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

Post by rbanffy » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 11:35 PM UTC

achamayou wrote: post #196

mortenjorck wrote: post #149

Something to keep in mind is that this is effectively a Windows monitor, not a Mac one. The reason for this is PPI: Most Apple displays are in the 100-110 PPI range, with Retina Display Macs doubling that to 220 PPI. At 28", a 3840 x 2160 panel has a PPI of 157, which sits right between Retina and non-Retina densities. This means that on a Mac, you’ll have to use it one of two ways: Either at 1x, where the higher PPI…

It's unfortunate to characterize a monitor that Mac OS doesn't support very well right now as Windows-only. At any rate, UHD looks like it's well on its way to becoming a very widespread standard, so it's not unreasonable to expect that Apple will improve support for it soon.

Post by simoncion » Wed, Jan 08, 2014, 11:51 PM UTC

mbreese wrote: post #184

ajross wrote: post #178

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Considering that every 3D game qualifies as an app that renders correctly under arbitrary multipliers, that argument seems a little suspect. The real answer is that there is an industry of designers accustomed to doing per-pixel tuning of their art assets and this work is worthless if the assets are going to be scaled anyway. Selecting integer multipliers (so far: "2") allows those assets to continue to render as des…

Let's be reasonable... 3D games and traditional desktop environments have a very different set of HCI expectations. You aren't often clicking an icon in a 3D game. While, I'd probably prefer to have vector graphics for desktop assets just for the flexibility, hand-tuned scaled images usually look better than their vector scaled siblings.

Post by andrewb » Thu, Jan 09, 2014, 12:03 AM UTC

Void_ wrote: post #46

mgraczyk wrote: post #16

I 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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Post by r00fus » Thu, Jan 09, 2014, 12:09 AM UTC

cstejerean wrote: post #15

jmillikin wrote: post #6

Note: according to the article the monitor is actually UHDTV (3840x2160), not 4K (4096x2160). Content encoded at 4K will need to be either cropped or scaled down, similar to 1080p content shown on a 1240x1024 monitor.

4K means multiple things and we just have to get used to it. There is the DCI 4K native resolution of 4096x2160, 4K UHD of 3840x2160, and then there is the 4K in 16:10 at 4096x2560. Of these the UHD is likely to be the thing anyone cares about because it's what TVs will use. The native DCI resolution is probably the least interesting, because actual content will have different resolutions in practice depending on the…

Post by maaku » Thu, Jan 09, 2014, 12:23 AM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #195

corin_ wrote: post #70

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I know nothing about Australia, but $699 plus 20% is $838.80, which is $940 in AUD, which is under $1k.

Really? 1 USD is currently 1.12 AUD. How did you get that conversion?