Today is the official start for CES 2012 in Las Vegas, but last night a few companies got a head start in announcing some new tech for the coming year. The one announcement that caught my eye was Panasonic’s new 20″ IPS LCD display. The difference between this monitor than any other monitor is that it has a 4K x 2K resolution (that’s 3840 x 2160 !!!). It uses IPS Pro technology, which offers a very nice high quality display. It is also the thinnest monitor of its kind at 3.5mm. Aside from being a gorgeous display, it has a total of 8.29 million pixels and a pixel density of 216 ppi.
I think it is great that we are going to start seeing displays at a higher resolution than 1080p. Don’t get me wrong, 1080p is great, but there are some people out there who want more. What I am interested in seeing is if Panasonic can put this kind of display on a laptop. If they can pull that off, we will most probably see ‘retina display’ laptops not just from Apple, but from other companies as well.
What do you think about this kind of technology? Is it ready to go on the market or is it too early? Please post your thoughts in the comments below.
