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Dell Outs Ultra HD 5K Monitor For $2,499

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September 5, 2014 3:22:03 PM

It's a world's first, that's for sure.

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September 5, 2014 3:56:22 PM

So it has a 4k input? Upscaled to 5k?
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September 5, 2014 4:43:48 PM

Not much of an upgrade. 4K is already out dated and horribly inadequate for use today. 5K is just not enough of an improvement, they need to move to at least 8K, and also Make plans for a 16K display

Imagine how awesome 16K HD cat videos would look.
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September 5, 2014 4:59:24 PM

Do you need two cards to drive this?
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September 5, 2014 5:25:54 PM

I guess I'm the only one who would like to see the 16:10 version of 4K (3840x2400).
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September 5, 2014 5:26:44 PM

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Not much of an upgrade. 4K is already out dated and horribly inadequate for use today. 5K is just not enough of an improvement, they need to move to at least 8K, and also Make plans for a 16K display

Imagine how awesome 16K HD cat videos would look.


mooOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!
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September 5, 2014 6:21:04 PM

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Imagine how awesome 16K HD cat videos would look.


I was trying to find an "appropriate" comment for that...but I can't. Lets just say it's not exactly referring to cats, but part of the female anatomy and how "detailed" it would look in 16K RES.
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September 5, 2014 6:43:37 PM

How about a ~1000.00 38" 4K IPS Display @ 60Hz?

I feel like 4K's DPI at 27" is too high...I can barely differentiate pixels on a 27" 1440p display at 40 inches viewing distance.
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September 5, 2014 7:29:31 PM

So 4K is still expensive and require expensive video card to run and isn't common or relevant for screens under 26'' but they already want to sell us 5K monitor ?

I have a 23'' monitor at 1080P and i don't see why i would even change for a 4K.
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September 5, 2014 7:32:17 PM

I'm still using 720P lol ...
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September 5, 2014 7:52:38 PM

This is UHD+ (5120x2880). Not 5K (5120x2160).

Why are we calling the UHD standard 4K—despite being a lower resolution—but calling this UHD+ monitor 5K despite it being a higher resolution?
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September 5, 2014 7:53:06 PM

This is UHD+ (5120x2880). Not 5K (5120x2160).

Why are we calling the UHD standard 4K—despite being a lower resolution—but calling this UHD+ monitor 5K despite it being a higher resolution?
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September 5, 2014 8:18:19 PM

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...but they already want to sell us 5K monitor ?


Did you read the story? "...and it is aimed at professionals who need the highest display resolutions possible". I'm willing to bet that you and most of the commentators on this display are not part of that group. Depending on your definition of "professional", a $2499 5k monitor may be a valid business expense.
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September 5, 2014 9:02:35 PM

Probably good for medical use or maybe not?
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September 5, 2014 9:25:36 PM

nitrium said:
I guess I'm the only one who would like to see the 16:10 version of 4K (3840x2400).
Nope. I love my 16x10's... I don't want to accept worse.

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September 5, 2014 9:41:46 PM

This seems weird, 4K isn't even standard yet (in the gaming world anyways) and I'd be willing to bet most users are still using 1080P or lower at this time. I'm assuming that something like this would be employed in a game development studio for modeling characters and such.
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September 5, 2014 11:18:35 PM

I have 3 30" at 2560x1600. I am very happy with the DPI on them. I'm not upgrading till 4K comes in 35" or bigger as my eye sight isn't that good to see higher DPI. I'm not putting my face right up to it so I can see that the pixels are smaller. A 16x10 4K at 35-40" @60Hz or higher is what I'm waiting for now.
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September 6, 2014 1:44:12 AM

Titan Z prove yourself worthy
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September 6, 2014 1:54:09 AM

They are going crazy in resolution department and we still have tons of applications that take no use of the more than 4 cores CPUs and GPUs are only mild upgrade to the last generation ...they even push 1440p in phones... what`s with this crazy rush about resolution anyway ?

And normal TV seems to be a dieing breed since they can`t push even 720p trough satellite at decent prices, everywhere HD TVs/smart etc and most of the stations are still SD, they just started to adapt 16:9 ...For now everything seems to be a huge mess ...
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September 6, 2014 5:16:47 AM

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...but they already want to sell us 5K monitor ?


Did you read the story? "...and it is aimed at professionals who need the highest display resolutions possible". I'm willing to bet that you and most of the commentators on this display are not part of that group. Depending on your definition of "professional", a $2499 5k monitor may be a valid business expense.


Possibly in future but as of now there is nothing to put out such high resolution even if professional so it must be up-scaled. Typical Apple, just being bigger = better just like Sharp and their ridiculous sized shit TVs just to snag people.

Not even the Quadro6000 can put out that much, it's max is 4096x2160@50Hz
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September 6, 2014 7:45:29 AM

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So it has a 4k input? Upscaled to 5k?
No, it uses dual DP.
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September 6, 2014 8:02:12 AM

boju said:
Not even the Quadro6000 can put out that much, it's max is 4096x2160@50Hz


Actually 60Hz, not 50, but otherwise yes, that's the 6K's max res.

Ian.

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September 6, 2014 9:23:05 AM

This is the biggest joke I've ever seen. Please show me professionals demanding higher than 4K and what they will do with it. Most creation professionals haven't even caught up to 4K yet.
4 + 1 = 5. (5 - 4) / 4 * 100 = 25% BETTER!!! BUY NOW
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September 6, 2014 9:35:38 AM


I can see solo pros moving up to 4K eventually (via 2560x1440 first maybe), but some larger companies
are already working with 8K material for film (I know of one in London/Soho).

Ian.

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September 6, 2014 11:15:47 AM

27" screen = fail

I have a 1600p, 30" monitor, and my desktop is a little too small as it is. 5k is more than twice that resolution, and 27" is a physically smaller screen. that desktop is going to be impossible to read. I wouldn't buy a 4k or 5k screen that isn't at least 36". and 16:9 is a wasted opportunity, they really should go with 16:10.
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September 6, 2014 11:17:24 AM

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This is UHD+ (5120x2880). Not 5K (5120x2160).

Why are we calling the UHD standard 4K—despite being a lower resolution—but calling this UHD+ monitor 5K despite it being a higher resolution?

what do you mean despite? adding the "+" to UHD signifies that it's a little bit bigger than standard UHD, which is true (since, you know, 5 > 4). this is a perfectly logical naming scheme.
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September 6, 2014 3:04:42 PM

Maximum resolution of a 290x is 4k. I wonder how you can use this right now with a single graphic card.
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September 6, 2014 5:43:50 PM

Well somebody was able to run Crysis 3 on 8K with his HD 7850 and he got 2 FPS lol.
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September 6, 2014 6:23:58 PM

$2500??? I'm out. :ouch: 
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September 6, 2014 8:27:02 PM

I'm not going to be satisfied until I can see the atomic structures of what's on the screen. What K would that be?
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September 7, 2014 9:00:59 AM

Would be great for 4k video editing so you can preview the 4k video at 100% size and still have some editing panels surrounding it. If I had that monitor I'd be using it for Blender, no doubt would it be able to fit 4 viewing windows without it feeling cluttered
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September 7, 2014 1:19:16 PM

For that sort of work, surely it makes a lot more sense to use more than one monitor, have the info panels on
a separate display anyway.

Ian.

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September 8, 2014 5:23:42 AM

Why not 10k? Lets just go full retard and go 10240 x 5760 :p 
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September 8, 2014 6:07:15 AM

Yes, those 100-inch 16k's are the real prize. No need to wait for these lowlies to fill shelves then landfills - let's get to those full-wall-sized units.
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September 8, 2014 6:55:22 AM

I don't think you would notice anything above 8k anyway. Unless you put your face right in front of the screen. 16k sounds pretty useless for gaming :p 
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September 8, 2014 8:22:02 AM

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So 4K is still expensive and require expensive video card to run and isn't common or relevant for screens under 26'' but they already want to sell us 5K monitor ?

I have a 23'' monitor at 1080P and i don't see why i would even change for a 4K.

If you're gaming, then sure. If you're just going on the web and surfing YouTube, nope, you don't need an expensive video card.

And if you don't have a need or desire for extra resolution, good for you. I however, enjoy the extra space offered by a 2560x1440 monitor.
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September 8, 2014 8:33:21 AM


I wanted to get a 2560x1600, but the prices were crazy. Whole market shifted to 1440 as the next default.

Ian.

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September 8, 2014 3:30:40 PM

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So 4K is still expensive and require expensive video card to run and isn't common or relevant for screens under 26'' but they already want to sell us 5K monitor ? I have a 23'' monitor at 1080P and i don't see why i would even change for a 4K.


1080 is fairly standard RES. I've been doing 1920x1200 on a 24" for about 7 years. I'm sick of the pixels... compared to my 720P phone which is 5" which is smooth.

I'm looking at getting a 26~28" display that is 4K in the near future, they are $500~2000. But hey, I got my 1920 back when it was $500.. nowadays, 1080P monitors start at $100.
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September 8, 2014 4:34:55 PM

belardo writes:
> ... I've been doing 1920x1200 on a 24" for about 7 years. ...

Ditto, though the CRT monitor I used to have could do 2048x1536, which I used for gaming
for a while until I finally bought an HP IPS 1200-height display.


> ... I'm sick of the pixels... compared to my 720P phone which is 5" which is smooth.

I guess that's not surprising, your phone has about 50% higher dpi perhaps? Not sure.


> I'm looking at getting a 26~28" display that is 4K in the near future, they are $500~2000.

Hmm, at 28", wouldn't that make fonts & suchlike a tad small?


> But hey, I got my 1920 back when it was $500.. nowadays, 1080P monitors start at $100.

True, my HP was 450 UKP when new, though I wouldn't use cheap 1080 TN displays;
I prefer IPS, and they start somewhat higher, more like $300+ for 1200-height, $200+
for 1080.

Ian.

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September 8, 2014 5:31:03 PM

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So 4K is still expensive and require expensive video card to run and isn't common or relevant for screens under 26'' but they already want to sell us 5K monitor ?

I have a 23'' monitor at 1080P and i don't see why i would even change for a 4K.

Feel sorry for you and those of you still stuck at 1080p. Ive been gaming at 2560 x 1600 30 inches for 4 years now and just got a 32 inch Asus 4K display and its such an improvement over my 30 inch which is technically 2K. Well worth the money if you have it to spend. Of course having 2 GTX 780 Tis helps too.
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September 8, 2014 6:31:30 PM

I've been gaming at 720P low settings in the last 7 years :p  My parents never did allow me to get a PC + monitor more expensive than $500. Until now :)  I should be getting an 1080p monitor next week along with a new PC at least xD
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September 9, 2014 1:20:05 AM

i was planning to upgrade my dual 2560x1600 monitors (for which i paid $1,200 at some point in the past) to 4k monitors. i just ordered them yesterday. after seeing this i cancelled that order. hopefully these will be IPS.
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September 9, 2014 4:14:11 AM

Well the samsung 4K 28 seems like a really great deal!
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September 16, 2014 2:40:59 PM

To the person who said he thought he was the only one to prefer the 16x10 format.. I concur. I also prefer that format. Actually, I still like having 4x3 monitors to turn vertical.
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September 17, 2014 3:44:23 PM

People who suggest that 4K or even 5K is not enough have perhaps not realized that that human eye has a limit and past a certain resolution, given the distance from the screen, the increased resolution will simply not make any difference whatsoever. I don't know what that limit is but I suspect that 5K might already be very close to it. Of course everything I just said only applies to screen sizes around 30 inches. Right now I only have the dell ultrasharp 30 inch (2560 X 1600) and so I feel rather miserable (lol).
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