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Re:The state of external retina displays by minimaul on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:19PM (#29708179)
This is a good comment in general, but:

> I think it can still make sense, but very often when people buy the premium in computers or displays they are getting the same thing everyone else gets 30-50% cheaper 1 year later.

I'd normally agree, but the article's point is that this isn't happening with displays - we're stuck at 4K as the best available except for a handful of displays that are still expensive even years after introduction.

I bought my LG Ultrafine 5K in 2018, and it launched in 2016. There's still no real alternative - we seem to be in a monitor progress limbo.

Re:The state of external retina displays by salamandersauce on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:36PM (#29716463)
Resolution is only a single spec. Other things like viewing angles, response time, refresh rate,brightness, HDR, etc. have been getting better and better for less. A premium 1080p monitor from 15 years ago will not be nearly as good as a modern reasoanbly priced one.
Re:The state of external retina displays by gumby on Monday December 27, 2021 @08:58PM (#29709455)
I got one of the 4K ones last year and it was the same price as when introduced. The only price reduction was due to inflation.

I assume the desktop monitor business is so low margin that it’s barely worth investing in these days.

Re:The state of external retina displays by gfxgirl on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:35PM (#29710039)
There's a market of at least 1 (me) waiting for an HD-DPI wide display. All of the 34 - 38 inch displays are LD-DPI :( My LG 38" is 3840x1600. I want it to be 7680x3200 in the same size monitor
Re:The state of external retina displays by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:38PM (#29710056)
Dell offers a 32” 8K monitor. Driving that beast needs two DPs on your graphics card, however.