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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News debuts bizarre, giant tablets in its outrageous new newsroom
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/7/4812630/fox-news-shepard-smith-news-deckIf you can't make the news better, make it bigger
Fox News has just unveiled a breathtakingly ridiculous newsroom, complete with novelty-sized Windows-based touchscreens, a Twitter wall, and a wannabe Minority Report-style display, which it hopes will connect it with generations of viewers who use smartphones and apps.
In a video that could be mistaken for a College Humor or Saturday Night Live parody, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith walks viewers through the network's new setup, which includes workstations with 55-inch touchscreen monitors. In the video, journalists swipe through pages and apps, presumably collecting information for live reporting. "We call these BATs," Smith notes. "Big area touchscreens."
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Fox News debuts bizarre, giant tablets in its outrageous new newsroom (Original Post)
hue
Oct 2013
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big ass tablets that can be sent to the home viewer at a moments notice. I can't wait until the first intern has his backscreen spankwire session fronted by accident to the Hannity show.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)2. hahahahaha!!!
mattclearing
(10,091 posts)3. And they have lower resolution than an iPad.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/08/fox-news-new-giant-microsoft-touch-screens-have-fewer-pixels-than-an-ipad
They are basically big dumb props.
They can display four tweets at a time! That's less than a four-inch iPhone!
Imagine sitting up close to something four times as big as, but with lower resolution than, a standard computer monitor.
It's just sad.
They are basically big dumb props.
They can display four tweets at a time! That's less than a four-inch iPhone!
Imagine sitting up close to something four times as big as, but with lower resolution than, a standard computer monitor.
It's just sad.