Alienware to release huge new monitor.

[The IT Monkey]

I found this while stumbling around the internet today. I appologize if it has already been posted here in our hardware forums but I did a search and think I may be the first to post it here. This monitor maybe the perfect monitor for those multiboxing on one computer.

Alienware put on what it termed a "technology statement" in Vegas tonight with the aptly named "curved display." That's its unofficial name. It also has no price yet, and no release date more specific than "second half of 2008." What we can tell you is that after the brief minute or so we spent with this monitor, we think high-end PC gamers are going to be excited for it.
The specifics are that it's a rear-projection DLP screen that can run at a resolution of 2,880x900 pixels (wider than a 30-inch LCD, but not quite as tall). Alienware also said it was running off only a single, midrange ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card. We only sat down (crouched, really) in front of the curved display for a minute, but we were instantly impressed by the level of immersion. The panoramic screen encompasses your entire line of sight, including your peripheral vision. The effect eliminates almost all visual distractions from your gameplay. As weird as it may sound, this is actually the most practical panoramic display we've seen. You can see from our picture that the screen will fit relatively easily on a desktop. We expect it won't be cheap, but whatever the price, we imagine Alienware will get plenty of interest from the high-end gaming community once the curved display becomes available.
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And thanks to our new forums here is a video of it in action:

[User]

wow, that looks crazy.

[-silencer-]

2880x900? It's essentially 2x 17" widescreen 1440x900 LCDs stuck together. The problem is, it looks much larger than 2x 17" displays, so the clarity is going to suffer. It'll probably look great for FPS style games, but I bet text is going to look like crap compared to large LCDs. At 900 pixels high, it's not even close to the height in pixels of the 30" screens - 1600 pixels. I definitely wouldn't pay more than the $2000 a 30" display would cost. I'd rather have 3 19" 1280x1024 monitors (3840x1024) using a TripleHead2Go and 8800GTX for that price. The curved display concept is fantastic, but I'm highly disappointed in the resolution.. I'm sure the price will be even more disappointing.

[Diamndzngunz]

I want to say this was posted befor.... But it does look sick

[Wilbur]

It was posted a few times ;-)

Still I guess another one isn't going to hurt ;-)

[Ellay]

Ya only problems I see with the monitor is it's not flat and you can see the lines between each section ><

[Lost Ninja]

Ya only problems I see with the monitor is it's not flat and you can see the lines between each section ><

And its ugly...

It looks like a female orc on a bad day...

8o

[Diamndzngunz]

Ya only problems I see with the monitor is it's not flat and you can see the lines between each section ><

you just killed it for me pointing that out. GRATS!

[-silencer-]

She says in the video it's the size equivalent of 2x 24" displays (3840x1200), but the resolution is only equal to 2x 17" displays (2880x900). You do the math on the clarity that'll bring. I'd rather have 3x 19" (3840x1024) than that thing, and I'm sure the 3 would cost much less.

[MaxD]

She says in the video it's the size equivalent of 2x 24" displays (3840x1200), but the resolution is only equal to 2x 17" displays (2880x900). You do the math on the clarity that'll bring. I'd rather have 3x 19" (3840x1024) than that thing, and I'm sure the 3 would cost much less.

Considering Alienware doesnt make ANY of their own components or screens I would wait till Acer sells it with their logo for 1/3 the cost. Having had 2 alienwares in the past and having to replace 2 screens I WILL NEVER BUY ALIENWARE again