How it's put together

To get the iZ3D monitor open we have to remove four screws.

The stand

The stand slides right out.

Sturdy

This single piece, the part that holds the iZ3D monitor up in the air for us to look at, is the heaviest single piece we remove.

Front grill

The front grill snaps off. You have to be careful with the tabs because they are just plastic and can easily break.

This is a pre-production model so there are some hand written markings inside the case. I’m not sure what Sample A means exactly.

Tab A

A closer look at the tab/slot connection for the housing.

Slot B

Another angle of the tab/slot connection.

The front grill

Here is the front grill fully separated from the back piece of the monitor housing.

Out of the case

Now that all of the monitor housing is removed we can begin to see how the iZ3D monitor is engineered.

How hazardous could it be?

First, we have to observe the obligatory warning of danger. We disconnected the plug so we have nothing to worry about — right?

Some ID

I don’t know what the serial numbers represent, but I do notice a couple of dollar signs.

Two LCDs

Our first indication that there are indeed to LCD panels under all this other stuff are these two ribbons.

Power connections

The power connections are pink and white, but I think power wire should be red.

Slide it open

We remove two screws and slide the circuitry housing off to reveal two circuit boards.

Circuit boards 1

After getting some help from Bill Detwiller on the ribbon connectors we are able to get our first look some electronic insides of the monitor.

Circuit boards 2

A closer look at the two circuit boards. I see lots of exposed power electronics — good thing we unplugged the monitor.

Inputs

There are three video-in ports; 2 DVIs and 1 VGA. Besides needing to be an NVIDIA card, your video will need to have two outputs to power the iZ3D monitor.

RealTek

I’ve been seeing a lot of RealTek chips lately.

We got the power

There is some serious power control going on here. One suspects that with two LCDs more electronic circuitry is required.

LCDs at last

There they are — two TFT LCD panels.

Taking a closer look

I asked Bill Detwiler to help me show off one of the LCD panels.

I can see myself

You can see the reflective surface of the LCD panel.

Wafer thin

Well, I guess you can say it is a flat panel after all.