Speed Is the Killer Feature
This is a big reason why I get frustrated with comments about high refresh rate monitors being mostly for gaming, or it not being that important for productivity applications.<p>There&#x27;s a reason why it&#x27;s hard to ever go back, once you&#x27;ve experienced the fluidity of even just your mouse cursor reacting instantly to your movements.<p>If you&#x27;ve ever used the iPad Pro, there&#x27;s clearly something special about the experience. It just _feels_ better, and for all the same reasons described in the article.<p>60hz is far from smooth, and that number is a leftover from days past, not what is actually optimal or good.<p>Display technologies unfortunately still have ways to go when it comes to high resolution, color accurate panels, with high refresh rates, but the general direction on the market is that high refresh rates are not available in the &quot;productivity&quot; category of monitors, even if sometimes the manufacturer has panels that would fit the bill. You unfortunately always need to look in the gaming category, which usually lack many of the features you&#x27;d like in a more productivity centered display. Such as a fully adjustable stand, high color accuracy and viewing angles, virtual display splitting, or just overall design of the enclosure.<p>I could go on another rant about display enclosure designs... Why isn&#x27;t there a single company out there (with perhaps the exception of Dell) that&#x27;s creating nice and minimal display enclosures that aren&#x27;t covered in cheap plastic and &quot;aesthetic&quot; ornaments? Apple&#x27;s Cinema Display from 2004 is to this day one of the better looking enclosures out there.<p>I don&#x27;t think you can blame this on the consumers really. For the higher end market that I&#x27;m talking about in general here, I&#x27;d be willing to take a bet on if you build it they will come. I&#x27;d certainly be praising any company willing to take this on to high heavens.<p>I want a great, fast, accurate panel with a nice, minimal, aluminum enclosure. Is that just too much to ask?