My Christmas Wishlist Monitor

lawn_ornament writes " I found something that will go to the top of my Christmas wishlist. A huge LCD monitor and it can do about 3840 X 1024 resolution. Dimensions are 43.5 " x 11.5" - 478 sq inchs viewable. The monitor looks great and it could be yours for only $27,000. " /me wipes drool off of chin.

Comments

Not a *real* product

[jafac]

excuse me for sounding communist again on the subject of flat panel displays, but they're just way too expensive. The pricing is demand-driven, not cost-driven. It's the same sort of thing that makes Intel Xeon CPU's $4000, and a nearly identical Celeron $300. (not ACTUALLY identical, NEARLY identical - but the difference doesn't justify the cost difference, it's just price gouging).

I mean, maybe some of this is just sour-grapes because I can't afford one, but geez, can't they price one of these high-end monitors in the ballpark of "high-end" rather than, geosynchronous -orbit? I'd pay $5000 for one, but only someone who has way more money than they know what to do with would pay $27,000.

I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".

Technical Specs..

[SgtPepper]

For those of you that can't get onto the site...i must say...it does look impressive..i like the wraparound effect :) *drool*


Screen:

Type: Flat / Segmented

Material: TFT/LCD technology



Dimensions:

Screen: 43.5" X 11.5" (111 X 290 cm)
478 sq. inches of viewable

Image separation: 5/8" (16 mm)

Aspect ratio: 3.86:1



Resolution:

> 3.9 million pixels ( 3840 X 1024)


Pixel density:

> 8,200 pixels per square inch.



Inputs:

Video in:

HD15 X 6 (Main and Aux. each segment)

composite video inputs require a video to RGBS interface

Audio in:
RCA pin jack



Dimensions:

h: 18.5" (47 cm)

w: 48" (122 cm)

d: 17" (43 cm)



Weight:

Display: 78 lb. (35 kg)

Power Supply: 12 lb. (5.5 kg)

Shipping: 120 lb. (55 kg)

Wait for XFree86 4.0

[Capt Dan]

Honestly.

In a couple of months XFree 4 will be out with its neato multihead support. Then plunk down 12 G's for three of Apple's Cinerama flatscreens. 22" diagonal at 1600x1024 resolution each. More sceen real estate, at half the cost.

Or get a couple of the regular flatscreens. Then do one of the following with the savings:

- pay off *all* of your student loans
- hire a maid service
- feed and clothe orphans
- eBay eBay eBay.
- Pay some guy to wait in line for you for Matrix 2 tickets
- Build a school in some third world country
- Pay some guy to reload /.'d web sites for you
- buy a car
- Strippers. Strippers. Strippers.


"You want to kiss the sky? Better learn how to kneel." - U2
"It was like trying to herd cats..." - Robert A. Heinlein

Cheaper way to do it

[Ledge Kindred]

Just slap three really nice video cards in your PC grab three of a really nice brand of "standard" LCD monitor on the market, like IBM's or Viewsonic's, put them all right next to each other (look for a brand of LCD monitor with a very slim edge around the viewable display to maximize screen display and minimize the clutter between screens) and use new new XFree86 beta with its panoramic multi-head support thingie (I forget what it's called) and get pretty much the same results.

Let's say really nice video cards are $200/ea and really nice LCD monitors are $1200/ea, that puts you at $4000 even to do virtually the same thing this $27,000 mostrosity costs. The only difference being that you'll have three seperate pieces of monitor instead of one.

That actually looks pretty much like what these guys did except they have a custom case they put the three seperate monitors into and built a custom connector so that you only have to plug one cable into your PC instead of three.

If you're any good at hardware, I bet you could even take your LCD monitors out of the plastic cases and come up with some way to mount them so they would be literally right next to each other and do it for a lot less than the $23,000 difference in price between buying one of these and making one....

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