NEC today claimed the lead as the first mainstream company to ship an extra-wide, continguous desktop display. The CRV43 has a 43-inch, unbroken screen that handles resolutions up to 2880x900. Its 3.2:1 aspect ratio is wide enough to almost completely fill peripheral vision and makes it ideal for simulations, where off-angle views are important, as well as home offices and professional situations where having multiple large windows open is essential.

Although it doesn't say, NEC is believed to base the CRV43 on DLP rear projection rather than LCD and so can claim much better color accuracy and response times than LCDs, even at its maximum resolution. The color gamut includes all of the sRGB space and 99.3 percent of Adobe RGB; pixel update times are about 100 times faster at 0.02ms. Contrast is relatively high in spite of the size at 10,000:1.

Viewers also have their choice of display input, using either a single-link DVI connector or HDMI to reach the full resolution. A USB hub is also onboard the CRV43, which ships in July for $8,000.