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3 Sep 2024 19:19:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Product Mysteries  
From: Darren New
Date: 25 Jan 2011 13:24:57
Message: <4d3f1579$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> Ah, but what's this I see? A "privacy filter"? Yes, it's a small piece 

> of plastic which is transparent only when viewed from certain 
> directions. In other words, you stick it to your screen to reduce the 
> viewing angle. WTF, people!? :-D

What part of "privacy" did you misunderstand?

> First of all, it's supposedly a video camera, and yet it costs less tha
n 
> £2,000. Actually, it costs less than £500. To be blunt, it co
sts £75. 
> This is highly suspicious.

Let me blow your mind:

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-rechargeable-1-3mp-pin-hole-spy-av-camer
a-disguised-as-sunglasses-tf-slot-42736

> Quite why anybody would pay for an expensive 2MP photosensor and then 
> stick it behind a crappy 7mm lens I have no idea. 

I've never understood that, unless a 2MP photosensor is actually cheaper 
in 
bulk than a lower quality one.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."


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