Holy heaven - huge curved monitor from Alienware

[taltamir]

notice that the NEC one has a vertical res of 900. much more useful.

 

[Earfoam]

first generation = shi.............it

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: clandren
looks like nec is coming out with one as well Text

looks like this is still a reality http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...crvd-display-hands-on/

 

[sgrinavi]

$6500

BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Quiksilver]

I'll take a 30" monitor over that any day.
Much higher resolution.
No crappy seams.
Cheaper.

 

[aka1nas]

Triple-wide surround gaming with 3 regular monitors is way more affordable:
X3: Terran Conflict @ 5760x1200

 

[badnewcastle]

That would be cool but your going to need some serious hardware to run the res... and yeah... the x900 disappointments.

 

[djnsmith7]

What a joke...& a waste...terrible resolution, seams are awful & the price is ridiculous...I see this going nowhere...Fast...

 

[videogames101]

so old...

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: videogames101
so old...

how is it so old when its not even for sale yet?

 

[IlllI]

finally going on sale in july Text
i could see these being used in flight-sims

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I'll stick with my 32" HDTV as monitor

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: IlllI
finally going on sale in july Text
i could see these being used in flight-sims

Unfortunately, gaming is not listed amongst its targeted uses so you'll be on your own to find a release supporting the CRV43's 32:10 aspect ratio.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: kylebisme

Originally posted by: JAG87
FYI its only 2592000 pixels, which is much less than 4096000 of a 30 inch panel. Its actually just a bit harder than 1920x1200. So no, you don't need anything special.

The huge FOV means you wind up pushing a lot more polygons.

Yeah, except that current video cards have way more vertex crunching power than they'll ever need. Pixels are the limitation, always.

The vertical res is way too low though. Could barely use it as a work monitor. Heck, it's impractical all around, it's a nice thing to have, but at the same time, so would a home arcade.

BTW, wasn't there some kind of 120" Imax home theater dome? That'd be way cooler than this.

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: Creig

Unfortunately, gaming is not listed amongst its targeted uses so you'll be on your own to find a release supporting the CRV43's 32:10 aspect ratio.

you know that saying, if you build it they will come

 

[Arkaign]

They should do 6 30" screens (2x3), for a resolution of 7680x3200. That would be somewhat epic at least.

 

[Idontcare]

damn, a doubly necro'd thread. Not seen every day, that's for sure.

 

[Psynaut]

Ill stick with my westinghouse 37". After I finish gaming I can watch movies on it.

 

[Sheninat0r]

It's fifteen inches thick - say goodbye to your desk space.

 

[bluemax]

If anything good comes out of this at all, I hope the joining of LCD panels becomes AT LEAST as seamless as the two lines of a Trinitron monitor were. I've had the idea of joining multiple small panels to make one cheaper giant one for quite some time. Still - this one sucks. I hope better models emerge from the smouldering ashes like a glorious phoenix.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Shocked somebody didn't bitch about it being a TN panel..

 

[Idontcare]

It's not LCD, not TN panel or any other, it's an LED lit DLP (3 of them to be exact) rear-projection system. Hence the 15" depth and seam alignment challenges.

 

[yusux]

they should've made a 30" or bigger 1200p~1600p monitor just like that, what a waste of resource

 

[TurtleCrusher]

My bad. I'll listen to the video next time. I remember a tech demo very similar to a flexible TN panel that sony or toshiba made that stretched into a super widescreen monitor.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Yeah, it seems strange gaming isn't listed as a targeted use. IMO that would be the ONLY use I could think of where it would be useful. As others have stated, its vertical resolution is just way too low to be a practical work monitor considering its price; $8000 (or even its cheaper predicted price of $6500) would buy several 30" screens.

Really, the only areas this thing shines in is its response time, and its curvature should help its utlra wide form factor to be more immersive - both attributes absolutely shout gaming goodness. Of course there's the pitfall of getting games to support such a wide resolution, but the ones that could would undoubtedly look amazing.