The NEC CRV43 was first spotted at CES 2009. It is composed to four DLP displays (color transition doesn’t look so good though, you can see what I mean… here) which add up to 43-inches curved screen real estate.

I’m actually quite surprised that the curving of the display doesn’t insanely distort things but color transition is really bad! Just wait ’til you find out how much they’re gonna charge you for this thing.

Specifications include 2880 x 900 resolution (double WXGA, 32:10 aspect ratio), 200 cd/m2 brightness, 10,000:1 contrast ratio, “wide color gamut with 100% coverage of sRGB and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB,” DVI/HDMI inputs, and built-in USB hub.

The only downside? It costs a jaw-dropping $7,999, that includes 3-years warranty on both parts and service. You’re better off getting a quad 24-inch LCD monitor setup rather than this. The NEC CRV43 will be available starting July 2009.

And by the way, the device doesn’t seem to be an LCD as CrunchGear indicates. It’s too thick at 15.2-inches to be an LCD.

The NEC CRV43 curved display includes the following features:

• Seamless curved screen, which eliminates bezel and screen gap issues for increased productivity and decreased frustration (according to Center for Human-Computer Interaction – Shupp et al, presented at Graphics Interface 2006)
• 2880 x 900 double WXGA native resolution
• 200 cd/m² brightness
• 0.02ms Rapid Response
• 10,000:1 contrast ratio
• Wide color gamut with 100% coverage of sRGB and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB
• Single link DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 input connectors
• USB 2.0 connectivity for easy use of peripherals
• Front panel controls
• On Screen Display (OSD®) and software-based GUI, which enables advanced display control options

[via GadgetReview and SlipperyBrick]