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Display technology has been stagnating for decades. The "retina" display (if it is as good as promised) might be the first display that matches the quality of a
by sfk 14y ago
Display technology has been stagnating for decades. The "retina" display (if it is as good as promised) might be the first display that matches the quality of ancient IBM flexview displays or rarities like this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors
So I'm having issues with the statement that technology continuously improves. In many areas that's just not true.
- kbutler 14y ago"Decades". Stagnating for decades? Two decades ago (1992), where was your high-resolution LCD monitor? The link shows a high-res flat panel monitor that was announced for production at $18,000 about a decade ago. Technology improves, price comes down. Call it about a 20% year-over-year cost reduction for the decade. It may be more accurate to say that technology mainstream technology improves in leaps and surges, rather than "continuously". Sometimes the same technology gets cheaper, sometimes new technology replaces older technology, but next year's is almost always better and/or cheaper than last year's. That said, I am delighted that the improvement in laptop displays is shifting back to "better" instead of just "cheaper".