There's only one word for all hardcore gamers out there, 'Get em!'. Early 2008, this Alienware 42-inch curved seamless display, a gaming monitor was first seen at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show).

The known specifications for this 'monster screen' is that it's a rear-projection DLP(Digital Light Processing) screen with OLED illumination that runs at a resolution of 2,880 x 900 pixels with a mind blowing response time less than .02-millisecond .


Well despite of all those awesome specs, the performance seemed flawless except the three faint vertical dividing lines. Sort of indicate 4 sub-panels combined together. Comments were positive about the level of immersion thanks to the panoramic display that encompasses your entire line of sight, including your peripheral vision. Almost all visual distractions are eliminated while playing games, giving you a superb gaming experience.

It's unofficial name, only known as "Alienware giant curved monitor" has no price yet, and no release date more specific than "second half of 2008. But until now, there hasn't been any news regarding this launching (right?). So much for the hyped.

This one the other hand,


Is available! You may think Alienware is the only 'giant curvy monitor' ever exist, but there are some that shy away from the limelight. NEC also joins in the hype with it's very own inch curved panaromic monitor! Announced on the 4th of June 2009 in Chicago, NEC Display Solutions of America launched it's 43" NEC CRV43 ultra-widescreen specialty desktop display. Mainly designed for usage in professional graphics, higher education, government, financial, command & control and home office.

Specifications of this monster is as stated below,

CRV43 curved display features:

* Seamless curved screen, which eliminates bezel and screen gap issues for increased productivity and decreased frustration (according to Center for Human-Computer Interaction – Shupp et al., presented at Graphics Interface 2006)
* 2880 x 900 double WXGA native resolution
* 200 cd/m² brightness
* 0.02ms Rapid Response
* 10,000:1 contrast ratio
* Wide color gamut with 100% coverage of sRGB and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB
* Single link DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 input connectors
* USB 2.0 connectivity for easy use of peripherals
* Front panel controls
* On Screen Display (OSD®) and software-based GUI, which enable advanced display control options

And is available for the killer price of $8000! Well on second thought, $8000 is not worth the money spent in my opinion. Let's just hope more and more of this monitors surface and bring the crazy price down! That's it for now. Look out below for more videos and photos of these monitors.

More on NEC curvy~


CRV43 – Curved Ultra Widescreen Display from NEC hooked up with some fancy racing gear. Boy won't you look at that.. good way to race accident free.


Well if you are still curious about the details, click below to watch the interview line up by Macworld. Cheers!

Macworld 2009 #02: Interview with NEC about Curved Monitor