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

Post by eigenvector » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 8:56 PM UTC

mortenjorck wrote: post #38

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I'm a bit curious why both the 24" and the 32" are priced over 1k, yet they are able to get the 28" down below that mark. That's not to say that I'm not incredibly excited to see how this ends up! I've been looking for a sub-1.5k 28" monitor with high resolution for a while, and though I love my Apple Thunderbolt Display I use at work, I am hesitant that if I buy one for myself, I'll be buying right before a refresh.…

Unfortunately, the 28” is going to have the wrong pixel density to use with OS X in Retina mode. Non-Retina MacBooks start at 110 PPI. Cinema Displays have hovered around 100 PPI for about a decade, with the 27” Thunderbolt Display topping out at 109 PPI (same for its sister 27” iMac). At 28", a 3840 x 2160 panel has a PPI of 157, which, dividing by two to get the equivalent non-Retina PPI, comes to only 78.5, a redu…

Post by jfb » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 9:03 PM UTC

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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.

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 bhauer » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 9:09 PM UTC

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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…

I hear you on the bezels, however I like the wrap around effect multiple portrait monitors give over 1 big flat monitor Curved high dpi 50" please!

Post by nobodyshere » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

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

And yet my MBP refuses to output HDMI above 1920 for me :/

Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 9:26 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #86

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I hear you on the bezels, however I like the wrap around effect multiple portrait monitors give over 1 big flat monitor Curved high dpi 50" please!

I don't get the whole "curved" thing. I quite enjoyed getting rid of "curved" displays with the switch to LCDs.