High-res IPS L[EC]D monitors

[Tyler Aviss]

On May 15, 2013 9:28 AM, "Giles Orr" <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On 14 May 2013 15:18, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 02:59:01PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> >> The U3014 (current model) is AH-IPS and 10 bit per colour.  The older
> >> U3011 is H-IPS and also 10 bit per colour.
> >>
> >> The U2713H is the same kind of display as the U3014.
> >
> > Interestingly the U2713HM is 8 bit per colour without FRC, which should
> > actually be a nice screen for quite a bit less than the U2713H which
> > has 10 bit (8 bit + FRC).  The H is wide gamut, the HM is standard.
> > Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
>
> This flurry of discussion around higher-than-1080p sends me back to
> another discussion on this list a couple weeks ago about the Seiki 50"
> 4K (2160p) TV.  As discussed then, the review(s?) suggested it would
> make a poor TV, but possibly a decent (certainly for the price)
> monitor:
>
>
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7674736&CatId=4717
>
> I suspect anyone purchasing one as a monitor will need to rearrange
> their workspace - and we'll all wait with eager interest the results
> of this experiment.  Seems to me that you'll be spending not only
> $1500 plus tax on the monitor, but another $500 on the video card to
> drive it.  But it might be worth it ...
>
> (I'm one of the 30" Dell owners, and I love the thing.  I have to
> admit a 50" 3840 x 2160 monitor is a very, very appealing idea.)
>
> Is it actually possible to drive this thing at full res?  Are there
> any video cards (preferably Linux-supported) that can drive HDMI (this
> thing doesn't seem to have DVI, and a quick scan of the DVI spec
> suggests it doesn't get to 2160p anyway) at this resolution?  Of
> course you're going to have to have a desktop: I can't imagine that
> anyone makes a laptop that would support it.
>
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To be honest, while 4k resolution is nice, I think that 50" might be a bit
much for coding etc
Nice for games though, if your video card can handle it.
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