TV set which doubles up as a mirror
A TV set that becomes a mirror at the flick of a switch will go on sale in the UK in March. The £2500 MiraVision system from Philips of the Netherlands is made up of a 58-centimetre wide-screen LCD that is covered with a thin semi-reflective sheet, mounted in a picture frame.
When the screen is switched on, anyone standing in front of it sees only the picture. With the television switched off, the surface behaves like an ordinary mirror.
MiraVision can even be both things at once. Anyone wanting to watch TV while brushing their hair or fixing their make-up can switch to "picture in mirror" mode, which displays a small image in the corner of the frame.
