That's interesting because you enter a Target, Walmart, or Best Buy up here easily 80% or more of the stock is 4k. Maybe it depends on where you live.
That is possible. I was at all three recently comparing prices. BestBuy and Target had a higher ratio of 4k/1080p than Walmart but it was still less than 50/50. Was in LA recently and while I was deliberately looking, I did notice a high number of 4k displays. But then again, those are TV's. Fry's and Microcenter both still had more 1080p and 1440p monitors than 4k.
how many 1080p costco tv's do you think they sell?
Actually I was there recently and there was still a good number of them, though you're right Costco does tend to stay ahead of the curve.
Getting back on topic, most people using Linux are not on 4k displays. It's not something the Linux dev community needs to place a big priority on. Looked into it further however and it seems 4k is well supported so the original complaint seems curious.
@lexluthermiester, so for perspective, the closest Best Buy to me has 24 displays that are 720p, 18 that are 1080p, and 76 that are 4k. That's just under 65% of them being 4k.
Wow! 24 720p's? Good grief! You're not gonna find that crap in my area in such a large number. I counted 4 at BestBuy, 2 at Target and 7 at Walmart(surprise, surprise).