decent mega-monitor?

[ted leslie]

SWEET! but at that price, say compared to the HP 30" at double+$ the 39"
Seiki, you have to wonder
if it is not going to compare?
Also, i have a 800$ quad dual-dual-link dvi kvm, and I am guessing it isn't
going to support this
quadHD res. :(   and would there even be a dual monitor pairing kvm for
this yet. I guess I can
get a separate KVM just for one of them at first, and add it to my current
dual 30" setup,
just have to reinforce my desk, assuming they even make a KVM for a single
even.

Another thing is, with all that brightness staring so close, I turn my vid.
brightness down
and then have a script on linux (just button and hotkey) to toggle it and
push new settings to
nvideo config file then refresh it. With these beasts, especially if you
dual or triple head them
you would have to run them pretty dim else risk burning your eyes out. So
then these beasts would have
to have really good low brightness contract/quality.
If I could see one in action, and it was half decent, I would grab one now
.....
but if it were on 16 hours a day 300 days a year, wonder how it would hold
up, and if any issues......
Maybe just get one as a third monitor and know if its a dud as a monitor,
it could be relegated to a tv.
Have to see what nvidia has to even run these beast, and what Xorg will
think of a desktop of
(twin portrait) of 4320 x 3840, and do they have brackets to allow
portrait.
Keep us (well free to email direct to me) updated if you get anymore info,
or get to see one.
-tl


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:42 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I just got a notice from Amazon.com (not .ca, sadly) that the 39" one is
> $699 and the $50" one is $1,135.48.
> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DOPGO2G>
>
> The 39" ought to be great as a monitor.  Too bad about the 30 Hz refresh
> limit (due to HDMI bandwidth limitations).
>
> This reviewer even tells how he got an X modeline for it (he loves it):
> <
> 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
> >
>
> amazon.ca doesn't sell these.  tigerdirect.ca only sells the 50" model (at
> $1299.97).
>
> | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> | Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:36:11 -0400 (EDT)
> |
> | There is a slow move towards talking about supporting "4k" HD TV.  This
> | seems to mean 3840 x 2160 pixels (up from 1920 x 1080).  You hear of
> | prices like $20k for TV sets.  Here's a startlingly low price:
> | <
> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7674736&CatId=4717
> >
> | Only $1,499.97 for 50" 3840 x 2160 display.
> |
> | Specs:
> | <
> http://static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/Seiki%20SE50UY04%204K2K%20LED%20HDTV%20Data%20Sheet.pdf
> >
> |
> | That sounds like a lot of money for a monitor but it isn't much more
> | than a 30" 2560 x 1600.
> |
> | Does anybody know if this actually makes a good computer monitor for a
> | conventional desktop?  I've noticed that some TVs look inferior as
> | computer desktop monitors, even though their specs look appropriate.
> |
> | The refresh rate is probably not good enough.  The monitor is fed by
> | an HDMI 1.4 monitor and I understand that the HDMI standard doesn't
> | have enough bandwidth to drive this resolution at more than 30Hz.
> | Apparently the next HDMI standard will improve this.  The display can
> | refresh at 120Hz at lower resolution.  This limitation seems to be
> | reported in the specs: the top resolution for component and HDMI is
> | listed as "4k2k 30Hz".  Note: one of the user comments says that it
> | does work at 120Hz at full resolution.  So I'm confused.
> |
> | The top VGA resolution listed is 3840 x 2160 (with no mention of
> | refresh rate).  What VGA interface would drive that?  In my
> | experience, VGA isn't great for LCDs because the two sides don't share
> | a clock and this leads to unpleasant artifacts.
> |
> | This probably uses TN technology since that isn't specified (if it
> | were IPS, that would be mentioned).  TN makes viewing angle critical
> | and with a desktop monitor that big, only a portion of the screen
> | would be in the sweet spot.  Mind you, the specs say 176 degree
> | viewing angles, horizontally and virtically.
> |
> | This review damns it with faint praise as a TV.
> | <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418007,00.asp>
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