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CES Best: Alienware's Curved monitor turns your PC room into a supervillain lair
When it comes to serious gaming, LCDs are kind of slow. And most screens are just so square. This week Alienware introduced a 2880x900 curved monitor. It's a DLP rear-projection monitor that lit by LEDs, so it's easier on the eyes and consumes less energy than a normal CRT monitor. It's also three times faster than most LCDs, with a .02ms response time.
This thing is awesome to look at, but it's not perfect yet: if you look closely in some of the pictures below, you'll see vertical shadows at intervals on the screen. It's also not as bright as we might like. Alienware thinks it may be fixed up and ready to ship in the second half of this year. No word yet on pricing: the PR guy told us it would be "more expensive than a 24' but less expensive than a Kia." Very reassuring.
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By kittenfactory at 3:06 PM ON 01/10/08
The higher the definition, the more lusty my bloodlust.
By sadfs at 5:18 AM ON 02/17/08
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By Actionbot at 6:13 PM ON 02/29/08
Can't be all that great... its made by Alienware.. you know... pay for the fancy casing.... i.e. refering to you being able to build an exact machine they have for 1/2 the price and a better looking thermaltake case :)
By ErkDog at 11:50 AM ON 07/10/08
Also note that most games DO NOT support the super wide resolution! What you get is short fat looking characters because they are stretched to fit the super wide screen. Most games wont let you change the aspect ratio because now days it's considered a Cheat because it gives you an advantage over other players (you can see much more than they can) so games disable this ability. Which really sucks because I have a super wide resolution (3840x1024) and I play lots of FPS games and there is only one that supports it (and by supports I mean it changes to the correct aspect ratio so your actual view is not distorted and stretched).
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