What's the next mainstream PC monitor going to be?
 

I have been waiting for 1440p to become popular and affordable, but it seems the market is moving so slow, is it going to change? Even the mobile phone will soon have 1440p or 4K.

1. Will touch screen become standard soon?
2. 21:9? :suspicious:
3. will skip everything and go straight to 16:9 4K
4. 3D can RIP or it's not?

1 - I don't think so. I think for consumer PC, we'd have Leap-like interface before touch screen. Having touch screen on PC is not very intuitive and IMO it actually decrease productivity on PC/Mac alike.

2 - Except doing movie related stuff... I don't see how the extra width would matter. I had a Dell 2913 that I bought for cheap. But I later sold it because I can't stand moving my neck all the time to go from side to side.

3 - I think 4k is definitely coming. I'm still waiting for the price of a 4K monitor to come down into more reasonable range (I think less than 1500 for 27-30")

4 - 3D is still very far away from it. When we actually get a more intuitive Leap-like UI, I can see 3D becoming mainstream. It adds a whole new dimension to how we use computer.

1. i have a touchscreen all in one.. i never touch the screen for any reason... its a gimmick

2. widescreen is always nice, i have a dual screen setup in my office at work and dont know what i would do without it..

3. ????

4. i see no point of 3D as its more for entertainment... but i do see someone coming out with it because lets face it.. people buy anything.. i mean, PT cruisers sold really well in North America.

5. profit

3 4K monitor pc setup seems to be where its at...
but cost its heavy.. $15,000+

http://www.neowin.net/images/uploade...1_26e7fdf1.jpg

nVidia has a setup has 3 Titans gpu...
http://www.legitreviews.com/nvidia-s...reed-iv_126752
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NVIDIA was using a high-end Maingear Shift gaming PC that was running three NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB video cards! This system has a combined 18GB of GDDR5 memory and starts at $6,613.00 with three of these video cards. Each ASUS PQ321Q 4K Ultra HD display runs $3499.00, so this 4K Surround setup would set you back an additional $10,497! Not everyday you get to see $20,000 PC setup!

why do tech reviewers like to combine VRAM numbers...it doesn't work that way.
1440/1600p is going to stay niche and hence won't move forward much...just look at how affordable Korean models haven't even made IPS makers like HP/NEC/Dell flinch.
4K will be the new standard...look at how hard nvidia is pushing it and i think instead of TVs paving way this time it'll include mobile devices

how many games support 4k?

4K would be nice. You wouldn't even need anti-aliasing at that resolution (at least on a 30" or smaller monitor), so you probably wouldn't even need that big of a boost in GPU performance or VRAM.

To make some sense on 4k... I don't think any game/app would have much potential to take advantage of the extra pixels (actually displaying at 3840*2160), except 4k processing apps... most of them (I think) would simply render it in hiDPI (1920*1080 in hiDPI) mode to achieve a smoother look for a long time until someone come up with some creative use of the extra pixels.

Yeah, 4K will be the next step forward.
Again, the monitors will be taking Cues from the tv/movie industry.
But I'm not sure I can wait that long.
Will probably be getting a 3x 27" to replace my 2x 24".
I've had them for way too long.



And 4K gaming?
Take a gander yourself.
It's already here and now.

PC Gaming at 4K Resolution - Imgur

are 3 monitor setups for gaming actually practical?

I'd take high refresh rate (144+) IPS at 1920 with G-Sync (hopefully there will be an open VESA standard soon) over any 4K screen or multi monitor stuck with vsync

I'm on the 4k side for gaming.

Remember the change from going CRT to HDTV? It's going to be like that.

Maybe my eyesight is going as I get older, but whenever I check out super high res devices like 4K televisions and high res apple laptops, I am not blown away in the least. Maybe it's because the DPI increase becomes irrelevant at certain sizes (and maybe this number is different for everyone)

Actually it probably has more to do with not buying into hype than my eyesight, but who knows

According to NHK (Japan's national TV network), 4K is a stopgap. They are already looking forward to (and demoing) 8K, which will launch in 2020. 4K is just here to get people to buy new shit until then.

IMO, 8K is where the "CRT to HDTV" like paradigm shift will occur. Oh and BTW the next surround sound standard will apparently be 22.2 channel 3D audio :awwyeah:

2020 is like 7 years away. well 6.5.

I think Apples high res screens are useless too because they're too small for the resolution. For example having 8K on a 4 inch screen wouldn't really matter because it'd be hard to see anything, imagine trying to read text at that resolution on that screen.

4k on a 50 inch monitor/TV would be alright. 8k would need like a 70 inch or 100 inch screen. That's going to be retardedly big... I like it!

Although, there's not enough graphics power right now on a single card to run 4k at max or high settings. I don't know how we're going to game at 8k without like quad cards. haha.

so you've tried all of G-Sync, 4K monitors and triple monitors to state your preference?

launch vs mainstream is a huge difference...1080p came out what...early 2000's? To this day there's still no 1080p broadcast.

there's usually a solid 5-10 years before a resolution gains widespread acceptance.

No but I have seen a lot of 4K TV. 4K monitors are kind of a waste since the screen is small.. you have that same issue I have with high res mobile devices.. with a small screen it hardly makes a difference. Yes text is more 'crisp' but who cares? You will still have issues with either vsync or screen tearing, which is much more important.

4k Tv's are going to be a hard sell. People switched to flat panels from CRT's becose of the look of the panel. 4k TV's look the same as HD Tv's when off and even when on know because the lack of content. also Everyone has a working flat panel most with more than one. What are you going to do with the old one when you get a 4K TV.

22 channel Dolby Atmos will never be popular in the consumer market and will only be used in very high end home theaters. Most people don't even want to spend $500 on a HTIB. Mounting and wiring 22 speakers is going to be a pain in the but. The wiring alone will be $200 plus. if you look at an average $500 HT receiver it's already packed. no room for an extra 15 channels of amplification. also quality over quantity. 22 cheap speakers are going to sound terrible. rather use the same budget and buy 5 speakers.

8k is along ways away. 10 to 15 years plus minimum. You not only have to have 8K tv's you need 8K camera's 8K cable editing software and computers, plus a way to distribute the media.

Considering most people don't seem to notice 5/7.1 vs 2.0 or 480p vs 1080p I don't think 4k will be a big deal in the consumer market. Unless my eyesite it worse than I thought, I can't see the pixels in my 1080p screen unless I'm stupidly close, so I'm still not too sure what this jump in res is supposed to do?