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Title: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: koolmoecraig on November 26, 2005, 02:40:45 pm: Picture Half-Life 2 on this sucker.

http://www.elumens.com/products/visionstation.html
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: quarterback on November 26, 2005, 03:00:31 pm: I get dizzy just looking at the picture of that monitor. :o
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: dabone on November 26, 2005, 03:39:17 pm: Yeah, but can it do 15k?

;D

Later,
dabone
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: MameJunkie on November 26, 2005, 04:15:56 pm: Seems like the image would be too much of a bug eye effect. I'll probably puke after a few minutes on it.
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: pointdablame on November 26, 2005, 04:44:05 pm: awesome, I want one.

But.... how much?
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: maxlamer on November 27, 2005, 12:35:10 am: Quote from: pointdablame on November 26, 2005, 04:44:05 pm
awesome, I want one.

But.... how much?
I would think the price is more than any of us could afford/justify
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: pointdablame on November 27, 2005, 01:04:12 am: Quote from: maxlamer on November 27, 2005, 12:35:10 am
Quote from: pointdablame on November 26, 2005, 04:44:05 pm
awesome, I want one.

But.... how much?
I would think the price is more than any of us could afford/justify

lol of course it is :) I still wanna know though ;)
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: RayB on November 27, 2005, 12:45:10 pm: Quote from: MameJunkie on November 26, 2005, 04:15:56 pm
Seems like the image would be too much of a bug eye effect.
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: MYX on November 27, 2005, 07:09:18 pm: I saw one of these in San Jose with some computer anamation playing on it. It gave me a headache.
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: erictrumpet on November 27, 2005, 08:25:22 pm: Is the inside surface of the dish actually the display device, or is it a reflective screen onto which the image is projected from the inside?

Eric.
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: MYX on November 27, 2005, 10:40:18 pm: The one I saw was rear projection. Shot from the other side.
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Post by: Minwah on November 28, 2005, 10:27:53 am: Quote from: RayB on November 27, 2005, 12:45:10 pm
That would be true if a regular un-modified game were displayed. You have to have the game render out in a way that compensates for the curved display. Then it will look "normal" (but surrounding you) when viewed in that dish display.

Maybe. I would like to think the device itself would adjust the 'square' video input as neccessary for it to be seen correctly.

Looks crap anyway, might as well stick a poster onto satellite dish and sit looking at it :P
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: telengard on November 28, 2005, 07:58:58 pm: Quote from: koolmoecraig on November 26, 2005, 02:40:45 pm
Picture Half-Life 2 on this sucker.

http://www.elumens.com/products/visionstation.html

hehe, I clicked on this topic hoping it was going to be *my* ultimate monitor.

A 19" multisync arcade monitor that looks great with both raster games *and* vector games.

Oh well, this one is cool I guess. ;)

~telengard
Title: Re: The ULTIMATE monitor HANDS DOWN!
Post by: ArcaMan on December 01, 2005, 11:57:12 am: I used to have one at work :)

It is pretty cool, but in reality, only a small number of games actually work well in it. 2D games are unplayable and the effect only works if you are sitting in the sweet spot.

For the right game with the right sound etc. it is cool, but games like pac man or street fighter suck on it.