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Alienware's Curved Monitor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-for-desktop-publishing dept.

ViperArrow writes "Alienware has showcased a curved display prototype supporting a resolution of 2880x900, aimed mainly toward gamers, with a refresh rate of .02ms. This 3-foot-wide DLP with LED illumination will be available by the second half of 2008. The monitor is still showing some flaws, but Alienware assures us that these will be gone by release. No price has been revealed as of yet."

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  1. So it's like a CRT... by mushadv · · Score: 4, Funny

    but backwards?

  2. Wait a Minute by trongey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought I was supposed to be excited about a perfectly flat screen in a super thin frame. Now I'm supposed to go back to being all googly about a curved screen with big bulge in the back again? This is too hard, I give up.

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  3. Re:initital thoughts by digitig · · Score: 4, Funny

    having it curved is going to make drawing a straight line, or anything other than gaming, really difficult I would think. Well, I'd like one for side-by-side comparisons of documents. Two ordinary monitors side-by-side wouldn't be as good because -- er -- give me a moment to think...
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  4. Re:Here's a picture... by DaFallus · · Score: 5, Funny

    My bad, I use NoScript and I didn't realize you had to allow scripts to run from 5 different sites to get the pictures/video to load...

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  5. Re:not very curvy by berashith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that you Sir Mix-a-lot?

  6. Wonder how many... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    other times this has happened to you and your first thought was similar: not your fault, someone else messed up? Well, don't worry, there's now several hundred thousand people who know about your problem and will help correct any future browsing mishaps...

  7. Re:hmm by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

    What gets me is the "0.02ms refresh" thing.

    Maybe the person who said that used to work for Verizon?

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  8. Re:Can't find the images for the scripts by Kingrames · · Score: 3, Funny

    And if you've seen the picture, the first thing that pops in your head SHOULD be "Shields up! Red Alert! Battle Stations!"

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