decent mega-monitor?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>

| I just noticed HDMI 2.0 has been announced which can do 4kx2k at 60HZ.
| That should make those new highres displays more usable, as soon as any
| of them support HDMI 2.0 (and any video cards do too).

That serves an immediate need.  But it has too little room to grow (as 
far as I can see).

One of the inexpensive 4k monitors we've been drooling over can refresh at 
120Hz and this new standard couldn't support that.

I guess it's technically tough.  Be prepared for sequential obsolescence of all
your stuff.  For example, my 30" dual-DVI-only monitor.  It's really
annoying when a perfectly good object gets stranded by evaporating
standards.

That's one reason I've liked Linux.  So many devices became orphans by
Microsoft Windows updates.  I have several scanners that work in
Linux but not current Windows.

Of course this can happen in Linux too.  I inadvertently bought a
printer/scanner/... device with only proprietary Linux support.  For
how long will Brother keep updating the drivers?  NVidia and ATI
orphan video cards too.
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