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[–] AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

i think bundling these features together in a brand name and incrementing it with version number would be more helpful.

having the "alienware porkchop 23" would allow people to become familiar with the branding and understand the featureset that this model comes with.

dwf does not mean anything to most.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

That only works if you assume that there is something consistent to version. Some years it's a 34" ultra wide, some years it's a 32" 4k. Will there ever be another 34" ultra wide from alienware? Who knows! Not every monitor gets a revision. and if you have random names for 100 different monitors every year, that doesn't really help make sense of things either.

Alienware Monitor 7.... Well they release 100 different models a year, and every year thats going to increment, and consumers often conflate "bigger number better" so you better make sure you get the numbering right.

And "Porkchop" means absolutely nothing to anyone. DWF at least means something to some people. Going from 0% usefulness to even 10% usefulness is a good move.

[–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Do monitors keep a stable amount of features from one generation to the next? I mean the only real reason to upgrade a monitor is for new features, not because it has incrementally improved on the features it already offered, or size maybe. What would be the basis for calling something a "porkchop" vs a "lizard milkshake"

I guess you could have like 3 tiers of features, going from Cheapest to most Expensive (i.e, lower end is 60hz, higher end 120+hz) and then each generation you know which monitor is "better"