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From: rick@datacube.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Mega-Monitor
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 08:25:00 EDT
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/* 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.
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	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.

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