<div dir="ltr">Interesting! this should hopefully support seeing other tv/monitors of 4k res. come down in price. I wonder if a current high end nvidia card would drive this beast?<div style>I can only hope they are twice the quality (in say a year), and similar price, grab 2, portrait mount them as a dual monitor set up and get a nice 4320x3840 desktop.</div>
<div style>No mention if 3d capable? reviews at the tiger url seem favourable. Given this price I am definitely not getting another 1080p tv , clearly wait for the 4k now.</div><div style>-tl</div><div style><br></div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:36 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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There is a slow move towards talking about supporting "4k" HD TV. This<br>
seems to mean 3840 x 2160 pixels (up from 1920 x 1080). You hear of<br>
prices like $20k for TV sets. Here's a startlingly low price:<br>
<<a href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7674736&CatId=4717" target="_blank">http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7674736&CatId=4717</a>><br>
Only $1,499.97 for 50" 3840 x 2160 display.<br>
<br>
Specs:<br>
<<a href="http://static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/Seiki%20SE50UY04%204K2K%20LED%20HDTV%20Data%20Sheet.pdf" target="_blank">http://static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/Seiki%20SE50UY04%204K2K%20LED%20HDTV%20Data%20Sheet.pdf</a>><br>
<br>
That sounds like a lot of money for a monitor but it isn't much more<br>
than a 30" 2560 x 1600.<br>
<br>
Does anybody know if this actually makes a good computer monitor for a<br>
conventional desktop? I've noticed that some TVs look inferior as<br>
computer desktop monitors, even though their specs look appropriate.<br>
<br>
The refresh rate is probably not good enough. The monitor is fed by<br>
an HDMI 1.4 monitor and I understand that the HDMI standard doesn't<br>
have enough bandwidth to drive this resolution at more than 30Hz.<br>
Apparently the next HDMI standard will improve this. The display can<br>
refresh at 120Hz at lower resolution. This limitation seems to be<br>
reported in the specs: the top resolution for component and HDMI is<br>
listed as "4k2k 30Hz". Note: one of the user comments says that it<br>
does work at 120Hz at full resolution. So I'm confused.<br>
<br>
The top VGA resolution listed is 3840 x 2160 (with no mention of<br>
refresh rate). What VGA interface would drive that? In my<br>
experience, VGA isn't great for LCDs because the two sides don't share<br>
a clock and this leads to unpleasant artifacts.<br>
<br>
This probably uses TN technology since that isn't specified (if it<br>
were IPS, that would be mentioned). TN makes viewing angle critical<br>
and with a desktop monitor that big, only a portion of the screen<br>
would be in the sweet spot. Mind you, the specs say 176 degree<br>
viewing angles, horizontally and virtically.<br>
<br>
This review damns it with faint praise as a TV.<br>
<<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418007,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418007,00.asp</a>><br>
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