Alienware Shows Off Curved Monitor at CES

[saltydog]

DLP / LCD issue (not)

Two key things to note from the listest specs on this thing. 1) DLP and 2) LED. Don't confuse older color wheel DLP stuff with newer DLP-LED driven displays (ie. no moving parts in this one!). The color quality, contrast ratio, monitor life and refresh rates of DLP-LED displays can equal or greatly exceed ANYTHING on the market today if done right.. It will be intersting to see what the final product looks like when they tweak this thing in (and the price of course)..

 

[TechnicalFreak]

Let me guess. It costs more than my rig Cool idea, but thats gonna cost alot of money. Also why is being curved good? Thats kinda awkward to me..

Well, you know when you look straight at a screen or an object you can still see things at the "ends" of each eye (periphery??). I think that's the entire idéa of having it curved, so you don't need to move the eyes so much.

 

[Wile E]

Two key things to note from the listest specs on this thing. 1) DLP and 2) LED. Don't confuse older color wheel DLP stuff with newer DLP-LED driven displays (ie. no moving parts in this one!). The color quality, contrast ratio, monitor life and refresh rates of DLP-LED displays can equal or greatly exceed ANYTHING on the market today if done right.. It will be intersting to see what the final product looks like when they tweak this thing in (and the price of course)..

Doesn't help viewing angles. Altho DLP has come a long way, I never seen a single set that looks as good as even a fairly cheap direct view lcd, regardless of what it's specs may say.

 

[cool_recep]

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[newconroer]

Mmm ya the curved approach isn't working for me. Peripheral would be the obvious bonus, but you're still looking at it straight on.

I still find OLED screens to be more impressive.

 

[INSTG8R]

Very cool concept but I cant see it having a huge retail market. It would be great for exactly what they are using it for. Demo and tradeshow stuff.

 

[-2kill-]

Was it just me or did that video of actual gameplay seem like it was incredibly laggy? Not sure if that's cause it's running crysis or because it's hard for a GPU to pump out onto a screen that big.

 

[Easy Rhino]

after watching the video i really dont see this making the gaming experience any more exciting than a large screen lcd.

 

[Psychoholic]

only 900 vertical res? hmmm.. I have more than that.

 

[error_f0rce]

FYI plain links are nice for the news pages, instead of full video, as people viewing news articles at work will often receive flags/violations if they visit a page with YouTube video postings (or be unable to view the page at all).

Yeah, nice monitor, can't wait to see the finished product. So true that expensive is spelled A-L-I-E-N-W-A-R-E. I'm not too worried about it because if the current trends in the market continue for LCD monitor and TV prices, something like this could be affordable in just a couple years. The recent massive competition in this arena seems to be driving down prices like crazy.

 

[WhiteLotus]

hmm. ok so let me get this right

wide screen replaces dual screen
wide curvy screen replaces tri screen?

in essence that what it seems its doing.

does look like it will be only available to the extremist gamers

 

[DaMulta]

I have been dreaming of this thing from the time I seen it here. Thinking about starting to save up for it.








I wonder if I quit smoking cigarettes and put the money towards this....Hmmm a reason to quit smoking.

 

[WhiteLotus]

any reason is good enough to quit smoking

 

[imperialreign]

I have been dreaming of this thing from the time I seen it here. Thinking about starting to save up for it.








I wonder if I quit smoking cigarettes and put the money towards this....Hmmm a reason to quit smoking.

damn straight, man - when I quit, I planned on setting that money aside for a Q6850 (now a Q9650) as incentive. Suxz, though, as I've had to spend some of that money for some medical bills over the last couple of months.

 

[effmaster]

DLP suck, poor colour reproduction, mediocre viewing angles, ridiculous contrast ratio, etc...

You will need 20+min of calibration every week to make the image to look consistent. This is a gadget, not next gen tech.

DLP has always had very Dark blacks As well as extremely high Contrast Ratios. Most DLP HDTVs start out at 10,000 to 1 Contrast but there are still a few with a smaller contrast ratio than that. But there is as well a number of DLP HDTV's with higher cntrast ratios thatn 10,000 to 1. Viewing angles arent that bad either.

 

[niko084]

Friend told me about this a few days ago... Looks kinda cool, but I have FAR from any use for such things. And in all honesty at that rate, why not just use a projection and a dome display?

 

[effmaster]

Friend told me about this a few days ago... Looks kinda cool, but I have FAR from any use for such things. And in all honesty at that rate, why not just use a projection and a dome display?

Perfect lets play Halo in a 3DMAX all over again lol