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Budget 27" IPS Displays From Korea Are For Real
crookedvulture writes "Giant, high-resolution LCD monitors have been around for years, but they've always been prohibitively expensive. Good displays based on IPS panel technology command upwards of $700 for 27" models and closer to $1200 for 30-inchers. However, Korean vendors have started selling similar screens on eBay for roughly half the price. These off-brand models purportedly use the same panels as pricier alternatives, and in practice, they appear to be nearly as good. There are some caveats, of course. The number of inputs may small, HDCP support isn't guaranteed, and user controls can be limited. Those may be deal-breakers for some, but getting a 27", 2560x1440 IPS display for well under $400 will be a deal-maker for others."
For "real" 27" displays that have 2560 x 1440, and not just full-HD, the experience is really good. I first regretted shelling out for a Dell UltraSharp U2711, but after connecting it and seeing the amount of screen real estate I eventually bought another one for my second computer. 2560x1440 eliminates my need for an extra monitor completely, and by using the Windows+(left arrow|right arrow) function in Windows, or Divvy on Mac, I can easily fill the browser on one side and the application I work with on the other.
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Should the day come that you can't view a web page without HDCP protection (or when a significant number of people can't do it), then I, as the copyright holder for all my comments, will revoke the authorization that I have given up to now, for people to descramble the HDCP which effectively limits access to my Slashdot comments.
According to DMCA, viewing my comment will become illegal. Making HDCP-compatible monitors will be illegal. Selling HDCP-compatible monitors will be illegal.
Chaos ensues. Make my fucking day, Hollywood. I'll kill you with your own law.
Never, ever apply your DRM to someone else's content, without getting a contract from them that secures descrambling authorization in perpetuity. Otherwise, you make it possible for someone else to cause your DRM scheme to become illegal for anything to be interoperative with. HDCP is a ticking time bomb, waiting for anyone who feels like destroying it, to press the red button.
As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
Could it be that your cables were all single-link DVI and your video card doesn't support multiple monitors when connected to a dual-link monitor?