Open Letter to Companies Selling/Manufacturing Monitors *sigh*

Question

I just wanted to ask if anyone ever intends to make better screen resolutions?
Over the last ten years, resolutions have been yielding bigger and bigger pixels (fewer PPI), despite advances in video cards, LED technology, and operating systems.
I understand many users don't grasp the concept that the DPI setting in their display options adjust the scale of their GUI. I have no kind words for those people, because they have needlessly wrecked the market for everyone else. But to a growing customer base of geeks who like their graphics to be crisp, please tell me somone has some intention of creating something larger than silly 1080p for laptops and normal-sized monitors.
I have a laptop that is 7 years old (15.4" 1920x1200)--if I bought a new one, I would have to downgrade the screen quality significantly. I have two 23" 2048x1152 monitors that are both no longer sold--if I were to replace them, I would have to downgrade. Something is wrong with this picture. This is like new video cards performing at fewer FPS, or hard drives with slower RPM, or top-of-the-line CPUs with fewer GHz that what the made SEVEN years ago. Seven. Seven YEARS ago, in an industry known for rapid advancements. GPUs on average support up to or beyond 2560x1600. That's some room for improvement . . . Been there for a looong time.
I don't care if 16:10 aspect ratio dies, but at least replace it with something better instead of worse. If someone (talking to you, Lenovo) should EVER increase resolution instead of decreasing it, please let me know. When that day occurs, I'll be in the market for a new laptop and probably a new monitor (or 3).
Thanks. . . . Hear back from you in another ten years? Or will the precious 1080p get replaced with 720p by then?
P.S. You people who can't figure out how to scale your GUI DPI . . . I hate you. . . . >.< You set an entire industry back at least 10 years. And even if I could understand people complaining about the 1920x1200 on a 15.4" laptop . . . what about a 23" monitor??!! My 2048x1152 are awesome, but they could be so much better--and they're still better than anyone manufactures anymore.

Answer 1

Junk Mail Designer wrote:
I'm not biting.
I've read too many reports in the media from people more highly credentialed than Mr. Johnson to the contrary.
The analogies and comparisons are still way off. Production didn't get cheaper, the phone didn't get upgraded, no carrier's are subsidizing, retailer's are not discounting. Never has the MSRP of CD-ROMs, nor cellphones, nor HDTV's dropped this quickly in history.
I'm tired and going to bed. But here's your assignment. Apple's price decrease rate is 33.3% in 67 days. What would a $10,000 item cost at that rate in one year?
Actually product advancement and innovation are very much the central issue here. Apple has effectively "upgraded" the 4GB unit to 8GB and reduced the price by $100. It's all in how you look at it.
The real issue of innovation and development has yet to be seen, but the recent price drop is an indicator that Apple already has something "in the shoot" to be released soon.
I was thinking it might take a year for a new version of the iPhone to be announced. Yet, with the recent price drop, it seems they may be lowering the price on the original unit to make room for a new one. Which is my point exactly. Apple is so fast at innovating that they already have something new to release (that's my prediction).
They can't release something new and sell the old units if the "something new" and the "something old" are at the same price. It makes sense that the 8GB unit would drop to $400 and the new one will be $600.