Feb 01
During its press conference at this year’s CES, Samsung made little bones about its vendetta against the bezel. The company bragged about how its forthcoming D8000 HDTV has virtually no border, going so far as removing a fake bezel from the top of the television and then holding a pencil to the set’s side, to show just how razor thin the actually bezel is.
Of course, Samsung’s not alone in its battle against the bezel. It’s one of countless consumer electronics companies racing to do away with the bezel on everything from computer monitors to MP3 players. And why not? The bezel has long been regarded as waste of real estate–part of a device that would be better utilized by making the screen larger.
There’s no love for the bezel. But the bezel ensures that your screen doesn’t fall off. Seeing as how the bezel may soon be as a past, it seems an appropriate time to celebrate the unsung hero of the consumer electronics world.
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