"the cost of a resolution change (on lcd based projectors at least) is minimal (same area, just higher density, surely that is not a problem)."

Yes, it surely -is- a problem. You need different connectivity (HDMI / DVI instead of just VGA and s-video), better electronics to drive the connectivity, better processing to control the panel, tighter tolerances in manufacturing, and last but certainly not least, VASTLY better optics - which are extraordinarily expensive. You know how a shit camera lens is $100 but a good SLR camera lens that can do reasonable zoom without distortion and clearly resolve a few megapixels is easily $1000+?

Yeah, well, there you go. Saying you can make an HD projector by putting a high res panel in an SVGA projector is like saying you can turn a Suzuki Swift into a Ferrari by putting a new engine in.

I know how they did it and you would s*** your pants if you knew the PC hardware they did it with. The res is 8192 x 4096 (8K x 4K) so the resolution is 32KxK = 33554432 pixels. And this is only a 60% jump since the AF already has a 5Kx4K = 20KxK version.

"create the illusion of a two-dimensional image"
So it's normally only 1-D?

Evans and Sutherland have been in the ultra-high resolution graphics business since the 1970s; I remember looking at some of their stuff back then.

They market primarily to military and military contractors.

that the same people who inspired the expression,"reading out of your hat," seem to constantly come up with cool new technology every month or so.

I guess it's the Kool Aid they serve them. ;)

"Yea and it will cost 50k+."

That would be cheap.. a 2K(2048x1080) cinema projector is something like 100K.

At 8192x4096 I would be surprised if its less than 150K.

name recognition. previous comment directed at go, not fd.

That'd be 16:9, fd. Unless the pixels are oddly rectangular, you fail.

They stated 2:1 aspect ratio. They also stated a single column of 4000 devices.

Since 8000x4000 is only 32 megapixels, they probably actually meant 4096 devices, which would give a resolution of 8192x4096, which is around 33.5 megapixels.

These were the guys who had mad boxes of ATi Radeon 9xxx chips in mega-crossfire for military simulators....24xAA

Its Evans & Sutherland

...is 8192x4096, according to the product datasheet (http://www.es.com/products/displays/ESLaser/resources/ESLP_Datasheet.pdf)

And BTW, the company name is Evans & Sutherland...

Yea and it will cost 50k+.

What i want is a reasonably priced proj with a usable resolution.. i.e. 1920x1200 for < 500 Euro.

Instead they still sell crap that works at 800x600.. and the cost of a resolution change (on lcd based projectors at least) is minimal (same area, just higher density, surely that is not a problem).

your power point presentation will still bore everyone to death.

any1 fancy using that projector for gaming purposes?

7680 x 4320

1024 x 768

So what's the resolution?