On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:24:19AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
>Display Port can do "17.28 Gbit/s of effective video bandwidth, enough for four
>simultaneous 1080p60 displays (CEA-861 timings) or 2,560 × 1,600 × 30 bit @120
>Hz (CVT-R timings)".
>
>There is apparently work in progress on TVs that have 4* the resolution of
>FullHD, so we will probably see monitors with 3840*2160 resolution soon enough
>which will use the full bandwidth of Display Port.  Such a monitor with
>"retina" DPI would be 20".
>
>We need new cabling technology to have a "retina" DPI on a monitor larger than 
>20".

Linus has a neat hack
  https://plus.google.com/u/0/102150693225130002912/posts/HQsCY7ErAL4

after all, why do you need 120Hz for xemacs? :-)

I'm not sure what the definition of retina is, but starting from your
20" retina @ 120Hz then:
 @ 30Hz would get you 4x the pixels, so a 40" retina monitor
 @ 60Hz would be something like 28"

cheers,
robin
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