January 7, 2008 12:01 AM PST

MyVu Personal Media Viewer: Crystal Edition

by Jasmine France
(Credit: MyVu)

It has to be said: I cannot WAIT to model these suckers for you on camera. I mean, just look at them! Tell me that this is not exactly what leapt to your mind back in the early 90s when you first started dreaming about the time when video glasses would rule the personal entertainment marketplace. Now, that time hasn't quite arrived yet, but MyVu is sure aiming to make it so. The company offers a line of Personal Media Viewers in the form of glasses that hook up to an external video source (such as an iPod) to provide the illusion of watching the content on a large screen from several feet away. Generally speaking, this means less eye-strain than you would get from viewing for long periods on a 3-inch screen.

The latest PMV to join MyVu's lineup is the Crystal Edition, an orange-lensed set that is certainly sweeter-looking than its predecessors. The Crystal also a 35 percent increase in the field of view over existing PMV models, which allows for better quality and a more immersive viewing experience. Another difference is the transparent lenses, which opens the glasses up to other applications...after all, who wouldn't want to sport these beauts as their daily shades? Keep an eye out for the Crystal in spring of 2008.

For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine.
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by BLUEMANRULE January 7, 2008 9:47 AM PST
With the explosive sales of ipod nanos, metro men would pick these up for a reasonable price, around $100. This will sell like hotcakes in the spring and summer.
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by Chris Cooling January 7, 2008 12:42 PM PST
These things remind me of the ST:TNG episode 'The Game.' Somebody brought these glasses on board that gave you mental orgasms or something. Everybody got addicted to it.
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by Ringo51 January 9, 2008 4:07 PM PST
Can't wait to try these while driving my new Corvette ZR-1 at 200mph+.
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by shanewa01 September 21, 2009 12:16 AM PDT
every body got addicated to it .some body brought these glasses on board that gave you mentals organisms.
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