This looks as expensive. But for this price, you'll get four screens covering 92 inches, and an incredible resolution of 6,400 by 1,200 pixels. Forbes.com thinks it is "a PC display to fall in love with."
Announced earlier this week, the Grand Canyon makes other high-end LCD display screens look inadequate, no matter how sexy they are. While some high-end creative pros use two screens at once--the lucky ones usually have dual widescreen LCDs -- the Grand Canyon series does them two better. It combines four displays into one massive wraparound display.
The Grand Canyon series are developed by Liebermann Inc., based in Los Angeles. Here is what the top of the line looks like. (Image: Copyright 2003 Liebermann Inc.)
Available in three different sizes, 76 inches, 81 inches and 92 inches, they come in resolutions ranging from 5,120 pixels by 1,024 pixels to 6,400 pixels by 1,200 pixels. Other interesting features include a set of hardware anti-aliasing double-depth filtering technologies. Anti-aliasing is a trick that involves softening the edges of graphics on a computer screen in order to make their jagged computer-generated edges seem more realistic to the eye. The screens are also coated with a double anti-glare hard coat and what the company describes as an ultrathin UV-668 layer that increases the contrast ratio and reduces glare.
The displays are compatible with just about any computer you can think of, including those running Microsoft Windows, Apple Computer's Macs and workstations from Hewlett-Packard, SGI and Sun Microsystems, among others.
Unfortunately, you'll need a big wallet to get one of these devices. Prices range from $8,500 for the 76 inches version, $12,500 for the 81 inches version, and up to $17,500 for the largest model of 92 inches.
Creative professionals and artists with deep pockets might be tempted, but the vast majority of us will never touch one of these displays. Of course, I would be delighted to use one.
You can find more information about the Grand Canyon features on the Liebermann website. And if you have some hidden cash, you can even buy one.
Source: Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes.com, September 24, 2003
Update on Liebermann Inc., September 29, 2003
After the comments exchanged with Ron Barry (look at the "Comments" section below), I started to agree with him that Liebermann Inc. was not a real company.
Michel Dumais found a web page with all the explanations showing that this was a hoax. Here is the link to "Outbursts: Liebermann Inc. Hoax Analysis."
Too bad! But at least, it was nicely done. And I don't think they picked money from anyone. Roland.
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