Re: [Discuss] 4K monitors

2014-01-12 Thread Bill Horne
On 1/11/2014 3:59 PM, MBR wrote: Anyway, it's nice to hear that I'm not the only programmer in the world that thinks it's valuable to have higher resolution to allow you to see more code on the screen. RANT What I'd like to see is higher /VISIBILITY/, irrespective of the resolution.

Re: [Discuss] 4K monitors

2014-01-11 Thread Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
Interesting take, Dan. The more expensive Lenovo (the one that is also a touchscreen Android device) does pivot all the way from horizontal to vertical, so it looks like a first pass at your concept in a smaller size. That one isn't due until summer. Did you ever get to play with the original

Re: [Discuss] 4K monitors

2014-01-11 Thread MBR
Actually, they did the transition from 1600x1200 to 1920x1080 in two steps. I went from a 1600x1200 (UXGA) screen to a 1920x1200 (WUXGA) screen on 15 laptops, and I agree that the increase in width wasn't a really big deal for me. Then they dropped from 1920x1200 (WUXGA) to 1920x1080 (FHD),

Re: [Discuss] 4K monitors

2014-01-11 Thread Robert Krawitz
On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:59:18 -0500, MBR wrote: Actually, they did the transition from 1600x1200 to 1920x1080 in two steps. I went from a 1600x1200 (UXGA) screen to a 1920x1200 (WUXGA) screen on 15 laptops, and I agree that the increase in width wasn't a really big deal for me. Then they

Re: [Discuss] 4K monitors

2014-01-11 Thread Kent Borg
On 01/11/2014 08:22 AM, John Abreau wrote: Personally, I find the vertical resolution more important than the horizontal. When the industry abandoned 1600x1200 in favor of 1920x1080, the increase from 1600 to 1920 wasn't that big a deal, but the decrease from 1200 to 1080 was extremely painful.

Re: [Discuss] 4K monitors

2014-01-10 Thread Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
It's a bit bigger than 24, but two 28 UHD (aka 4K, actually 3840x2160) monitors (Dell for $699 and Lenovo for $799) were announced at CES. Lenovo also announced something that is a 28 UHD monitor plus an Android touchscreen device ($1199). Not sure exactly when they will be available. Dell already