Holy Curved Monitor Goodness

Jesse Moody · Jan 2008

http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet

This looks pretty damn cool.

Wish it was more than 900pixels high but damn this is kinda sexy.

Wells · Jan 2008

seriously, only 900 high? bummer.

Bbt yeah, it's still pretty snazzy.

bounchfx · Jan 2008

looks awkward as shit.

I'd give it a go though, for sure.

Emil Mujanovic · Jan 2008

The seams looked pretty noticeable on that vid, but as the article said, they plan on working out the kinks by the time its released. But .02ms response time! DAMN!
Impractical for gaming IMO, unless the game will support that extreme widescreen res without squishing/stretching. Really good for a dual monitor replacement for a seamless workspace, but I don't see myself rushing to buy one any time too soon.

-caseyjones

Joshua Stubbles · Jan 2008

Considering there's a huge bulk of 16:10 monitors with a 1650x1080 resolution, I don't think the 900px is that bad. The 16:10s are only getting an extra 180px of vertical res. I could live without it.

The monitor is meant to simulate peripheral vision though, so they will likely have a blurry effect on the sides I would think.

I'd personally like it as a workstation monitor. Would be quite nice, instead of having 2 different models of WS monitors, one bigger than the other - very disorienting

hawken · Jan 2008

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The seams looked pretty noticeable on that vid, but as the article said, they plan on working out the kinks by the time its released. But .02ms response time! DAMN!
Impractical for gaming IMO, unless the game will support that extreme widescreen res without squishing/stretching. Really good for a dual monitor replacement for a seamless workspace, but I don't see myself rushing to buy one any time too soon.

-caseyjones

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looks like it's designed FOR gaming.

If the gundam pods are anything to go by, should be very decent for gaming.

Emil Mujanovic · Jan 2008

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Impractical for gaming IMO, unless the game will support that extreme widescreen res without squishing/stretching.

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JERK!

-caseyjones

Jesse Moody · Jan 2008

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Impractical for gaming IMO, unless the game will support that extreme widescreen res without squishing/stretching.

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JERK!

-caseyjones

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so you quoted yourself and then called yourself a jerk?

notman · Jan 2008

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looks like it's designed FOR porn.

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Corrected

Emil Mujanovic · Jan 2008

Well, I quoted myself and put the word "unless" in bold in response to hawken. Calling HIM a jerk :P
Didn't turn out too well it seems.

-caseyjones

sir-knight · Jan 2008

driving and flying games would be awesome on that.

East · Jan 2008

Wish it was some nice, thin, sleek curved LCD monitor, and not this fat DLP thing. Maybe in a couple of years when they've worked out the kinks this will be a fun thing to own. Would certainly -look- impressive on the desk.. Though again, not too sexy, being so bulky in the back.

Jesse Moody · Jan 2008

Well with OLED on the near horizon I would say that thin large curved screens like this aren't that far behind. But OLED is pretty pricey right now from what I hear.

dejawolf · Jan 2008

well, when OLED starts kicking, it'll be dirt cheap.

Keg · Jan 2008

was reading up on OLED's. seems they're just developing tech to get the blue oled's to last about 62,000 hours (similar to led's) instead of the old 5,000 hours.

Holy Curved Monitor Goodness

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