Arc-shaped 48-inch curved Alienware monitor with 2880 x 900 pixels
January 7th, 2008 by SteveIf you’re looking for an Alienware monitor the company is now promoting what is probably the ultimate gaming display (or any other kind of display for that matter). This 48 inch diagonal monitor boasts a humongous 2880 horizontal pixel resolution and a refresh rate of 2 milliseconds.
Such a refresh rate cannot currently be achieved with LCD so this Alienware 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.
Update
Yes this monitor really was launched for real under the NEC brand (albeit at a slightly reduced size of 43 inches) and you can read about it here:
NEC will start selling CRV-43 in July — that’s a 43-inch 2880 x 900 curved monitor!
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January 8th, 2008 at 12:30 am
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….
January 8th, 2008 at 12:35 am
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.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:51 am
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.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:57 pm
who needs a monitor that big, honestly!
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 am
Not Curved Ha…Why Don’t You Look At This Picture First… http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/Alienware-curve2.jpg
September 21st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I need the biggest monitor best speakers and a gaming chair. lol
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
i like it but it dsnt rlly look real but if it is HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
@J23Z
This monitor was shows to a live audience at the Consumer Electronics Show in January so it definitely exists.
HOLY SHIT indeed!
December 11th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
No it is not 0,02msec it is 2.
December 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
You’re right — it’s 2 milliseconds.
Corrected 2008-12-11
January 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
@ Poison3k: Dell claimed that they would fix the visibility of the connected screens before release.
June 8th, 2009 at 3:11 am
[...] NEC CRV-43 may look very similar to the Alienware curved monitor featured here in January 2008 and that’s because it’s basically the same device [...]
July 5th, 2009 at 6:16 am
[...] NEC CRV-43 may look very similar to the Alienware curved monitor featured here in January 2008 and that’s because it’s basically the same device [...]
December 8th, 2009 at 7:09 am
$8000!?!?! For that? Why wouldn’t a much cheaper 60″ HDTV at 1920×1080 be better? 240hz, LED, and 2/3rds of the horizontal res plus more vertical. Make this thing a curved ~4000×1080 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).
January 8th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
[...] NEC CRV-43 may look very similar to the Alienware curved monitor featured here in January 2008 and that’s because it’s basically the same device [...]
January 15th, 2010 at 9:44 am
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.