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Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by kayoone »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #55

I was just about to purchase a Dell 27" monitor (1080p) as a second screen for my laptop. Glad I didn't as prices of UHD monitors seem to have become reasonable REALLY fast. I know nothing about displays. Can someone explain to me the difference between this monitor and (for example) the Sharp 4K display that is an option with the new Mac Pro and costs several thousand $? NB: I will be programming, working in Logic P…

Buying a 27" with 1080p resolution is a bad choice imo, my 7 year old Dell 24" has a higher resolution than that (1920x1200). For 27" you need to go for 2560x1440 resolution or you will just waste space. 4K is even better obviously :)

In terms of differences to the Sharp Display i guess there arent many from a consumer point of view, but id wait for reviews and see if it has any weak points.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by kayoone »

I wonder whats the better option for replacing my 2x 24inch Dells (total resolution 3840x1200)

1) Get one 40 inch 4k monitor to have one giant display with about the same DPI but more screen real estate and no bezels

2) Get two 28 inch 4K displays for super high DPI but less screen real restate and bezels.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by victorhooi »

curiousAl wrote: post #24

I assume that it being an Ultrasharp means it will be an IPS. If so, pretty sweet. And it might help drive down prices for the Korean 27s (1440p) monitors on eBay, which are much easier on the eyes (especially with text) than other panels.

My understanding is that this is a TN panel, not IPS.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by josephlord »

clhodapp wrote: post #37
binarycrusader wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The marketing droids won, you'll just have to get over it. Even the $3,600 Sharp monitor Apple sells that's labeled "4K" has the same resolution: With its 32-inch class (31.5-inch diagonal) screen size, 3840 by 2160 Ultra-HD resolution... http://store.apple.com/us/product/HD971LL/A/sharp-32-pn-k321... You and I can be bitter about it all we want, but there's no point.

They also finally cashed in the 'big side vs. small side' credit they've been holding onto since they first branded HD (720 and 1080 are the (exact) pixel-lengths of the small sides, while 4k is (less than) the length of the big side). Edit: Not only that, but they can (defendably) make the claim that 4k is "4 times the size of 1080p" while (deniably) knowing that some people will misinterpret.

Using the vertical line count is a legacy of CRT displays and analogue connectivity/broadcasting where there was no horizontal pixel count only a maximum frequency due to the nature of the technology. There were 1080i CRTs so it is only for the next generation it is possible to change to the terminology used in cinema and professionally for some time.

Every pixel on a 1920x1080 display is replaced by four pixels on a 4K display so I'm not sure a "4 times the detail" type statement is particularly wrong or misleading. It just doesn't derive from 4000 = 4 x 1080 type logic.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by doe88 »

kayoone wrote: post #72

I wonder whats the better option for replacing my 2x 24inch Dells (total resolution 3840x1200) 1) Get one 40 inch 4k monitor to have one giant display with about the same DPI but more screen real estate and no bezels 2) Get two 28 inch 4K displays for super high DPI but less screen real restate and bezels.

Or maybe also a third alternative could be 1) + keep one of your old screens.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by josephlord »

kayoone wrote: post #72

I wonder whats the better option for replacing my 2x 24inch Dells (total resolution 3840x1200) 1) Get one 40 inch 4k monitor to have one giant display with about the same DPI but more screen real estate and no bezels 2) Get two 28 inch 4K displays for super high DPI but less screen real restate and bezels.

How far away will they be? How good is your eyesight? How big is your desk?

I would probably go for the option (2) provided your eyesight is good and the screens close enough to get some benefit from the higher density.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by timr »

Am I the only person for whom that many pixels in a 28" display sounds like overkill?

Maybe I'm just getting old, but the resolution on a cinema display is more than sufficient to make things unreasonably small. And getting closer to my desktop screen isn't really appealing either (again, maybe I'm getting old, but to see the pixels on my current screen I have to get my nose almost right up to the display, which I'm never going to do).

Retina displays on mobile devices are more understandable because you tend to be closer to them, or because it's useful to render really tiny text on a small screen, sometimes. But on a desktop display? Seems like the display version of clock-speed fetish.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by Shivetya »

kayoone wrote: post #72

I wonder whats the better option for replacing my 2x 24inch Dells (total resolution 3840x1200) 1) Get one 40 inch 4k monitor to have one giant display with about the same DPI but more screen real estate and no bezels 2) Get two 28 inch 4K displays for super high DPI but less screen real restate and bezels.

How do you separate tasks? If your current setup is 2x then I would suggest staying with it unless you have identified why one display is better, other obvious size.

The only issue with two or more monitor setups is I have found that unless they are identical its never possible to color match which can be disconcerting.

Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699

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Post by josephlord »

kayoone wrote: post #71
k-mcgrady wrote: post #55

I was just about to purchase a Dell 27" monitor (1080p) as a second screen for my laptop. Glad I didn't as prices of UHD monitors seem to have become reasonable REALLY fast. I know nothing about displays. Can someone explain to me the difference between this monitor and (for example) the Sharp 4K display that is an option with the new Mac Pro and costs several thousand $? NB: I will be programming, working in Logic P…

Buying a 27" with 1080p resolution is a bad choice imo, my 7 year old Dell 24" has a higher resolution than that (1920x1200). For 27" you need to go for 2560x1440 resolution or you will just waste space. 4K is even better obviously :) In terms of differences to the Sharp Display i guess there arent many from a consumer point of view, but id wait for reviews and see if it has any weak points.

I agree; provided that your eyesight is good. I have 24" 1080P screen and higher resolution would definitely be better but without my glasses 27" might even be preferable.

And this is assuming the distance to the monitor is a little over an arm's length, if the monitor is further away you would want bigger for a given resolution.

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