[citation][nom]agnickolov[/nom]Forget tablets, when are we going to see higher density desktop monitors? 2048x1536 existed in the CRT era yet we use lower resolutions today. The highest screen resolution available only on 30" monitors sold for insane prices is 2560x1600, which is only 64 lines higher and completely unaffordable. The newer 30" models are actually worse at 2560x1440! If it's going to be 16:9 (which I hate BTW), it should have progressed closer to 3840x2160 by now and become affordable... I don't care about movie playback, higher resolution is for better work experience.Say what you will about Apple, their Macs are actually at the forefront of monitor technology with 2560x1440 on 27" monitors in their AIO iMac...[/citation]
There are many other 27" monitors that support 2560x1440 resolution, and trust me, Macs are not at the forefront of display technology. Their are many other options, at least for professionals, that offer better color accuracy, color gamut, viewing angles, and white/black levels for a similar if not lower price.
As for your complaint about low desktop display resolutions, I would assume that has more to do with limitations in digital display interfaces such as DVI than any stagnation in the panel production industry. The max resolution DVI supports at 60Hz is 2560x1600. However, I believe DisplayPort supports up to 3840×2160 at 60Hz, but it also isn't nearly as ubiquitous as DVI yet. So we'll probably have to wait for wider adoption of either DisplayPort or some newer interface before we see monitors with higher resolutions.