about things that already exist - there are already plenty of 'dumb' monitors that don't care from what appliance their signal comes. [marked-for-deletion] widely known to exist. |
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Currently this kind of modularity does not exist. |
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For example, you cant take away CD drive from a
home theater and use it as a diskman. Or one can't
take away preamplifier from an amplifier and use it
somewhere else. Or probably take out graphic
equalizer away from home theater. |
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This idea has come and gone, I guess it could come again a la crystal radios, Heathkit and Radio Shack. |
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//For example, you cant take away CD drive from a home theater and use it as a diskman. Or one can't take away preamplifier from an amplifier and use it somewhere else. Or probably take out graphic equalizer away from home theater.// |
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You could if you knew what you were doing... |
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Sony used to make a toslink optical cable built into a 1/8" trs audio connector. It was an option for the DAT Walkman. |
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Many problems can be solved by standardizing
input and output characteristics of each block.
Availability problem of connectors can be thus
solved partly. |
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e.g. standardize preamp o/p so that it works with
any compatible power amp. |
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Put each block in nice box with proper labelling
and provide proper ports on each box so
that laymen can understand how to connect boxes
with each other. |
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Thus, for a sound portion of a TV, home theater
can be used. For Tuner portion, a separate tuner
box (already available in market) can be used. A TV
can simply take A/V in as input for example. |
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//You don’t actually remember the ’70s, then?// |
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You mean those early radio sets which used to come
in 4-5 boxes ; one for every stage of radio ? |
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Or those 'modular' audio component systems - you know, the ones that are exactly like you are describing in the idea. I think some people called them 'stack' systems, because you had to stack all of the different pieces on top of one another. You'd buy an amplifier, a pre-amp, a tape-deck (cassette or reel-to-reel), a record player, a radio tuner, speakers - all as separate units and have to wire them all together with the appropriate cables. I didn't realise these didn't exist anymore? |
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They do still exist, see link. But don't look at the price list! |
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Seriously? People don't know these exist? |
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