World's largest curved plasma display flows into Japan's Kansai airport

Sure, we've seen 125-inch and a 145-inch curved plasma displays, but there's a new size champ in town: the international departure area at Japan's Kansai Airport was just graced with this 200-inch waterfall of a curved plasma. That's right around 13 feet by 10 feet, which is relatively insane -- no word on whether Jerry Jones is going to show up and play Gears of War on it anytime soon.

[Concorde105 Posted Apr 28th 2010 6:49PM]

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[MattsZ Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:26PM]

But can it run Spyro the Dragon?

[Jacoss Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:33PM]

@MattsZ I hope so hahaha if it. Can't I'm not payin a million dollars for it

[MoonWalkerCTE Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:55PM]

@MattsZ Fail.

[bigsofty Posted Apr 28th 2010 4:08PM]

@MattsZ

Um, its nine displays stuck together... Zzzz...

[Bakerdk Posted Apr 28th 2010 4:55PM]

I'm just so happy knowing the money spent on this seemingly worthless display could've funded possibly hundreds of children's educations.




Nice.

[RandomGuy Posted Apr 28th 2010 7:06PM]

@Bakerdk Having worked on projects that are often referred to as worthless wastes of money, has provided my kids with food and shelter and a good home. If someone wants to spend absurd amounts of money employing hundreds of people from designers, engineers, the poverty stricken 3rd world labor that manufacture it, to the more respectably paid installer that puts it all together, well i am OK with that. It is better to employ people than just horde the money in some bank or offshore account.

[Bakerdk Posted Apr 29th 2010 12:22AM]

@RandomGuy

Don't put words in my mouth. I never said anything about "hording" money. This project may have employed lots of people, but most-likely it didn't, employ more than a few geeks who took already existing way-too-pricey technology and decided to spend more money making it bigger.

There's a difference between "worthwhile" research and a waste of time. Doing something anyone can do given enough time and money isn't "innovation".

If there can't be a scale on which we determine valuable projects from wastes of time then what's the point? eh?

Of all the projects you could justify, this shouldn't be the one, and you wouldn't need to justify the ones that are worthwhile, anyway, because I don't have a problem with those. But this is not a "worthwhile" use of money when there are more humanitarian ways to spend it.

To sum up:

Investment in Polio Vaccine Research - Good.

Giant-ass, Expensive, Curved Plasma Screen - Bad.

[Bakerdk Posted Apr 29th 2010 12:24AM]

@RandomGuy

Besides, read half of the other posts, I'm not the only one who thinks this is overkill, and we're a bunch of geeks!

When a geek says maybe something is overkill...that's a sign.

[LMcClure Posted Apr 29th 2010 6:00PM]

@Bakerdk

The only way to waste money is to not use it.

[jordanbiffle Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:28PM]

not big enough for Jerry.

[reallynotnick Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:29PM]

I love plasma and I love big TV's but I just have to ask, why?
Not to mention I can see giant seams in it.

[New Reformation Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:45PM]

@reallynotnick

I love my plasma too. In fact, I couldn't live without it. /horrible joke

[Teslanaut Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:29PM]

DAANNGG. She got Curves! (The television)

[IDuPree Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:31PM]

Overkill much?

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:36PM]

If any younglings attempt to use mine as a slide. I will do what i did to them Jedi temple. It won't be pretty

[jahkamren Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:38PM]

Will it blend???

[frozo Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:44PM]

Hmm.. I see 9 plasma screens.

[DoctarPeppar Posted Apr 28th 2010 4:03PM]

@frozo
Me too, why is this counted as "one" display?

[N900 Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:47PM]

Tony Hawk approves.

[Firesuite Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:47PM]

That thing must give off some heat!

[clai Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:54PM]

I so want one -_-;.

(p.s it's "KANSAI" airport, SI would be pronounced like "see" not like "sigh")

[Clyzm Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:55PM]

Give me two of those so I can make one awesome half-pipe.

[Aerilus Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:56PM]

Why?

[Let1me1in Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:56PM]

Yep, who needs a heatkng system for the home, just keep that sucker on.

[Agent007 Posted Apr 28th 2010 5:08PM]

How much you wanna bet they tested it with anime porn?

JK, I love the Japanese

[clai Posted Apr 28th 2010 5:13PM]

@Agent007 LOL I wouldn't be surprised if that was true at all to be honest. But Japanese porn is censored by law -_-; booo

[hdawggy Posted Apr 28th 2010 5:13PM]

It looks like a slide ffs

[ssnuggets Posted Apr 28th 2010 5:38PM]

For whatever reason I am picturing a giant ipad...

[kukhuvud Posted Apr 28th 2010 5:43PM]

I can't wait to see the largest curved BSOD!

[AgentWhitmore Posted Apr 28th 2010 6:03PM]

@futurepaul How's the pixel density?

I wanna know if text is readable. This could become my new monitor for bedtime reading.

[akf2000 Posted Apr 28th 2010 6:42PM]

It'll need re-gassing soon

[Blacknimbus Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:09PM]

But who flies into Kansai? I wish this was in Narita....

[cdf74dc9 Posted Apr 29th 2010 2:56AM]

Is the screen protected by condom? Otherwise people's hand will be all over it until it break down and burst.

[pika2000 Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:58AM]

WTF? The title was misspelled, I commented on it, then the title was silently fixed and my comment was deleted? But yeah, comments like "will it blend" is okay.

[Colin S Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:38PM]

How does this help me play Crysis?