On 19/01/2011 03:16 PM, scott wrote:
>> But the reality of a 20" display at 326 dpi, for 2D, is not useful.
>
> Especially as Windows (or more accurately, programs written for windows)
> don't seem to handle using higher DPI settings (typically icons and
> fonts get lost off the side of windows).

Cool. Another thing that Windows has ruined.

> Some specialist-use displays (medical, xray scanning, aeronautical etc)
> push up to 200 dpi in large format (2048x2560 seems to be the common
> resolution), but you're talking $10k for these which means they're not
> going to catch on for home/office use any time soon.

Not unless there's a radical price change, no. (And I'm guessing there 
won't be until demand is there. And there won't be demand as long as 
software can't do anything useful with the hardware...)

Post a reply to this message