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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
by minimaul 5y ago
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.
- gumby 5y agoI 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.
- gfxgirl 5y agoThere'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
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoDell offers a 32” 8K monitor. Driving that beast needs two DPs on your graphics card, however.
- salamandersauce 5y agoResolution 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.