4K video is now common in cameras and surely it will be typical format in the near future. Still pictures have even higher resolution than 4K but 4K is already quite good for dealing with them, much better than full HD. There is however a problem with editing 4K video and pictures since highest resolution displays are just 4K or slightly above it and thus one can see only a single video or picture at full resolution and only in full screen mode .
What is thus needed is a monitor in which more 4K videos and pictures could be seen in windows on screen. Ideally such a monitor would be similar to the Samsung 32:9 49" ultra widescreen which has resolution 3840x1080. This monitor format is obtained by stacking two 27" inch HD monitors side-by-side. For dealing with 4K the 32:9 monitor resolution would have to be increased twice to 7680x2160 by stacking two 32" 4K monitors side-by-side.
However, even this size would not be optimal for editing since 4K would occupy full vertical resolution and two of them would fit side-by-side leaving no space for windows. Thus a monitor with slightly higher resolution of e.g. 8192x2304 at 32:9 would be optimal, allowing to display two full 4K frames in windows or see a 4K frame in a window with other items on the screen.
Hopefully Samsung can produce such monitor for the market as there is now a clear need for it among professionals and advanced consumer users.
