View your digital world
in the ancient light
of the future.
“The Way progresses by returning.”
– The Tao
SpectrumView monitors are a one-of-a-kind high-photonic fidelity broadband incandescent computer monitors, that alleviate digitally strained sight and retro-illuminates your content with infrared rich and chromatically vibrant light, ideal for power users, artists, photo-sensitiveness, and sages…
The daylight retro-illuminated 27″
Analog light for
the digital world
Besides alleviating digitally strained sight by promoting cell rejuvenation, it also increases mental focus and prolongs both online and offline productivity and exalts creativity, ideal for screen intensive tasks and artistic work…
“Be your own light.”
– The Buddha‘s last words
Video of the incandescent SpectrumView 31.5″
(First) The incandescent SpectrumView 21.5″
What is light?
Light and its nature has been a source of study and great mystery since antiquity up to the present day, with many layers and degrees of depth and comprehension, for many ancient thought light=consciousness.
“The Light of the Holy Ghost is of only one species, that of the just and untarnished wisdom. The Light of Nature is of two species: the good one and the evil one.”
– Theophrastus Paracelsus
For most of our Human history and prehistory, the only type of light we saw came from incandescent sources, because the light from the firmament and its celestial bodies, fire, and vacuum bulbs is of the incandescent nature. Rarely did we see luminescence until some decades ago, and today we are surrounded almost exclusively by luminescent sources of light.
The eyes are the window to the soul, a screen is where the symbolic world is projected, and light is the medium by which the symbol is conceived and conveyed.
How is light created?
For modern physics light is intimately related to energy and time, and is categorized into two, according to how the source of photons: On the one hand there is incandescence or “hot light” and on the other hand, there is luminescence, or “cold light”.
“Be careful that the light within you is not darkness.”
– Luke 11:35
Incandescent photons and spectrum is produced by the movement from low frequencies to incrementally higher; for example in a vacuum bulb a wire filament incrementally heats up until it glows, this light is also rich in beneficial infrared frequencies that have many regenerating properties.
“And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.”
– Sura 55:15
Beneficial incandescent infrared frequencies are found in sunsets, volcanoes and vacuum bulbs.
On the contrary, luminescent photons and spectrum is produced by the movement from a high energy level to a decreasingly lower one. Semiconductors backlights nearly all digital displays today, and its nature is luminescent, producing its photons from electron holes that decay in a depletion layer, which then produces its entire spectrum by a photo-reaction with phosphorous.
Luminescent light is found in creatures such as the Angler fish and in almost all digital displays.
Semiconductor luminescent light produces a purple/blue beam also known as black light, by electron holes formed by added impurities, then passes through phosphor and produces its entire light spectrum.
Semiconductor light in the form of lasers and LEDs have bestowed Humanity great technological leaps because of its light wave modulating properties, which allows to transmit digital information in their light waves, indispensable for many modern technologies and something impossible for incandescent lamps to do. Yet as good as it is for computers to communicate with each other, its photonic nature is second class to our biology and to life in general for a very fundamental reason; its photo-genesis is inherently different from incandescence, and you simply can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
“The medium is the message.”
– Marshall McLuhan
Light works as if it’s a drug, except it’s not a drug at all, ¹ and has been shown that prolonged exposure to luminescent light provokes cell degeneration by photochemical reactions in the eye tissue and can cause permanent damage to the sight. ² Continuous exposure to this digitally luminescent light negatively interferes with the pineal gland, a neuroendocrine transducer gland intimately sensitive to light located at the center of our head, also known as the third eye and the seat of the soul. ³ ⁴ Cheap photons are unlike anything seen in nature before and interfere with the Human nervous system. ⁵
Spectra and gamut
Digital spectral readings of an ordinary LED vs an incandescent bulb in wavelengths.
Light from ordinary digital displays completely lacks the beneficial infrared spectrum because its produced from the other direction of frequency.
The coloured triangle represents the wavelengths an ordinary luminescent monitor can display, the horseshoe shaped area represents colours Humans can see, but that the monitor cannot show. Sunlight and vacuum bulbs contains all wavelengths visible to the eye and have a 100% Color Rendering Index.
Optical spectrum of a ordinary monitor
Optical spectrum of the Sun.
Optical spectrum of an incandescent vacuum bulb.
Optical spectrum of a candle.
Picture gamut from an ordinary luminescent display vs a vacuum bulb incandescent SpectrumView display.
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Prices
490USD
570USD
750USD
1350USD
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Monitors are handmade with hand tools in a first come first served basis, and currently expanding to provide faster rates, but patience is still requested as wait list is 4 weeks prior to shipping.
Free 2-3 week transit time economy shipping to North, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe add 50$, other countries contact for price, express shipping also available. If you would like to add a daylight-specific monitor in the same order add 1/2 more of the monitor price in the deposited amount. Full refund if not satisfied after 2 months in USD, buyer pays return shipping. The monitors will be engraved with the TXID, proper functioning is promised for 2 years from the TXID date.
Technical specifications
21.5″ 1920×1080 (FullHD), 75Hz, HDMI, VGA, 178° viewing angle, VA panel, 8 bit per pixel with FRC, semi-glossy finish, 4W (With light box: 25-200W), 120/240V, external power supply, 58x40x18cm, 6.3Kg. Great for travelling, small enough to fit in airplane overhead luggage.
24″ 1920×1080 (FullHD), 75Hz, HDMI, VGA, 178° viewing angle, VA panel, 8 bit per pixel with FRC, semi-glossy finish, 4.5W, (With light box: 30-200W) 120/240V, external power supply, 62x45x18cm 8.5Kg. A standard size and resolution monitor perfect for everyday use.
27″ 2560 x 1440 (2K), 75Hz, HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort, 178° viewing angle, VA panel, 8 bit per pixel with FRC, semi-glossy finish, 5W, (With light box: 40-250W) 120/240V, external power supply, 70x51x18cm 9.4Kg. Excellent resolution and size proportions, suitable for power users.
31.5″ 3840 x 2160 (4K), 75Hz, HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort, 178° viewing angle, VA panel, native 10 bit per pixel with no FRC, semi-glossy finish, 7W, (With light box: 60-400W) 120/240V, external power supply, 81x62x18cm 12.1Kg. Widest screen size, resolution and bit depth.
“Use discernment but return to the Light.”
– The Tao
Demonstration of the SpectrumView 3000:1 contrast ratio and 75 fps, vacuum incandescent bulb backlit.
The SpectrumView monitor backlit by incandescent vacuum bulbs is excellent for creating and appreciating art (27″).
Also excellent for screen intensive tasks (21.5″).
The SpectrumView electroincandescent lightbox (21.5″).
Japanese precision woodwork and strong detachable copper mounts.
Bee wax varnish and kiln dried polished wood.
Ports and color calibration menu
(varies depending on model).
Inner workings
SpectrumView monitors have a translucent back, enabling you to illuminate your pixels with benign light sources from behind, projecting your content in this light. Works with any operating system and is made of the best quality prime materials and components, designed to last for decades.
Vitral art is also translucent.
The monitor can work with both 120V or 240V at the flick of an inner switch without having to change all bulbs, which means you can use 120V bulbs in a 240V country. It uses 8-10 incandescent vacuum bulbs of 25w to 40w of 120v or 240v generic Edison E26 standard base commonly used for fridges and ovens, many replacement bulbs are included. We use first grade premium panels and kiln dried wood with a traditional bee-wax polished finish, specially made mineral pigment lightbox inner paint, heat resistant sockets and copper wiring. Detachable copper mounts ensure compact transportation and allow to permanently suspend it in front of a sunny window, genuine lac varnished handles yield a good tight grip. The lightbox is thermally protected by three low speed fans, that take air in and out simultaneously, making the screen be only lukewarm to the touch. The analog light dimmer allows to intuitively set the light intensity to the perfect level. Quality photons come at a price, using only incandescent vacuum bulbs to retro-illuminate the monitor for the whole day will increase your electricity bill by around 5-10%, but if used during winter, the equivalent radiated thermal energy will be proportionally be subtracted from your heating costs, and if daylight is used during the day in the summer, then it will balance out electricity consumption as well. It is recommended to get a daylight-specific monitor in the same order for 1/2 the price if you have a sunny window, as its more convenient to have one permanently placed in front of a window in the correct setup, and another purely incandescent vacuum bulb backlit because the filaments are quite fragile and sensitive to sudden movements. However, incandescent vacuum bulbs can have lifespans of up to 100 years if not used at 100% intensity. It should be emphasized that having a daylight backlit monitor means you have to adapt to the luminous needs of the monitor, which means rearranging your space for the monitor is placed facing in front of a window. Incandescent bulbs used for household appliances such as this monitor are exempted in countries where incandescent bulbs are banned. The lightbox when placed face down can also be used as an excellent cured meat dehydrator, the dimmer sets the precise infrared radiation while the fans circulate air gently in and out continuously.
The SpectrumView 21.5″.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.”
– Jesus of Nazareth
