Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!husc6!cca!mirror!datacube!rick From: rick@datacube.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Mega-Monitor Message-ID: <102300005@datacube> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 08:25:00 EDT Article-I.D.: datacube.102300005 Posted: Thu Jul 9 08:25:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 10:51:13 EDT References: <165@asci.UUCP> Lines: 36 Nf-ID: #R:asci.UUCP:-16500:datacube:102300005:000:1971 Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!rick Jul 9 08:25:00 1987 /* Written 11:50 am Jun 26, 1987 by brian@asci.UUCP in datacube:comp.graphics */ /* ---------- "Mega-Monitor" ---------- */ I've been asked by a friend to research information about a super-size monitor. Essentially, what I am looking for is a color monitor that is 10 feet by 10 feet with a resolution of say 13,000 by 13,000--don't ask me what for because I don't know what for, I'm just the gumshoe--and any necessary equipment to drive it. (can you imagine what kind of equipment is necessary to drive 169 million pixels!) Basically, my friend needs to generate some very large images with extremely fine details. Color is preferable, but not absolute. Money is not really a concern at this moment, so lets hear anything you got. Also, if it means building it custom, that is what my friend wants to know. So IBM, RCA, Tektronik, HP, etc, if you're listening and have any experience in a monitor this large I would like to hear from you, as well as if you have any "off-the-top-of-you-head" price estimates send those along. I fully expect to hear in the millions, but that's okay. Right now, my friend needs to know if anybody has done this, or if anybody can do this. /* from UUCP: ihnp4!datacube!rick */ I think you're going to find that the best color resolution available at any price will be about 2Kx2K. The only company I know of talking that kind of resolution is Sony. But be prepared for hairy front-ends also. Somebody made a 300Mhz+ video driver for Sony's monitor and the price was I believe $100K+. Refering to the 13,000 x 13,000 pixel monitor, the best you're going to get is a 19 inch 300 dot per inch monitor from Megascan in Pennsylvania, (sorry no address - this is somewhat of a rumor). They're video rate is reportedly greater than 1 GHz, and they had to use digital GaAs for the final video serialization. sorry if this note is not in line with established network etiquette. /* from UUCP: ihnp4!datacube!rick */