Did this thing ever materialise?

[Biscuit1871]

Alienware curved display rocks Crysis at 2880 x 900

Don't get all frothed up quite yet because it's still only a prototype, but this sweet doublewide curved DLP display with LED illumination from Alienware will reportedly be available in the second half of '08. The curvature of the 2880 x 900 rez screen mimics peripheral vision, and in action the performance seemed pretty flawless to our Crysis-dazzled eyes (official specs report less than .02-millisecond response time). We did notice three faint vertical dividing lines that appeared to indicate four sub-panels making up this screen, but we may be willing to suspend disbelief in exchange for the potential of indulgent wrap-around immersion. There's not even an inkling of an MSRP on this thing yet, but you know we're gonna be keeping our eyes on this sucker for ya. Pics below and don't miss our video footage.

Alienware curved display rocks Crysis at 2880 x 900 -- Engadget

 

[WeasteDevil]

It's sort of a bent version of that Philips one we were talking about the other day.

 

[Biscuit1871]

Apparently its rear projection, which seems odd and presumably is one of the reasons why it never went into production.

Which phillips is that?

 

[WeasteDevil]

The Philips one is an LCD, and around 2560x1080 I think, so not quite as wide as that.

 

[WeasteDevil]

You'd have black bars along the sides of the screen if not watching a movie in 21:9.

So, what's the more desirable, pillar boxing in the vertical or the horizontal?

 

[WeasteDevil]

They first started fecking about with this type of thing for games years ago - 20 years ago or so I'm talking. I remember an arcade game, two player, where you played a ninja, I think it was by Taito, but can't remember the name.

 

[Aporkalypse]

They first started fecking about with this type of thing for games years ago - 20 years ago or so I'm talking. I remember an arcade game, two player, where you played a ninja, I think it was by Taito, but can't remember the name.

Ninja Warriors. It was a pain in the arse to play if it hadn't been looked after properly because the screens were bounced off mirrors.

Ninja Warriors, The - Videogame by Taito (1988) - The International Arcade Museum and the KLOV

 

[WeasteDevil]

Here's the fecker.

3 screens stuck together.

 

[Biscuit1871]

Who would actually buy that Phillips screen? Yes, it would be superb for films, but for anything else it would be a bit ridiculous.