<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">SWEET! but at that price, say compared to the HP 30" at double+$ the 39" Seiki, you have to wonder</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">
if it is not going to compare?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">Also, i have a 800$ quad dual-dual-link dvi kvm, and I am guessing it isn't going to support this</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">quadHD res. :( and would there even be a dual monitor pairing kvm for this yet. I guess I can </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">
get a separate KVM just for one of them at first, and add it to my current dual 30" setup,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">just have to reinforce my desk, assuming they even make a KVM for a single even.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">Another thing is, with all that brightness staring so close, I turn my vid. brightness down</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">and then have a script on linux (just button and hotkey) to toggle it and push new settings to </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">
nvideo config file then refresh it. With these beasts, especially if you dual or triple head them</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">you would have to run them pretty dim else risk burning your eyes out. So then these beasts would have</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">to have really good low brightness contract/quality.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">
If I could see one in action, and it was half decent, I would grab one now .....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">but if it were on 16 hours a day 300 days a year, wonder how it would hold up, and if any issues......</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">Maybe just get one as a third monitor and know if its a dud as a monitor, it could be relegated to a tv.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">
Have to see what nvidia has to even run these beast, and what Xorg will think of a desktop of</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">(twin portrait) of 4320 x 3840, and do they have brackets to allow portrait. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">Keep us (well free to email direct to me) updated if you get anymore info, or get to see one.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">
-tl</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:42 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>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I just got a notice from Amazon.com (not .ca, sadly) that the 39" one is<br>
$699 and the $50" one is $1,135.48.<br>
<<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DOPGO2G" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DOPGO2G</a>><br>
<br>
The 39" ought to be great as a monitor. Too bad about the 30 Hz refresh<br>
limit (due to HDMI bandwidth limitations).<br>
<br>
This reviewer even tells how he got an X modeline for it (he loves it):<br>
<<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seiki-Digital-SE39UY04-39-Inch-Ultra/product-reviews/B00DOPGO2G/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=byRankDescending#R3R4Y6PPZ1QN29" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Seiki-Digital-SE39UY04-39-Inch-Ultra/product-reviews/B00DOPGO2G/ref=cm_cr_dp_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=byRankDescending#R3R4Y6PPZ1QN29</a>><br>
<br>
<a href="http://amazon.ca" target="_blank">amazon.ca</a> doesn't sell these. <a href="http://tigerdirect.ca" target="_blank">tigerdirect.ca</a> only sells the 50" model (at<br>
$1299.97).<br>
<br>
| From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <<a href="mailto:hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">hugh@mimosa.com</a>><br>
| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:36:11 -0400 (EDT)<br>
|<br>
| 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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