Arc-shaped 48-inch curved Alienware monitor with 2880 x 900 pixels

January 7th, 2008

Probably the ultimate gaming monitor (or any other kind of monitor for that matter) is on display at the Alienware stand boasting a 48 inch diagonal and a refresh rate of 2 milliseconds.

Such a refresh rate cannot currently be achieved with LCD so the Alienware uber-monitor employs rear-projection technology and this, unfortunately, results in a rather deep back to the device.

The monitor being demonstrated is a prototype at CES this week but expect the real thing to be available later this year.

Tags: 48", alienware, arc, curve, gaming, gaming monitor, monitor, monitors,

rgfdjd

Why go to that much trouble and make it only 900 high? Kind of like building the Golden Gate and only making it strong enough for motorbikes. Why not 1080 at least, or better still, 1200!?!? Someone wasn't thinking.
anon

$8000!?!?! For that? Why wouldn't a much cheaper 60" HDTV at 1920x1080 be better? 240hz, LED, and 2/3rds of the horizontal res plus more vertical. Make this thing a curved ~4000x1080 and sell it for 1/4th the price and I might buy. Windows probably sucks at maximizing on this thing too, unless they some how allow it to maximize to one 1/2 or the other (or 1/3rds).
helloppls

@ Poison3k: Dell claimed that they would fix the visibility of the connected screens before release.
Steve

You're right — it's 2 milliseconds.

Corrected 2008-12-11
bas

No it is not 0,02msec it is 2.
Steve

@J23Z

This monitor was shows to a live audience at the Consumer Electronics Show in January so it definitely exists.

HOLY SHIT indeed!
J23Z

i like it but it dsnt rlly look real but if it is HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lewi

I need the biggest monitor best speakers and a gaming chair. lol
Allan

Not Curved Ha...Why Don't You Look At This Picture First... http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/Ali...
Jay

who needs a monitor that big, honestly!
Poison3k

Saw the video for this at CES, it's not really curved, you can see where the montior panels are 'connected', even if I had the money to buy this screen I doubt I would.
Nick

Why couldn't they have some sort of LCD cluster thing where the monitor itself splits up the work among controllers for individual stripes of the screen. That way, they would need neither special technology or curved LCDs to produce the effect, just a small videocard-like device.
JD

you SURE that refresh rate is 0.02 msec? Because 20 microseconds would be sweet (unnecessary for human vision, but sweet nonetheless)

Reminds of grocery stores with sales like 10 (somethings) for 0.10¢

I read somewhere else that this monitor has a few problems where the multiple projection units meet to cover the whole screen, but I'm sure those will be ironed out before release. Now for an in-home 3d imax....

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