I have just ordered parts for a top of the line PC (I run a Mac normally) which includes an nVidia GeForce GTX 570 card. I intend to build a dedicated cockpit around my system eventually. I am torn between these options for video so any help, advice, suggestions will be appreciated.

1. Two 32" 1080P LCD TVs behind a false windshield with the center brace covering the bezels.
2. Two 32" computer monitors.
3. One 1080P projector onto a curved screen.
4. 1. or 2. above connected to a Matrox Dual Head Digital box and the second port on the card available for a glass cockpit.

ThanksAlan

I have just ordered parts for a top of the line PC (I run a Mac normally) which includes an nVidia GeForce GTX 570 card. I intend to build a dedicated cockpit around my system eventually. I am torn between these options for video so any help, advice, suggestions will be appreciated.

1. Two 32" 1080P LCD TVs behind a false windshield with the center brace covering the bezels.
2. Two 32" computer monitors.
3. One 1080P projector onto a curved screen.
4. 1. or 2. above connected to a Matrox Dual Head Digital box and the second port on the card available for a glass cockpit.

ThanksAlan

Alan- If I had my 'druthers,I would have triple projectors onto a curved screen that spanned my whole 180º peripheral vision. I worked this out awhile back to use very short throw projectors on a platform immediately above my head and I had designed a wood/fiberglas/glass beads screen to fit in an ordinary 8'ceiling room and that could be built for a few hundred bucks. (I used to build cruising sailboats!)FS would use Views LFWd,Fwd,RFwd & not Virtual so that everything on the panel would have a fixed location. No Virtual panning/zooming needed!Alas age has caught up with me so all I can offer you is this triple monitor screenshot of what it might have looked like- sort of! "Lining up Rwy 32 at Squamish, British Columbia" In actuality, that screenie on 3 monitors, was 45" wide.AR

Alan- I got your AVSIM "personal message" but there seems to be no way to reply, that I can see- so I will try to do so here.This photo shows the setup better than my prior screenshot. Screenies don't show the bezels and place each monitor image as if touching each other. In addition, the images are shown as if in a flat plane whereas the outer monitors are actually angled toward me at about 40º. This produces a "curved" display much like a movie theatre screen. The most accurate image with least distortion comes when all points on a monitor array or movie screen are square to the viewer's eyes. Using a very wide flat screen will produce more optical distortion than multiple smaller screens placed in an arc or curve.(These comments are not for virtual display- for that I think you will need Triple Head to Go to be able to spread a single image across three monitors. For 2D multiple views I use dual video cards to drive the monitors- I believe some newer cards can support 3 monitors.)Bezels don't have to be a problem with multi monitors if you shift the angle of the outer views to correspond to the precise width of the bezels- in this case about 5.6º. This shift is done easily in Panel Cfg for FS9 or Camera for FSX. My info on projectors is now pretty old- do a bit of Googling looking for short throw or short focal length projectors.Because projectors tend to be pricy and replacement bulbs expensive, I didn't pursue the idea. And besides, nowadays small LCD monitors are almost giveaways!If you search the AVSIM forums for "Multi Monitors" a year or two back, you will find there was much written.ARPhoto- Dreamfleet Bonanza Dawn at KLAX- On final for Rwy 6R. 2 17" LCDs and an ancient 19" CRT. The camera was a lot further away from the monitors than my eyes!!This setup gave a horizontal perspective width of 45" and spanned almost my entire field of view.