Dell introduces 28" 4K Ultra HD Monitor for under $1K, shipping early 2014

Post by bhauer » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 7:54 PM UTC

clord wrote: post #43

seiji wrote: post #33

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50" for my desktop. What? Most people I know can't even handle the current 30" monitors. It feels nicer having two 27" monitors from a not-grossly-exceeding-peripheral-vision viewpoint.

I like my 30", and wish for more (4 side-by-side windows!). I suspect people who don't like big monitors tend to make their windows fullscreen instead of keeping them content-sized. If you think in windows instead of maximized screens, 50" is superior to 54" split in two. It comes down to the artificial split down the middle which limits where you can stick your windows.

Post by pepsi_can » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

btian wrote: post #36

bhauer wrote: post #9

Awesome. I say this is a sign that the incumbent manufacturers are finally adapting to the heat brought on by Korean and Chinese newcomers. "Industry's most affordable Ultra HD monitor" is semantics. The Seiki 39" is still substantially cheaper, now at less than $500 on Amazon. Technically, that is a television, so I suppose "monitor" is a clever use of words by Dell. If Seiki drops an HDMI 2 version of their monitor…

But the Seiki 39" TV has its framerate capped at 30Hz while on 4k resolution, which makes it inadequate as a monitor.

Post by seiji » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 8:08 PM UTC

bhauer wrote: post #56

seiji wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

50" for my desktop. What? Most people I know can't even handle the current 30" monitors. It feels nicer having two 27" monitors from a not-grossly-exceeding-peripheral-vision viewpoint.

Like jfb says, different strokes. I use multiple 30" monitors on my two workstations and I would prefer a single 50" display. My wife's Seiki has more raw pixels than two of my 30" monitors. I admit that an ideal 50" display would be OLED and concave, but I'll keep those off my wish-list for the time being. I don't want the manufacturers to think I'm being unreasonable. High-DPI and large form-factor seem reasonable…

Post by veritas20 » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 8:10 PM UTC

Post by mmanfrin » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 8:25 PM UTC

mvitorino wrote: post #62

crazygringo wrote: post #42

Does anyone know, are there any Macs that can drive this in Retina mode? Does OSX on Mac desktops support retina mode for arbitrary monitors, or does OSX tie Retina mode exclusively to Macbook Pro Retina screens?

This macbook pro spec page says hdmi port can output 4k at 24hz. http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook-pro/specs-retina/