ThinkVision 28 is a 4K Display With Android and Tegra Inside
Lenovo's smart monitor is more than just a 4K display.
Lenovo's ThinkVision Pro2840m wasn't the only 4K display the company announced today. This afternoon at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Lenovo introduced us to the ThinkVision 28 4K.
This monitor packs the same 3840 x 2160 resolution as the ThinkVision Pro2840m, but Lenovo is describing it as a smart display. The monitor packs Nvidia's Tegra and an Android interface that allows for streaming of on demand content at the touch of a button. There's also 10-point multi-touch, another feature not present in the ThinkVision Pro2840m.
The ThinkVision 28 boasts a 5 ms response time, 32 GB of eMMC storage along with 2 GB of DDR3L, NFC, MicroSD support, 3x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, 1x MicroUSB 3.0, 3x HDMI, Audio Out, Audio In, RJ45 Ethernet, and 1x DisplayPort. There are also two 5W speakers and a 2-megapixel camera.
Of course, given the packed spec list, the ThinkVision 28 is quite a bit more expensive than the $800 Pro2840m. When this monitor hits in July, it will carry a price tag of $1199.
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Unless you are a foot or two away from it, like say using the touchscreen you should be able to notice. Its all about viewing distances. 4K on a 55" TV is even stupid if its too far away from you to benefit, but get close enough, and have the right content you will see it.
You can have 4K on large TV with standard density or smaller device and have higher PPI, either one is noticeable.
And touch will just add to productivity the same way it did on my laptop, this screen is bloody perfect except the tall pricetag. Just hope it will be decent build quality.
So by your logic, PPI means nothing. So anyone with a iPhone 4 or later has no PPI benefit over a 3gs, there is no need for 1080p when 480p will suffice.
Unless you mean to say that without native support, there is no difference with content for 4k over 1080p. But like it has been said, there is more of a need for these over content based use (games, videos, movies). The added virtual real estate will be welcomed.
I'm using three 2560x1440 ~30" monitors connected to one workstation for mostly text based work. Not video or pictures. I wish they were 33" or 40" monitors because at 2560x1440 the text is bordering on being too small. I often increase the size. At 28" this monitor is only for artists or posers, that is Apple consumers, and certainly not for text based work... (Though it will help bring down the costs of everything else.)
Just like the rumored 12" iPad for "enterprise use" (that's laughable) this is a device solution without a need.
@ioconnor... so why exactly ARE you using that resolution? And 3 monitors to boot? It doesn't make sense to me, but then I don't know what your specific job is. Just curious what the purpose is because it just seems like it would make text-based work more difficult.