Video: NEC CRVD display hands-on
By Nilay Patel 
posted Jan 6th 2009 3:49PM
posted Jan 6th 2009 3:49PM
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I was interested in this...until I read the price tag. $6,500? Ridiculous.
Yeah and only 900 pixels resolution vertical, for 6.5 grand, mind you it's doable for stockbrokers I guess.
I think they'd rather have 2 30" H-IPS monitors.
For 6K you think that monitor would be slimmer on the back side. If Mac can get 8 hours out of a single charge on the new Macbook. Anything is possible.
I was interested until i saw how INSANELY huge this thing is DLP=FAIL!
900 pixels tall? Not great.
For my edification and education, could someone please explain to me how I can be sitting in front of three 24" displays, a total resolution of 5760x1200 and a price tag of ~$1500 (excluding video card), but when I pay $6,500, I only get a curve (nice to have) and a resolution of 2880x900.
Is this a technical limitation, is this a TV, or WTF?
Most disappointing thing abou this is that you can tell it's 4 different LCD's wrapped into one screen...
Weren't these rear-projection?
it is not an lcd but you are right with the 4 different "zones"
i agree, that's really dissapointing that you can actually see the contrast and color differences between the 4 sections... and why is it so large in the back? its a haunting reminder of CRTs
I'm guessing it looks like that on camera. It's probably unnoticeable to the human eye.
I'd be you are only noticing those "seams" b/c, from the camera's perspective, the viewing angle is different for each "zone." If you were sitting in the "center" - at the focal point, so to speak - you probably wouldn't notice anything at all.
That price tag is re-dik-u-luhs though.
I'd bet you are only noticing those "seams" b/c, from the camera's perspective, the viewing angle is different for each "zone." If you were sitting in the "center" - at the focal point, so to speak - you probably wouldn't notice anything at all.
That price tag is re-dik-u-luhs though.
agh. sorry. ^
The lines are so distracting from the side. They don't have a front shot, because I want to know if the lines disappear when viewing it normally.
Wow. Now this... has redefined the face of internet porn. I mean... gaming...
2880 x 900? That's pretty sad, if you ask me.
Yeah, higher res would be nice but cripes... It's curved and I like it!
Like the curved idea but the low res and price tag is alittle rough..... Cant wait to see where it can go from here though.....
Drool...
I like my screens like I like my women.... With curves......
Im lame.....
You should have said "I like my screens like I like my women: not too bright, not too heavy, and cheap."
Okay, maybe not.
I prefer 5040*1050 offered by the Matrox TripleHead2Go or my current setup of 3840*2048 with 2X TH2G :P
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com FTW
In the video, when it pans directly in front of it, you cant see the lines separating the screens. I guess that is all that matters, since you will always be sitting directly in front of this beast.
Boring Boring Boring!!!
When are we getting newsworthy products? Its already 4PM and I am not the least bit excited about anything at CES. Im talking about stuff we can actually afford. Also from the apple side please tell me there is going to be a new iMac.
I dont like it, its to bulky in the back and its only vertical 900, wtf up with that
Slobber ...
Id have that on my Desk at Work....
For some reason when I read this article I feel like I'm reading an article from the year 1998. Expecially at that price. You can buy 4x 30" monitors and new video cards for cheaper than that.
The vertical resolution leaves something to be desired, especially at that price point.
Pathetic.
The concept is mindblowing, while not surprising. Everyone thought of it, but NEC is actually doing it! The resolution is a COMPLETE JOKE for a monitor over $1,500... much less $6,500.
Are those four divisions as visible in real life?
Are those four divisions as visible in real life?
This particular example is not too impressive, but this shows that the direction is for 2.35 to 1 displays in the future.
And if desired, can be used for a 16x9 display with an internet display directly next to it.
I would love a native 2.35 display that could double as both a monitor and tv at the same time!
Hmmm... My 30" Apple Cinema display has a 2560x1600 resolution.
And for $6500, I could have 3 of them, and still have money to buy the additional graphics cards required.
but then you'd have 3 footprints and two big, ugly black bars going down the third-lines. This price is stupid, but don't go comparing apples to oranges, er, apples to NEC's...
Well it's the only display of it's kind so there is no comparison then.
$6,500 must be a steal! Heck they should charge $50,000 - it's the only one.
I feel like I should be playing Darius on this thing.
I personally would rather spend $6k on 3 high end dell 30'' LCD's or if you managed to get the low price of $1500 each then 4 total. I mean that's 2560x1600 x 3 or 7680 x 4800. Granted NES is probably more color accurate but supposedly Dell's high end 30incher is all most designers would need.
7680x4800 would actually be 9 x 30" screens. It would either be 7680x1600, or 2560x4800 depending on how you orient the screens. But yah, your point still stands.
The bad news isn't the price tag, it's the absurdly small resolution. Double or triple the vertical resolution, and perhaps double the horizontal, and now you have something that would sell. The price point isn't the problem, it's what you get for the money that is lacking. $6500 really isn't much at all.
It would have looked better with a full size picture than with two different backgrounds Got some dual/tri-screen Digital Blasphemy wallpapers that would have fit better...
but it's so damn wide WTF and for $6500 I would just buy 4 50 inch lcds
See, I'd be very interested in this if it were thin and had a higher resolution.
the 6k price tag is.... not that bad considering the price will go down once there is competition.
So as above said, I'd rather have two 30" IPS panels or 3 24" panels
2 30" panels are useless for gaming as a single screen.
oh, you bet yer ass it'll blend!