[stevencorona]

All I want is a non-thunderbolt HiDPI display (5K @ 27" is the perfect display, IMO).

Why has HiDPI has stagnated outside of the apple ecosystem?

[jmull]

I wonder about this too.

After using a HiDPI display for the last 3 years I would never willingly go back.

And while I'm no particular fan of larger monitors, it seems that a lot of software just assumes it these days. So I would expect 5K @ 27" and 6K @ 30-some inches to be everywhere these days (I guess 4K @ 24" as well).

I guess it's just a matter of being somewhat too expensive to go mainstream, where either a large screen with lower-res or smaller hires screen is much cheaper and "good enough".

[seanmcdirmid]

How would you connect such a beast to your graphics card? If I understand, thunderbolt is the only connect standard with enough bandwidth, or maybe USB-C would work?

Dell has a new 32” 8K monitor that connects via two display ports.

[stevencorona]

DisplayPort works fine for 5K

[KptMarchewa]

HDMI 2.1? I've yet to see a computer which supports it though. Even the latest macbooks don't support it - which is one of their biggest downsides. Why include port that's outdated in the moment when you put it?

[zaptheimpaler]

There are some nice 4K@27 monitors. Slightly lower DPI than 5K@27 but i’ve been really happy with my S2721.

[Terretta]

You can still find 4K 24” monitors. A pair of those stacked blows this LG 16:18 away for reading quality. A modern Macbook Pro can drive 4 of them.

[Andys]

I'm using the Dell 5K on Linux. It is annoying to set up (works OK with nvidia) but after setup has been working beautifully.

I get 5120x2880, the same vertical resolution as this new LG monitor, but with more horizontal real estate.

I use it with 4 x long (tall) terminal windows.

[formerly_proven]

5K @ 27" used to be a thing around five years ago but those monitors have largely died off.