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Originally Posted by Gurt Tractor
1.)Give it another ten years and many of these No answers will turn to Yes I think (maybe not the touchscreen thing). It should be a focus for software developers right now anyway, get the framework in place.
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For me it is not 10 years, it would be -10 months (note the minus sign)
Just picked some Dell monitors, excluding some obvious ones like 8K, curved, and gaming models.
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/monit...efinements=654
E1916H: 1366 x 768 (TN Panel) = 82 PPI
P2017H: 1600 x 900 = 92 PPI
P2217H: 1920 x 1080 = 100 PPI
S2418NX: 1920 x 1080 = 92 PPI
UP2516D: 2560 x 1440 = 118 PPI
S2718D: 2560 x 1440 = 109 PPI
S2817Q: 3840 x 2160 = 157 PPI
UP3216Q: 3840 x 2160 = 138 PPI
Compare them with some earlier models with different aspect ratios:
15" @ 1024 x 768 = 85 PPI
19" @ 1280 x 1024 = 86 PPI
What conclusion can we draw? The bigger the screen size, the higher the PPI. People should also consider their optimal viewing distance when using monitors with different screen sizes. Also TN panels, commonly found on gaming monitors (due to fast response time) and older monitors (IPS was still uncommon in the past) have poorer horizontal and very poor vertical viewing angle when compared with IPS panels. Which means you may be able to use up two smaller TN monitors horizontally, but not vertically, or put your monitor on portrait mode. I still remember when I tilted my old and dead 19" TN to make it portrait, it showed different images on my left and right eye, totally unusable.
Also, when people buy monitors, they need to consider their available physical space. For example, I can't put two 19" 16:9 monitors side by side because I don't have enough horizontal space, but I can use a 25" one because I have enough vertical space. However I ended up with a 24" 1080p one. Why? Because it has lower PPI, flicker-free and equipped with a portrait rotation base.
For desktop monitors, people can still make some very constrained choices. Unfortunately, for laptop users, no choices because you can't buy a hi-end laptop with lo-res screen!
Not to mention I am a traditional Chinese user and need more screen details. Simplified Chinese utilize different input methods and it is just as awkward as those early Japanese NES games with limited resolution can only show Kana instead of Kanji.