There has been several questions about using a TV as a monitor for bigger picture and thus maybe better immersion. Is bigger always better? See for yourself! Here's how to build an 11.000 inches Full HD monitor from easy to get materials! (Or at least the panel, electronics can possibly be adapted from a cheap full hd tv.)
Now, let's see... Full HD resolution is 1920*1080 pixels. That makes a total of 2.073.600 pixels. You can use small black boxes sized 5"*5" or make a grid with about 4" high walls, each compartment being the aforementioned 5*5. Metal is a good material for its tolerance of heat.. Into each compartment or box install three regular light bulbs, one red, one blue and one green. One box equivalents one pixel. -Over the boxes or grid install a sheet of glass, preferably black tinted for better contrast, matted for spreading the light evenly on the pixel area. Connect the wires from the lamps to corresponding places of the innards of the tv. Voilà!
ATTENTION!
- Before you start, ask your mother and father.
- Don't start your build in your living room, you'd need a flat surface size of six (6) football fields, 267*150 yards.
- Remember, you can't move it when it's finished, so decide the angle of view first.
- Also clear the space between your playing location and the monitor. A general rule is to view a tv from 3 times the distance of the diagonal, that makes about 300 yards.
- Ask your neighbours first, the needed 6.000.000 light bulbs are equivalent of the amount used in 150.000 two bedroom houses.
- Get a sponsor, preferably the local electric power mill. The plugs in your house won't stand the wattage.
- You might want those 2 million boxes sponsored, too. Tin Box Company, maybe?
- Use suntan lotion!
Or rather, buy a 30" computer monitor with even more pixels = more details and better response time. A computer monitor is designed to be looked from a distance of an arm's length. The normal cockpit view will show you the frames of the windscreen. In a real fighter the windscreen is about an arm's length away, too...
[edit] I know there are ultra wide curved monitors available, with a magnificent view on sides, but thinking about them makes me want to cry. Powerty stinks [/edit]
