High-res IPS L[EC]D monitors

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:17:40AM -0400, Scott Sullivan wrote:
> A general lack of screens with 'greater then' >1080 vertical
> resolution. I know this is a common gripe for the TLUG list and
> technical people in general. The value here is that we want greater
> vertical reading distance while stacking multiple windows side by
> side.
> 
> CRTs near the end of their days we're regularly pushing 1600
> vertical pixels. This kind of screen real-estate has not really been
> matched by the panel market with out it being absurdly expensive.
> The advent of "HD" for TVs has set a "there is nothing better"
> expectation in consumers minds. This has led to the sorry sate where
> Computer monitor manufactures no longer push for larger screens.

CRTs rarely went past 1600x1200, since that as about as much as an analog
VGA link could reliably do.

Now 1080 is less than 1200, so that's not a good thing.

However there does exist screens with 1440 and 1600 vertical these
days. usually in 27 or 30" size.

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Len Sorensen
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