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Lovers of big screens in boardrooms, rejoice! The first of Microsoft's Ginormonitors (aka Windows Collaboration Displays) has arrived at Redmond's partner shindig in Las Vegas. The device, made by UK-based manufacturer Avocor, is the first in Microsoft's range of big screens aimed at users unwilling, or unable, to fork out for …

  1. AMBxx Silver badge

    Surface hub

    I had a play with a Surface Hub at a customer site a few months back. Nice piece of kit, but £20k?

    1. teknopaul

      Re: Surface hub

      Silly machines we have in every office. Mad money and they have crippleware office on them. E.g. Does't support powerpoints with svg graphics.

      You pay 20g for powerpoint you kinda expect it to have all the bells and whistles.

      no idea why they skimp on their own software.

      Really hard to save your work too. The os is crippled too. only option is to email a version every now and again.

    2. not_my_real_name

      Re: Surface hub

      The price isn't the worst thing about it, it's the software! Props to the marketing genius that sold us 5. Q.Q

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      "Nice piece of kit, but £20k?"

      In some meeting rooms, the table alone or a few chairs could cost as much...

  2. Anonymous Custard
    Trollface

    Does whatever a spider can?

    Equipped with a 20-point touch display, the screen would be ideal for an expensive, if brief, game of Twister

    Or for Spider-Man to give team briefings to the Avengers?

  3. Giovani Tapini

    Ginnominator

    Terminator meets Viagra.

    That is all

  4. Gordon 10
    FAIL

    Possible fail

    Given a either 55" Spark (cisco) or Jam (google) board is $5k and both include wireless connectivity and hdmi input one hopes that the Microsoft version hasnt screwed the pooch by just including usb c or a stupid price.

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    "Tokyo Appartment Sized"

    Maybe

    1. Notas Badoff

      Re: "Tokyo Appartment Sized"

      Hmm, did they mention if the aspect ratio was 2:1 ?

  6. Gene Cash Silver badge

    Still only 4K

    4K is great, until you stretch it across an entire conference room wall. How blocky and pixelated does it get?

  7. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge
    Alert

    Refresh Rate

    It is anyone's guess how big the 60Hz, 4K display actually is. All Avocor would say was that it is "room scale", which frankly could mean anything.

    60Hz 4K display that is "room scale"...

    Epileptic fits, headaches, seizures in those that are susceptible???

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