Will a Macbook Pro Retina 13" be able to drive this?
According to Apple's website, the latest version of the rMBP will be able to drive a 3840 x 2160 display at 30Hz via HDMI.
30Hz sounds like a 'No' to me.
Dell introduces 28" 4K Ultra HD Monitor for under $1K, shipping early 2014
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#42Does 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?
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#43Awesome. 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…
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.
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#44Awesome. 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.
I've had to use a 30hz framerate on my 27" Dell in order to be able to drive it over HDMI. Since I am mainly editing and reading text, which is mostly static, the low frame rate is not so bad. I wouldn't want it for gaming, but that 39" TV sounds extremely nice for coding.
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#45Can anyone explain why monitor and TV prices are so vastly different for the same size? Could you not substitute a small flat screen in place of a monitor and save a few hundred?
Are they? AFAICS ceteris paribus, monitor prices are not that different from TV prices. It's only when you want a monitor with specs better than can be found in almost any TV (>HD resolution, high-end IPS or PVA panel) that the prices get higher, for obvious reasons.
EDIT: Also, not nearly all cheap "HD" TVs actually have real 1080p panels. They accept a HD signal but internally resample it to a lower resolution, leading to an image that's obviously blurry in desktop use. With computer monitors, you know you get pixel-for-pixel the image the video card pushes out.
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#46Awesome. 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.
Yes, I know. My wife is using the 39" and it's fine for her computer usage. She doesn't play video games on her computer.
"Inadequate" for gaming, yes. Inadequate for computing? Hardly.
But this is why I said that if Seiki dropped an HDMI 2 version of the same display, things get interesting.
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#47I'm underwhelmed, the Lenovo yoga 2 has almost as many pixels and cost less.
It's much cheaper to produce smaller displays than larger ones. There's a higher chance for defects as display size goes up.
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#48Why are they announcing this now? Is it to tell people to hold off for Xmas?
My guess is either that, or they know Apple is about to release something exceptionally similar with the Mac Pro this month.
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#49I'd just be happy to see a 2560x1600 monitor at 120hz or greater. I think we're going to have to max out resolution (to 'retina' or whatever levels where most people can't distinguish additional pixels) before we start seeing monitors commonly supporting greater than 60hz.
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#50I'm confused. Under $1000 for the 28"? It goes on to say that the 24" is available for $1399...