This 5-Inch "Video Business Card" Wants To Replace Your Stack Of Paper Cards - Yanko Design

"Televisions used to be heavy boxes that dominated a room. Now, the latest LG and Samsung prototypes at CES 2026 look more like posters than TVs, with panels so slim they almost blend into the wall and bezels that seem to disappear when the screen lights up. These displays are no longer just appliances in the corner of a living room. They are becoming design elements that can live almost anywhere you might put a sheet of paper."

"That shift makes it feel natural to ask a simple question: if screens can be this thin, why not put them where we have always relied on print? Business cards are a perfect example. They carry introductions, identity, and a first impression in a tiny rectangle. VidCard takes that same footprint and turns it into a living surface, transforming the familiar business card into a personal video introduction that plays in the palm of your hand."

"VidCard is basically what it sounds like: a rigid card with a 5 inch, 1280×720 IPS LCD screen built in, playing a looping video of you introducing yourself or your brand motion graphic. The whole thing measures 120.05mm by 86.4mm, which puts it somewhere between a credit card and a small phone, and it's under 5mm thick. That's genuinely impressive when you remember there's a battery, NFC chip, display controller, and 256MB of onboard storage packed inside."

Ultra-thin TV prototypes from LG and Samsung at CES 2026 resemble posters, with panels that nearly blend into walls and near-invisible bezels. Screens are becoming integrated design elements suitable for many placements previously reserved for paper. VidCard adapts the business-card footprint into a rigid 5-inch device with a 1280×720 IPS LCD that loops a personal introduction video. The card measures 120.05mm by 86.4mm, is under 5mm thick, and contains a battery, NFC chip, display controller, and 256MB of storage. It charges via contact pins, supports about one hour of continuous playback, and syncs content through an iOS/Android companion app.

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