These days, most manufacturers seem to focus on implementing the latest touch and multitouch technologies into the biggest displays they can, trying to, as they say, bring man and machine closer together. Still, it seems that one company decided to scramble the whole idea and just go with what displays were actually meant to do: display, and Ostendo's 43-inch CRVD does just that, as long as it has a good-enough video adapter to back it up.

The display wonder has, as was said, a 43-inch-long diagonal and it a curved screen to accommodate the human eyes' range of view. It offers an ultra-wide aspect ratio, namely 32:10, which is no less than 180 percent wider than the 16:9 displays and 240 percent wider than monitors with a 4:3 ratio. This means that end-users who buy this display will literally sink into the screen, forgetting that they were ever out of it (metaphorically speaking, of course).

Still, when one sees such a technological wonder, one begins to reason against the perceived perfection of the product. One would start to believe that, surely, there is a catch, that there is no way that this supermonitor would ever work on his or her system without some sort of extra product to facilitate its use. Well, Ostendo's monitor does actually go with any kind of system and does not require any sort of software utility, driver or even a special gadget. All it needs is a strong-enough graphics adapter capable of setting (and keeping) a resolution of 2880x900.

The product is in no way cheap, however. One Ostendo 43-inch curved display sells for the price of no less that $6,500, but those who have too much money can actually invest in three such monitors and use the existing multi-display technologies of the latest graphics adapters to set up a triple 43-inch curved display, for ultimate immersion. Those who would do this should be, however, prepared to spend about $20,000.

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