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Acer's New UHD Monitor is a Little More Affordable

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Acer's CB280HK has been spotted in Europe for a very attractive price.

4K monitors are hitting the market like a summer insect infestation, and although not all 4K monitors are created equal, one commonality is that they are all rather expensive. But a new monitor from Acer appears to take a step in the right (read: cheaper) direction.

The Acer CB280HK is a 28-inch monitor, and while it has only been spotted in Europe, it is listed there for pre-order at around €500. This is a bit less than almost all competing monitors, at least in Europe, for what looks like a similar-performing unit. It has a 3840 x 2160 resolution, is driven by a TN panel, has LED backlighting, a 1000:1 static contrast ratio, and a 1 ms gray-to-gray response time. Although the TN panel is an 8-bit + HiFRC panel capable of displaying 1.07 billion colors, it can only cover 72 percent of the NTSC color space.

Connectivity is provided by an HDMI 1.4 port, DisplayPort 1.2, Mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and a DVI port. Acer is even generous enough to fit the monitor with a very capable stand that lets you adjust the monitor's height, pivot, swivel and tilt – something not found on most competing monitors. It even looks like it has a 100 mm VESA mount.

No exact word on availability just yet, but hopefully this one will also make it to the U.S.

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    DarkSable , July 17, 2014 4:04 PM
    The reason this one excites me is because it's very close to being a 24 or 27 inch 4K version of the Asus SWIFT. Give me a 4k, 120Hz, G-sync monitor, pretty please!
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    IInuyasha74 , July 17, 2014 4:32 PM
    I'm hoping as these new 4K monitors come out and get cheaper that 1080p monitors will also get cheaper . I would love to game at 4K, but I'm not going to kid myself and say my GPU is up to it without major quality drops.
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    Amdlova , July 17, 2014 6:21 PM
    4k 120hz... 4 290xtx maybe. lol
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    IInuyasha74 , July 17, 2014 6:24 PM
    Lol even then chances are your CPU would be the hold back. They tested with the R9 295 in crossfire and it didn't work better than having one by itself so something else holds the system back.

    4k 60hz, maybe. 4k 120hz, we are all dreaming a bit too much now :p 
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    GoliathPtXs , July 17, 2014 8:43 PM
    QHD 2560x1440 120hz from renoun brands should be the obvious next step in monitor evolution.... not 4k
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    Bondfc11 , July 17, 2014 9:40 PM
    4K at 120Hz is still a ways off. Heck we don't even have any GPUs that could do that - not to mention the proper specs (no GPU with say HDMI 2.0).

    Cheaper 4K panels are great, but a quality 1440 at 120Hz is still the sweet spot for me and my gaming rig for at least another year (well maybe the 3440x1440 monster from LG!)
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    SirKnobsworth , July 18, 2014 1:04 AM
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    4K at 120Hz is still a ways off. Heck we don't even have any GPUs that could do that - not to mention the proper specs (no GPU with say HDMI 2.0).


    HDMI 2.0 won't even do 4k@120Hz - it's only about as fast as DisplayPort 1.2. DP1.3 will do it, but the spec isn't even finalized yet.
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    DarkSable , July 18, 2014 1:47 AM
    ^ Guys, look at what my wishlist was for.

    The reason I want 120hz is so that it supports G-Sync, meaning I would have a 4K monitor that I wouldn't have to worry too much about graphics power with. Because of the G-Sync, I could grow into running 4K, 120hz, as GPUs came around that could do that in a single card.
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    DarkSable , July 18, 2014 1:49 AM
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    HDMI 2.0 won't even do 4k@120Hz - it's only about as fast as DisplayPort 1.2. DP1.3 will do it, but the spec isn't even finalized yet.


    That's a fair point, but my wish was for long term.

    If this thing were to happen short term, it would have to use the same thing that early 4k displays did and stitch the picture together with a pair of DP 1.2 connections. Though that would probably wreak havoc with the G-sync module, unless they used two of them and were left with a monitor more expensive than the average gaming computer.
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    WINTERLORD , July 18, 2014 3:56 AM
    I don't see how 500 euros is cheaper there are a handful of good 10bit 4kmonitors for 650us and this monitor 500euros translates to 667 us dollars.
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    skit75 , July 18, 2014 11:09 AM
    4k on anything smaller than 50-52" is just stupid. What a waste of money. The ones yelling loudest for this have no idea what they are screaming for. They just like to hear their heads rattle, I suppose.
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    WRXSTIGuy , July 18, 2014 1:01 PM
    Don't get a TN panel. I bought the Samsung 4K 28" and returned it. I'm spoiled by IPS, no washed out colors or color shift. Save your money for an IPS 4K monitor. I just bought the NEC 24" EA244UHD. Simply amazing. Now I need a magnifying glass to read the text, even while scaling to 150%.
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    childofthekorn , July 18, 2014 2:20 PM
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    4k on 50-52"


    *heavy breathing*

    I'm just excited to see 4k resolution starting to pick up a tad bit of momentum to push the GPU makers to strive to create more powerful hardware. Even though their pretty powerful now, how long did it take for an 8800 GTX to become obsolete?
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    soldier44 , July 18, 2014 5:44 PM
    4K at 30 inches or better for under a grand or no sale.
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    soldier44 , July 19, 2014 7:35 PM
    So many haters on 4K. Stick with your lame 1080p crap regardless of 120-144hz no one cares about those tiny displays but you handful of morons squinting at 22-24" lol.
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    skit75 , July 21, 2014 8:47 AM
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    So many haters on 4K. Stick with your lame 1080p crap regardless of 120-144hz no one cares about those tiny displays but you handful of morons squinting at 22-24" lol.


    You will also be in the squinting crowd with a 30" 4k display. Scale all you want.... you will have a headache after 45 minutes. You need to be over 50" @ 4k, minimum.

    The idea of planting yourself in front of a 50", 4k display to game on is a little crazy and probably won't happen in any meaningful numbers. I'd much rather have an Oculus Rift with full integration into game AND web development, going forward.
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    wiyosaya , July 21, 2014 9:38 AM
    HDMI 1.4 - that explains why it is only 72%NTSC color space. I'll pass on this.
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    woodscrews , July 22, 2014 6:05 AM
    its nice, but id take a nice, 24" IPS 1440p screen over this any day, TN is no good to me whatsoever

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    4k on anything smaller than 50-52" is just stupid. What a waste of money. The ones yelling loudest for this have no idea what they are screaming for. They just like to hear their heads rattle, I suppose.

    ever hear of DPI scaling, retard?

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    You will also be in the squinting crowd with a 30" 4k display. Scale all you want.... you will have a headache after 45 minutes. You need to be over 50" @ 4k, minimum.

    not all of us are running <mod edit> operating systems
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    skit75 , July 22, 2014 9:29 AM
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    its nice, but id take a nice, 24" IPS 1440p screen over this any day, TN is no good to me whatsoever

    Quote:
    4k on anything smaller than 50-52" is just stupid. What a waste of money. The ones yelling loudest for this have no idea what they are screaming for. They just like to hear their heads rattle, I suppose.

    ever hear of DPI scaling, retard?

    Quote:

    You will also be in the squinting crowd with a 30" 4k display. Scale all you want.... you will have a headache after 45 minutes. You need to be over 50" @ 4k, minimum.

    not all of us are running <mod edit> operating systems


    You quoted my scaling comment.... But I guess you didn't read it. Here it is one more time for you. Scale all you want.... you will have a headache after 45 minutes. You need to be over 50" @ 4k, minimum

    Your sensitivity on this issue is rather alarming..... I hope you're not a gun nut.

    I would guess you're naming Windows 7 as the <mod edit> OS because Win 8.1 will let you scale away the resolution you just bought?
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