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from the moment we walked into the AC suite at CES 2019 something caught our eyes standing in one corner was a grouping of three pretty standard allergy monitors that didn't have any visible bezels between them it looked amazing to be honest and we needed to see and understand how that was accomplished it turns out that Asus had a pretty simple setup to achieve the illusion of one seamless gaming panel but before we get to that I want to give a huge shout out to our sponsors for CES 2018 fantex Corsair and cooler master without them the show coverage would not have been possible so I mentioned that the setup here is actually easy and that's because asus hasn't created any type of brand new technology or anything instead they're using three simple adapters that clip onto the edge of their existing monitors each of those has a pair of integrated PMMA acrylic panels to refract light from the monitors back towards the viewer basically each of the two adapters in this kit is installed between the left / right and center monitors at an optimal 130 degrees this allows Center bezels to disappear there are some small hiccups that needs to be addressed - since this is pretty much a passive mer like setup the displays aren't extended but rather whatever appears on leftmost and rightmost sides of the center monitor is repeated the refraction takes on a slight perspective view that makes it look like a continual image then meshes well into the side monitors however when there's a menu or weed out on-screen in one of the corners that could be refracted - depending on its positioning relative to the screens edge it looks pretty odd in some situations particularly when there's an ammo counter or speed indicator too close to the monitors side the thickness of the plastic also causes a slight shadow effect that can be more of a visual issue than pestles we were told that Asus is actually in the process of optimizing the PMMA production process in an effort to reduce that effect if they can do that it will be absolutely amazing installation is pretty easy though since the reflectors are made of a flexible plastic and so are the two top and bottom claims I did realize that they have to be installed in a specific direction though since installing them upside down leads to an odd-looking image recreation given the fact that this is a proof-of-concept which isn't ready for production yet the amount of options for this bezel free kit are limited to a single monitor the PG 25 8 Q if the response of this version is enough in the future asus plans on launching kits that are compatible with other sizes and even other vendors products as well planned for launch for the bezel free kit aren't firm yet as of right now but asus expects a slightly more refined version in time for copy tax and mass production starting in the second half of 2018 regardless of time frame though the target price is under $100 right now the other item we saw both at Asus and Nvidia was the new big format gaming displace from Asus HP omen and Acer this is an Nvidia sponsored project which represents a combination of most of their current generation display technologies into one epic display many people have asked for better 30-inch in larger gaming monitors but this one turns the dial to 11 more all of the BFG d-- monitors use the same massive 4k 65 inch annual panel which makes the display some of the largest around outside the digital signage market now you might be wondering why Nvidia and their partners are calling this a display or a monitor rather than a UHD TV and there's a simple reason behind that unlike TVs this thing doesn't have a built-in tuner so they simply can't call it a television but that doesn't stop it from being one beautiful looking gaming device so what makes this thing so special even though it will never likely be installed on a desk it could be considered the father of all other gaming monitors the 4k 65 inch panel uses IPS technology as a 120 Hertz refresh rate supports HDR DCI p3 color space and includes a quantum dot film for the ultimate in color reproduction basically it's a massive monitor that's ready for the future of gaming since not all that many games support its higher level features like HDR with that being said there are a few other goodies thrown into this big format gaming display as well there is a fully integrated shield TV console with access to features like a full Android operating system game stream and the ability to stream 4k content from Netflix Amazon and other services NVIDIA has also added an existing module for a good measure at this point B of GDS were introduced at CES in order to gajj response before a decision was made to enter production it seems like the reception has been extremely positive so Nvidia is looking into enabling their partners to start production sometime in late 2018 with that in mind pricing hasn't been announced yet but I expect them to be an unbelievably expensive given the flagship status coupled with the price of Kuran a 30-inch plus a g-sync enabled gaming displays so let us know what you think is the relatively inexpensive bezel free Kent or a big format gaming display of more interest to you also stay tuned for more coverage from CES 2018 I mean bar with Harry Canucks thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one