What stopping manufacturers to release an "ULTRA WIDE" Monitors?

[smpsys]

Does anyone know if special eyefinity monitors have been released? Its the one with extremely thin bezel.

 

[A5]

As far as I can tell, there is only one reason:

A) None of the panel manufacturers (AUO, LG, Samsung, etc) make double-wide panels because there is very little demand for them on a wide scale. 100 people on a forum or at a trade show isn't nearly enough of a market to invest millions of dollars into a new product.

You seem to be fixated on the logic board for some reason - while I doubt that there are any that handle the double wide resolution you want (due to demand), making one that does would be a trivial task compared to manufacturing such a panel.

 

[wanderer27]

I mean, why can't engineers combine two (24") lcd monitors into one long monitor?

Is it impossible to create logic board that can drive ultra wide resolution? We now got a single video cards that can handle eyefinity!

I don't understand whats holding it back. Please explain me in engineering terms if possible.

I'm currently on dell ultra sharp 20" 2005W and don't feel like investing in a normal monitor anymore.

Sorry, could not find any info online.

Thanks.

You looking for something like this?:

http://www.philips.co.uk/c/cinema-21-9/30849/cat/


21:9 Aspect ratio.


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[smpsys]

As far as I can tell, there is only one reason:

A) None of the panel manufacturers (AUO, LG, Samsung, etc) make double-wide panels because there is very little demand for them on a wide scale. 100 people on a forum or at a trade show isn't nearly enough of a market to invest millions of dollars into a new product.

You seem to be fixated on the logic board for some reason - while I doubt that there are any that handle the double wide resolution you want (due to demand), making one that does would be a trivial task compared to manufacturing such a panel.

I disagree with you about the demand. A lot of professionals use 2 identical monitors since, long time ago. I'm sure if some one offers them double wide monitor that can replace two of their regular monitors, they would defiantly jump on it. Unless the price is 5 to 10 times more then a regular monitor. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, please tell me why.

In my opinion, those 100 people you mentioned, love the idea of having ultra wide gaming display just like me but ignoring the bezels they looking at while gaming. I'm sure I would NOT be able to ignore plastic bezels while gaming, so do other gamers. That is the reason there are 100 people that you know of. If we had the right monitors for the right price, I'm sure you could add few zeros to 100 people you mentioned above😱

I'm thankful to those 100 people (plus the AMD engineers) that made the idea of eyefinity possible! Now you going to tell me there is no demand for Eyefinity? HaHa.....

 

[smpsys]

You looking for something like this?:

http://www.philips.co.uk/c/cinema-21-9/30849/cat/


21:9 Aspect ratio.


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Very nice TV. Extremely big for a monitor. Price is too high for a monitor (but normal for a TV of that size).

Would be great if it was a monitor that's around 40" with such resolution or bigger()🙂

 

[Howard]

I disagree with you about the demand. A lot of professionals use 2 identical monitors since, long time ago. I'm sure if some one offers them double wide monitor that can replace two of their regular monitors, they would defiantly jump on it. Unless the price is 5 to 10 times more then a regular monitor. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, please tell me why.

In my opinion, those 100 people you mentioned, love the idea of having ultra wide gaming display just like me but ignoring the bezels they looking at while gaming. I'm sure I would NOT be able to ignore plastic bezels while gaming, so do other gamers. That is the reason there are 100 people that you know of. If we had the right monitors for the right price, I'm sure you could add few zeros to 100 people you mentioned above😱

I'm thankful to those 100 people (plus the AMD engineers) that made the idea of eyefinity possible! Now you going to tell me there is no demand for Eyefinity? HaHa.....

It's just talk. We won't know how successful this will be unless someone does it, so why bother arguing a moot point? Are we going to somehow convince our bosses to push forward with this?

 

[Ninjahedge]

The thing I am partially worried about is that with one big monitor, I would no longer have the game running on one and a bunch of other things running on the other (E-mail, Steam, etc).

I know you have to stop the game to access any of it, but having the second monitor for monitoring (no pun intended) is something that I have definitely come to enjoy.

That said, I would still like the 30"


As for Gaming on a huge screen? I am already sitting 2 feet away. I really do not need that much bigger..... 😉

 

[jibberegg]

The Alienware screen that people were talking about had it's début at the same time as NEC's offering and (eventually) RRP'd it at $8,000. The ODM behind both monitors is Ostendo and their "CRVD". They retail it with their own brand name at *only* $6,500. There have been several difficulties with the monitor though and the reception has been poor. The cost for one thing is phenomenal compared to the $1000 you would pay for a 30" display, and you'd get much less real estate in terms of pixels.

Sources:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/NEC-Monitor-43-Curved-Price,7984.html
http://www.crvd.com/order.php
http://www.google.com/search?q=2560+x+1600+monitor&hl=en&tbs=shop:1&aq=f