A decade-long boom is ending as consumers hang on to devices for longer

Re:A decade-long boom is ending as consumers hang on to devi... by leeoniya on Sunday January 13, 2019 @02:44AM (#18895619)

> If I could, I'd have a 4x8 foot display with no decrease in pixel density. I.e. an incredible number of pixels.

i think you would find this setup to be really poor.

you need be within ~2ft viewing to appreciate the difference between 1080p and 4k at 24" diagonal display size.

sitting 2ft from an 8ft wide display will give you very poor viewing angles for the majority of the content. at greater distances than 2ft, the pixel density of a 4k 24" display become nothing more than waste of gpu, cpu and electricity.

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Re:A decade-long boom is ending as consumers hang on to devi... by skookumchuck on Sunday January 13, 2019 @03:04AM (#18895675)

Maybe. I know I could easily make use of one double (in both x and y) the size I currently have.

As for discerning pixels, I know that the retina display is distinctly easier to read than non-retina (both from Apple) even though I could not see the pixelation on the latter. Watching video does not make much difference, but reading text sure does.

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Re:A decade-long boom is ending as consumers hang on to devi... by bluedino on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:10AM (#18896360)

PDF’s are a good example of things that look terrible on non-Retina displays

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Re:A decade-long boom is ending as consumers hang on to devi... by taneq on Sunday January 13, 2019 @03:02AM (#18895670)

I have a 5x1 monitor wall and it's great for coding, but it curves around through 90° so all the screens are equidistant. Portrait mode is so much better for coding (for me) and I can see multiple source files, application, documentation and reference material all at once. It's great!

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