4K Computer Monitors Are Coming (But Still Pricey) 286
First time accepted submitter jay age writes "When TV makers started pushing 4K screens on unsuspecting public, that just recently upgraded to 1080p, many had doubted what value will they bring consumers. Fair thought — 1080p is, at screen sizes and viewing distances commonly found in homes, good enough. However, PC users such as me have looked at this development with great hope. TV screens must have something to do with market being littered with monitors having puny 1080p resolution. What if 4K TVs will push PC makers to offer 4K screens too, wouldn't that be great? Well, they are coming. ASUS has just announced one!"
You could hook a computer up to one of the available 4K displays, but will generally be paying a lot more for the privilege; this one is "only" about $5,000, according to ExtremeTech.
ajax.googleapis.com (Score:5, Informative)
FFS, why do I need to enable ajax.googleapis.com in NoScript just to view Asus's website?
I'm sick of creepy Google gathering info on me.
Then, when I later email someone with a Gmail mailbox, Google will link my IP address (contained in the email's header) with my unique email address and add that intel to their already overflowing collection of 'big data'.
You know what? Stuff it, I won't enable it. Asus just lost me as a website visitor.
Weak! (Score:4, Informative)
$800 gets a 30" monitor with a 2560x1600 resolution.
$1400 gets a 50" TV with a 3840x2160 resolution.
$2200 gets a 15" laptop with a 2880x1800 resolution.
Sure, none of these are directly comparable, but at the same time it's disappointing to see Asus at such an extreme price point.
Re:ajax.googleapis.com (Score:3, Informative)
Google operates a javascript CDN that many sites use. It doesn't use cookies, and means you don't have to load common libraries like jquery from every website individually.
Re:But can you play Crysis on it? (Score:5, Informative)
The question is... what content will take advantage of this?
Anyone who edits (or views) photos should appreciate the higher resolution. Even a cheap modern digital camera can usually take a picture with a resolution about as high as this monitor.
But the biggest advantage is in smooth text (and vector UI elements where available). You aren't supposed to run this at standard DPI and squint at tiny boxes; you're supposed to run it at 200% scaling and get far smoother text than usual, since it gets 4x the number of pixels at the same point size.
Re:Weak! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:ajax.googleapis.com (Score:2, Informative)
Without cookies, they have a IP and the website that loaded the script. Hardly useful for advertising and it cannot be tied to your personalised advertising profile.
With js enabled? they have IP, user agent, screen resolution, system fonts, plugins ... see here [eff.org] to check how unique you are without cookies active. Compare that to your personalized profile data (which has the same info, plus cookies, if you happen to be logged into a service that requires them like webmail) and you'll have remarkably few matches. Heck, IP match would narrow it down pretty quickly. The fun begins when behind the same (corporate) IP there are multiple computers with the same configuration - you'll start to get funny targeted ads triggered by someone of the opposite sex endlessly browsing clothing stores.