I think this will change in a near future, like what happened with CPUs, years ago we have Hz race and now we have the n-cores race, what changed? cost and profit. the R&D and manufacturing cost in Hz race has become a problem, the solution? change the direction to another, less costly race, the n-cores race. Years ago the monitor resolutions are scaling well (H 480 -> 600 -> 768 -> 800 -> 900 -> 1024 -> 1200 ->...) and then this stoped, what happen? again cost and profit.
Why have the cost of having multiple plants (CRT, LCD, Plasma, TV, Monitors,...) and multiple options? this become a problem to industry, so the solution? concentrate in one tech and multiply the functions (one tech to rule all), how many computer monitors today have build-in speakers and tv reception? and how many tv's today have computer inputs? so the tech are the same, the guts are the same, whats the diference? only size.
Now we have a 20'' computer monitor with 1080p and and 40'' tv with 1080p, they are almost the same ( http://xkcd.com/732/ ), and this will change? i hope yes (as i hope that this 3D wave in industry disapear), but not because our opinion matter, but simple because our cellphones are catching up with our monitors and it will surpas our current resolutions in the next years, like: "look, this photo/video is beautiful in my Retina v2 cellphone display, but is +- on my 20'' computer monitor and is a crap in my 50'' tv, why?", its all about dpi.
The profits are droping in LCD ( http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/Samsung-Elec-profits-seen-rsg-1592719785.html?x=0 ), so the industry have few options, try to stick with the 3D wave (God no!) or go in another direction (more dpi please!), i hope it choses the right direction: stop making monitors that are tvs, they are a nich not the norm, we need more horizontal AND vertical resolution, we need 20''-24'' monitors with resolutions higher than 2500px (H) and 1600px (V) and we dont need 3D ("hey look i'm writing in MS Word with 3D enabled in my monitor!").
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I think this will change in a near future, like what happened with CPUs, years ago we have Hz race and now we have the n-cores race, what changed? cost and profit. the R&D and manufacturing cost in Hz race has become a problem, the solution? change the direction to another, less costly race, the n-cores race. Years ago the monitor resolutions are scaling well (H 480 -> 600 -> 768 -> 800 -> 900 -> 1024 -> 1200 ->...) and then this stoped, what happen? again cost and profit.
...) and multiple options? this become a problem to industry, so the solution? concentrate in one tech and multiply the functions (one tech to rule all), how many computer monitors today have build-in speakers and tv reception? and how many tv's today have computer inputs? so the tech are the same, the guts are the same, whats the diference? only size.
Why have the cost of having multiple plants (CRT, LCD, Plasma, TV, Monitors,
Now we have a 20'' computer monitor with 1080p and and 40'' tv with 1080p, they are almost the same ( http://xkcd.com/732/ ), and this will change? i hope yes (as i hope that this 3D wave in industry disapear), but not because our opinion matter, but simple because our cellphones are catching up with our monitors and it will surpas our current resolutions in the next years, like: "look, this photo/video is beautiful in my Retina v2 cellphone display, but is +- on my 20'' computer monitor and is a crap in my 50'' tv, why?", its all about dpi.
The profits are droping in LCD ( http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/Samsung-Elec-profits-seen-rsg-1592719785.html?x=0 ), so the industry have few options, try to stick with the 3D wave (God no!) or go in another direction (more dpi please!), i hope it choses the right direction: stop making monitors that are tvs, they are a nich not the norm, we need more horizontal AND vertical resolution, we need 20''-24'' monitors with resolutions higher than 2500px (H) and 1600px (V) and we dont need 3D ("hey look i'm writing in MS Word with 3D enabled in my monitor!").