Alienware's Killer Panoramic Killing Machine

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News Posted: Mon, Jan 7 2008 9:22 AM

Oh yeah. Alienware know where the cutting edge is, and it isn't spreadsheets. They've reached out to the inner Nomad in all of us with their outrageous prototype curved DLP display, with a  2880 x 900 resolution screen. That is not a typo.


They've got video of some lucky fellow blasting away from the Consumer Electronics Show here.



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Oooooooooooooooohh! Want! Crysis is the best game to test on that, too, because it actually widens your field of view on such a wide screen. That should be done with a projector, though, like mine!.

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man that is the coolest thing ever
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JeffB replied on Mon, Jan 7 2008 2:28 PM

 I've been running three flat panels for ages and love it, but this is just gorgeous.  I bet this thing is going to be insanely expensive when it hits the market.

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It will take a hefty rig to drive 2.6 million pixels in games like Crysis, but it does look insane... people running setups like that may end up getting very pale as a result of not going outside anymore!!!

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 Now how does it connect to the PC? single dual link plug or two actual plugs...if two actual that will screw SLI users no? (as i recall from my limited sli use it was either dual moniter or SLI not both.

 

Another thought, if dual link then that would be cool cause then I could run 2 of em at once.... damn, that would be a lot of head turning 

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There are various news items about this rig. Some report that this has a single DVI for the signal.
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jtm55 replied on Mon, Jan 7 2008 7:14 PM
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That's incredible!

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Is that the incredible Oz under the blanket?

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Dave_HH replied on Mon, Jan 14 2008 7:24 AM
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that's a weird resolution! Pretty sweet concept but I wonder how it really looks up close. Throw that in with some top notch surround sound and you really couldn't pull me off my computer!

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If I'm not mistaken that rez would make it 16:5 ratio.

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M0R0NI replied on Tue, Jan 15 2008 11:01 AM

Wow What a monitor!

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frg1 replied on Fri, Mar 7 2008 12:22 PM

that is a monster of a moniter isnt it called the alienware curve

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Kamrooz replied on Fri, Mar 7 2008 3:29 PM

 It is pretty nuts, but the vertical pixels are actually quite small..Forgot the actual resolution though...But do keep in mind this is a rear project unit, not a CRT running a cathode tube or a LCD...Good old red green and blue baby ^_^.

I'd still rather have a sexy Sony GDM-FW900 though =D. 

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Now the real question is, how does crysis work on that system. lol. I bet it lags like hell in other more intense levels.

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frg1 replied on Sat, Mar 8 2008 2:41 PM

wonder how much it cost 

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I bet it will be over $800 for sure, and that still sounds a bit not much for what other monitors are going for right now, but I highly doubt it that it will be only 800. Probobly around $1100

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Kamrooz replied on Sat, Mar 8 2008 4:40 PM

 I'm expecting more, around the 2,000 dollar mark. If a 30" lcd goes for around 1500-2000..I expect this to be similarly priced...After all, it doesn't have any of the negative aspects of LCD's since it's rear projection.

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