I'm not picky.
Ideal? 30" (or more) 21:9; 100+ hertz; more options/ports than Sir Mick Jagger has wrinkles in his face, fast and clear
display and that all for a price that I don't need to eat canned soup for the next months.

edit: oh,and Fair Trade

Seems people think that wider is better, so how about, instead of a 21:9 ratio...

...we make a monitor that has a 21:0 ratio? That is, for every 0 inches of height, it has 21 inches of width.

Perhaps someone could get me a 42 inch 21:0 monitor?

(Exercise for the reader: if 42 inch is the diagonal measurement, what are the height and width of that monitor?)

Your sarcasm sounds a bit bitter for some reason. Why are you so militantly against wide screens? Surely you recognize all the standard arguments: that our eyes are positioned horizontally, and that our field of view is wider than it is tall. What is wrong with using a viewing device that accommodates our biological mechanics?

Sure, at some length the width can become problematic, but this is exactly the issue that curved monitors address.

I mean, I'm obviously all for personal tastes and freedom to chose, but you are making it sound like you are under attack.

The thing is, wide screens work poorly for dealing with text, which is what the most common use of computers is. It is certainly more common than playing games or watching movies there.

Also, there's the fact that 4:3 monitors have disappeared as an option for those who prefer them.

(Of note, my current monitor is actually 5:4.)

Edit: Also, my previous post wasn't sarcasm; it was an obvious joke, or perhaps satire, but not sarcasm.

They are not the best for that, but they are also helpful with multi-tasking across multiple windows. Fortunately, 4:3s haven't completely disappeared so there is yet some consumer choice.

But I still want 16x10 in a gaming laptop dammit! ; )

I must disagree with you there. Widescreen monitors are amazing for text! You just have to use them properly. =)

Here is what my workplace looks like right this instant: http://i.imgur.com/rFaZFmY.jpg

My ideal monitor would be ultra high resolution AR glasses which would be able to turn any surface I want into a high resolution display.

LOL! Nice! =)))))

Lol. External USB keyboard? :P

I notice that you actually have room for that sort of setup. On my computer desk at home, I don't.

Incidentally, a small monitor that accepts HDMI input and doesn't need to be connected to a power outlet would be nice, especially if connected to a Raspberry Pi or other Single Board Computer.

I'm currently on an old 1050p 16:10 21'' monitor.

I'd like a new display with:
- 1080p 16:9 23'' minimum (even if I like 16:10).
- IPS with low latency or a TS with good angles and colors.
- Gsync \ Freesync.
- ability to run also the crappy old 4:3 resolutions faithfully (even if with black bars).
- HDMI and other ports, no need of speakers.

It would be great seeing the confusion if they suddenly started advertising 21:9 as 7:3 and 16:10 as 8:5. As a mathematically inclined person, it annoys me that the manufacturers somewhere along the line decided to no longer bother with reducing fractions.

That said, I'm quite happy with my second-hand 27" 2560x1440 Dell screen, though I would prefer if it was 1600 pixels vertical and the monitor's physical height was the same as the portrait-mode 20" 1200x1600 I have beside it.

Wait, actually, the most annoying things aren't necessarily faults of the monitor itself, but the fact that Linux games continue to have trouble with multi-screen setups and nearly always fit themselves to the left-most monitor (the monitor with pixel 0x0) rather than the primary one (which is to the right in my case, and which sits at 1200x0)*... and also that Arch Linux doesn't seem to like my Dell monitor particularly well in a solo setup (if I disable, or physically disconnect, the 20" portrait one, the 27" one starts to flicker like a madman unless I lower the resolution to 1280x720 or so - I think both monitors wants 60Hz, and for some reason it works with both of them used, but Linux decides to give the 27" 59Hz if it's alone, or the other way around, I don't know).

*Yes, you are definitely correct, I absolutely wanted to run Saint's Row: Gat out of Hell in full-screen on the portrait-mode screen. Curious that you should believe that and yet not reflow the UI so that it actually works.

Anyway... ideal monitor... I'd like a 27" 120/144 Hz (and/or Freesync, if Mesa gets that to work nicely, I currently don't know the status of that) one capable of UHD/4K (or higher, sure, clearer text is always awesome) with inputs up the wazoo - VGA, HDMI, DisplayPort, component, composite, DVI, ancient Macintosh connectors, CGA, anything you can throw at it (actually, I currently have all those except the two last ones).

This.

That isn't too far from what I'm really using, XD