Any idea how new of a macbook you would need to power this? I'm guessing my 2012 13" air can't run it right?
You can drive 4k with a recent macbook, but it's laggy as sin. My Amazon review: http://www.amazon.com/review/R4OJ5D5RPILCH/
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
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
In theory stuff should be the same size but alot sharper. That being said, i don't really feel alot of difference when looking at my 24" monitor and on my 5inch phone which has almost the same resolution. For me a huge 40inch 4K monitor would be more useful as the DPI would be roughly the same to my setup now (2x 1920x1200) but more vertical space and no bezels.
Look at the seiki 39" inch and 4k resolution. It is precisely what you describe.
yep, thats looks about right but its not sold in europe and only has 30hz afaik, other than that its a pretty good deal.
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#103Unless it can do at least 60hz at 4k then no one should buy this. 30hz is ridiculously bad, even for desktop usage.
Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699
#104I remember shopping for large format LCD panels in 2011. I equivocated for a while between a 30" HP for around $800 and a 30" Dell, and eventually ended up buying Dell's u3011 for around $1100. I also remember thinking how unreasonably high the prices were for large LCD panels and hoping that they wouldn't stay that way forever. It was a time when my monitor cost more than my computer. I think it's safe to say that t…
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Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699
#105I 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.
I have the same setup and would go with 2) but that's because one of my screen is vertically oriented
Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699
#106Am 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…
>> Maybe I'm just getting old, but the resolution on a cinema display is more than sufficient to make things unreasonably small.
You're either getting old, sit very far away, or have bad vision - the Cinema display has a laughably low ppi for very large UI elements, and the pixels are incredibly visible.
Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699
#107Am 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…
Bear in mind that higher resolution display != smaller UI elements. It gives you that option of course, but for most people the benefit is that fonts, icons and images look so much crisper and more readable. You're definitely not the only one who thinks it's overkill. I've shown my retina iPad and MacBook to a few people who don't get the fuss at all. I guess this reaction could be due to a) not caring much about aes…
I've shown my retina iPad and MacBook to a few people who don't get the fuss at all...Myself, I think the screens are amazing
Over a decade ago, I bought one of those Sharper Image ion air purifiers. I told all my friends how great it was - totally silent but really cleaned the air and left it with a fresh scent.
About a year later I started reading scientific assessments and reviews of it. It in fact did nothing to clean the air and the "fresh clean scent" it put out was potentially harmful ozone.
It was then I realized that I was as able to fall for marketing hype as much as anyone else. That made me much more wary.
Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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 The point of going to higher and higher resolutions is that eventually, you don't see the pixels. Pixels are an implementation detail, what you're really wanting to see is the image they represent.
Exactly. And for anyone who struggles to see the pixels on a typical desktop monitor, that's probably because a lot of tricks are used to disguise them. Try turning off anti-aliasing or sub-pixel font rendering and then tell me you can't see the pixels.
So the point of higher pixels is so you can't see the pixels and to prove this point, you tell people to turn off other (cheaper) technologies that already hide the pixels.
There seems to be some faulty logic here. What is the point of the higher resolution displays if the pixels are already hidden with other technologies?
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#109I have my displays for nearly a decade, because I refused to downgrade to new HD displays. Finally something is happening.
Re: Dell Wasn't Joking About That 28-Inch Sub-$1000 4K Monitor; It's Only $699
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly. And for anyone who struggles to see the pixels on a typical desktop monitor, that's probably because a lot of tricks are used to disguise them. Try turning off anti-aliasing or sub-pixel font rendering and then tell me you can't see the pixels.
So the point of higher pixels is so you can't see the pixels and to prove this point, you tell people to turn off other (cheaper) technologies that already hide the pixels. There seems to be some faulty logic here. What is the point of the higher resolution displays if the pixels are already hidden with other technologies?
Antialiasing typically produce artifacts and somewhat blurry letters.