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Dell Ultrasharp 4K monitor

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I am starting to wonder, if the 4K displays start cropping up at lower prices, what will that do to affect the existing supplies of 1440p displays, like the ebay ones? Surely prices will have to go down for those displays, as more and more people start holding out for 4K displays?
 
I need an affordable 4k60 in the 50" range to replace my 3x portrait 2560x1440. I'll take a little hit in overall pixel count but gain single panel + far more usable dpi for my blind eyes.

I think $2,000 is likely my definition of 'affordable' for this. $3,500 isn't going to happen considering the setup it's replacing was only $1,000 total. But at $2k I think I'd jump.

Viper GTS
 
This is awesome something like this is already coming to market. Depending on the final specs and price, this might be my next monitor. The 39" 4K screens don't have the DPI upgrade I'm looking for, but this, mmmmhmmmm. 😀
 
imaheadcase said:
Except OLED has no real support past 13 inches in size. They have yet to figure that stump out.
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Except Samsung just released the 55" OLED panels into the US market. Heard they should be in Bestbuys sometime in a week or two. (August 1st)

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57594817-221/samsung-ships-$15k-curved-oled-tv-to-u.s-august-1st/
 
KingFatty said:
I am starting to wonder, if the 4K displays start cropping up at lower prices, what will that do to affect the existing supplies of 1440p displays, like the ebay ones? Surely prices will have to go down for those displays, as more and more people start holding out for 4K displays?
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The prices are dropping slowly and sales do pop up here and there. This week there was a slickdeal on a 27" 1440P samsung PLS panel for $279 from South Korea. Monoprice is selling 27" 1440P monitors for around $350 and a 30" 1600P for $600-700. Dell 30" monitors were on sale a few weeks ago for $800 or so. Cheap 4k panels (Seiki 50") have shown up as well for $800-1000.

So right now there's 4K and 1080P OLEDs coming out this year. I wonder when 4K OLEDs will be available...
 
But those cheap 4k displays are limited to 30Hz @ 4k over HDMI, not useful for very much at all except video.
 
Viper GTS said:
I need an affordable 4k60 in the 50" range to replace my 3x portrait 2560x1440. I'll take a little hit in overall pixel count but gain single panel + far more usable dpi for my blind eyes.

I think $2,000 is likely my definition of 'affordable' for this. $3,500 isn't going to happen considering the setup it's replacing was only $1,000 total. But at $2k I think I'd jump.

Viper GTS
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They have this check out the SEIKI 4k they are 1900 for a 50" 700 for a 32 or is it 39".

In terms of 3 titans you are incorrect. Running 3 30" at 7680 x1600 you can do this on 2 Titans.

Personally something tells me that 3 30" 2560 x 1600 are still a better deal than 1 32", Love to hear everyones input, since I was inclined to sell my 3 and get this but, why....
 
Looks cool, I cant wait to hear more. I would consider saving some money up for it if its price is inline with the U3014 at around $1500, but I will probably just stick with my HP.
 
4k is making the 1200p resolution of my 24'' u2412m look so damn obsolete it isn't even funny.:awe:

Wonder if the 27'' ultrasharps sporting the 1440p resolution will drop into much more affordable price ranges,i would love to own one.🙂
 
^The link I posted was to professional-grade monitors, so of course they're expensive. It was a response to him saying that OLED has "no real support" beyond 13-inches. He seemed unaware that OLED screens greater than 13 inches are in fact available
 
Anonemous said:
Except Samsung just released the 55" OLED panels into the US market. Heard they should be in Bestbuys sometime in a week or two. (August 1st)

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57594817-221/samsung-ships-$15k-curved-oled-tv-to-u.s-august-1st/
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Sorry I guess you don't understand what practical is.
 
I'd love to have this for productivity, definitely not for gaming right now. Not IPS though 🙁
 
Subyman said:
I'd love to have this for productivity, definitely not for gaming right now. Not IPS though 🙁
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Yeah they need to move 4k onto panel technologies that have better color, viewing angles etc.

I'm not up on how LCD TVs work as I use plasma currently but are LCD screens in TVs considered akin to TN or closer to IPS?
 
cmdrdredd said:
Yeah they need to move 4k onto panel technologies that have better color, viewing angles etc.

I'm not up on how LCD TVs work as I use plasma currently but are LCD screens in TVs considered akin to TN or closer to IPS?
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I believe most TV screens are TN. The IPS 1080p TVs are still $1500+ in any decent size. I think a lot of them are S-IPS. Some use PVA now. It is hard to get the real specs on TVs through all the marketing bullshit that plagues the TV buying experience. I settled into using plasmas.
 
cmdrdredd said:
Yeah they need to move 4k onto panel technologies that have better color, viewing angles etc.

I'm not up on how LCD TVs work as I use plasma currently but are LCD screens in TVs considered akin to TN or closer to IPS?
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There are both TN and IPS based bigscreen HDTV's. The third option, plasma - which I was personally a fan of, was recently discontinued by Panasonic. With 4k panels, i'm not sure how IZGO stacks up but that will be one option, with AMVA being the other option. The AMVA 4k panels won't be ready until 2014, though. So basically you're either getting IZGO, IPS, or AMVA with a 4k screen. I think AMVA will be the best, just my gut feeling.

Personally i'm excited for the VA based 4k panels - VA definitely has an edge over IPS in terms of contrast ratios, while IPS has better viewing angles. Both will be better than TN in all areas (viewing angles, contrast ratios, etc) by a mile.
 
blackened23 said:
There are both TN and IPS based bigscreen HDTV's. With 4k panels, i'm not sure how IZGO stacks up but that will be one option, with AMVA being the other option. The AMVA 4k panels won't be ready until 2014, though.

Personally i'm excited for the VA based 4k panels - VA definitely has an edge over IPS in terms of contrast ratios, while IPS has better viewing angles. Both will be better than TN in all areas (viewing angles, contrast ratios, etc) by a mile.
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VA don't seem to have the great color depth that IPS has. IMO, plasma has been the way to go recently. From what I've read, it seems plasma can not easily go to 4K. The DPI is too small.
 
Hard to say. AMVA is a new tech based on VA panels, and while VA definitely had drawbacks, the contrast ratio was definitely better than IPS. The main drawbacks were viewing angles and lack of 8/10 bit color support. Apparently, this is changing with the AMVA 4k panels although I could be wrong. It's what i've heard, but we won't know for sure until Q1 2014.

Plasma definitely has drawbacks preventing it's use on traditional monitors. Namely, the power consumption is even higher than that of CRTs of the past. That said, i'm still a huge fan of plasma for HDTVs. LED can't really come close to plasma in terms of contrast ratios and responsiveness.

Unfortunately, plasma was recently discontinued, though.
 
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