I was browsing the Trends Blog I came across these.  While not core or even necessarily affordable, it is worth seeing what is coming.

Large touch screen

Touch Me: Dahan Unveils the T-View, 120 Inches of Touchability - Gizmodo
“Korean company Dahan has come up with a monster 10-foot touchscreen with an amazing 10 millisecond response time. The T-View runs in Windows 2000 or XP, uses rear projection and a surface mirror system, and corresponds to multi-finger touch….”

Hi-res screens

Dell Redesigns The LCD: Dell’s Display Port Prototype Will Allow for Resolutions 4x Better Than HD
“It measures about half an inch thick and packs a resolution that’s 4x sharper than the current HDTV resolutions. It’s part of Dell’s new Display Port technology. The new interconnect will let you daisychain multiple monitors and connect other peripherals via one bi-directional cable. As you can see from the pic, it’ll also allow for embedded peripherals around the display (this one has speakers built in on the side).”

Monitors with two overlayed displays

Samsung and PureDepth show off 46-inch Multi-Layer Display LCD
“PureDepth is describing its technology as a “a layered, multi-dimensional (using real depth between two or more LCD panels) viewing innovation that enables users to simultaneously view two separate fields of data on one monitor,” which is simply a fancy way of suggesting that users can experience “3D-like images” sans unsightly goggles.”

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David