Yoosty
01-09-2008, 05:32 PM
Alienware Curved Display
CES 2008: This curved display has 2000-plus pixels of gaming goodness.
Alienware has showcased a curved display prototype (http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet) supporting a resolution of 2880x900, aimed mainly toward gamers, with a refresh rate of .02ms. This 3 feet wide DLP with LED illumination will be available by the second half of 2008. The monitor is still showing some flaws, but Alienware assures us that these will be gone by release. No price has been revealed as of yet. Links below.
http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet
http://www.tomsgames.com/us/site/flash_videos/alienware_curved_display.html
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/alienware-curved-display-rocks-crysis-at-2880-x-900/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/video-alienwares-curved-display-caters-to-gamers/
* It's definitely coming out in the second half of the year, but the model we've been seeing is just a late engineering prototype -- everything from the internals to the casing is probably going to change.
* There are four LED-backlit DLP projectors inside, which explains the lines in the image above, but the final version will show a seamless image.
* It's going to be an Alienware product, but it was developed by an ODM called Ostendotech.
* There's definitely some heavy-duty image-processing going on to make the images appear correctly -- the Ostendotech guy called it "the secret sauce" -- but most games will support it with very little effort, apparently.
* The ideal viewing position is directly in the middle at about two feet away. That's when the image seamlessly appears to wrap all the way around you, and it's just as sweet as you'd expect.
* Pricing information is still infuriatingly non-specific: the best we got was "more than a 17-inch flat panel and less than a Kia." Thanks, guys.
CES 2008: This curved display has 2000-plus pixels of gaming goodness.
Alienware has showcased a curved display prototype (http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet) supporting a resolution of 2880x900, aimed mainly toward gamers, with a refresh rate of .02ms. This 3 feet wide DLP with LED illumination will be available by the second half of 2008. The monitor is still showing some flaws, but Alienware assures us that these will be gone by release. No price has been revealed as of yet. Links below.
http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet
http://www.tomsgames.com/us/site/flash_videos/alienware_curved_display.html
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/alienware-curved-display-rocks-crysis-at-2880-x-900/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/video-alienwares-curved-display-caters-to-gamers/
* It's definitely coming out in the second half of the year, but the model we've been seeing is just a late engineering prototype -- everything from the internals to the casing is probably going to change.
* There are four LED-backlit DLP projectors inside, which explains the lines in the image above, but the final version will show a seamless image.
* It's going to be an Alienware product, but it was developed by an ODM called Ostendotech.
* There's definitely some heavy-duty image-processing going on to make the images appear correctly -- the Ostendotech guy called it "the secret sauce" -- but most games will support it with very little effort, apparently.
* The ideal viewing position is directly in the middle at about two feet away. That's when the image seamlessly appears to wrap all the way around you, and it's just as sweet as you'd expect.
* Pricing information is still infuriatingly non-specific: the best we got was "more than a 17-inch flat panel and less than a Kia." Thanks, guys.