I remember paying about $1000 for a 1024x768 15” LCD monitor circa 12-13 years ago, and how amazingly thin/light it was compared to my Sony 17” Trinitron at the time. Now, I doubt you can even get a mainstream LCD that small.
Instead, it seems you can get something that’s almost the equivalent of 12 such monitors, for less than half the price (in real terms) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 11:17 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Samsung U28D590D 4K Monitor Now at $722 incl GST from NetPlus in Perth. Samsung U28D590DS/XY 28" UHD<http://www.netplus.com.au/newsletter.asp?action=productlink&date=12.06.2014&code=MNSAU28D590DS> This is stonkering progress ... my precious DELL two years ago was ~$770 and had a 2560x1440 resolution which stunned me at the time, and I still enjoy it. Now for the same price we're up to 3840x2160, but only an inch extra on the diagonal. I guess in about a year I'll upgrade. Progress in this area is really amazing. From my childhood I remember a scene in the book The Andromeda Strain where Michael Crichton describes the most sophisticated screen imaginable at the time for medical investigators who have enough funding to try and save humanity. I vaguely recall a description of thousands of optical fibres all converging into the back of a screen to produce an image of unimaginable clarity. (look it up for yourself, as I last read it in 1972). However, the movie was pretty good for it's day. Greg K
