OT: affordable 4K monitors

rs170a wrote on 8/18/2014, 2:39 PM

I just came across this article and wanted to share it as several users on here have made or are considering the jump to 4K and are looking for affordable monitors. As the article points out, check the specs very carefully.
4K Monitors Under $850

Mike

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VMP wrote on 8/18/2014, 3:04 PM

Thanks for the tip!

I was looking into buying a new Dell 27 inch monitor it would have been a pitty if I havent seen these yet before purchase.

Are they IPS monitors and any good for color correction etc?
I don't see any mention of that.

VMP

wwjd wrote on 8/18/2014, 4:27 PM

should be more and more in coming months. something to look out for is 60hz via HDMI 2.0 where HDMI 1.4 can only handle 4k at 30hz - if that matters to you as a computer monitor.

someone here pointed this out to me

VMP wrote on 8/18/2014, 4:55 PM

That's a good point wwjd. Surely it is good to wait a while before purchase as with most newly introduced standards.
Another thing to look for would probably be the output and resolution capability of the graphics card.

VMP

john_dennis wrote on 8/18/2014, 8:03 PM

I saw the Samsung U28D590D in a store the other night but have not been excited enough about 4K for the workstation to pay it much attention.

Yesterday, I bought a Sony XBR49X850B to replace my aging Pioneer Plasma TV.

PeterDuke wrote on 8/18/2014, 8:14 PM

If 4K has poor take up, you may find that these "bargains" evaporate. My crystal ball is a bit foggy this morning.

I once bought a portable BD player to play DVDs because portable DVD players had such lousy display resolution. Now I would like to play my burnt BDs, but it will only play commercial pressed BDs. I looked for another model, but you can't buy any portable BD players now, as far as I know.

OldSmoke wrote on 8/18/2014, 8:49 PM

Did you Google it?
https://www.google.com/#q=portable+blu+ray+player&safe=active&tbm=shop

ushere wrote on 8/19/2014, 3:33 AM

i bought a 'cheap' korean hd monitor (catleap), not so much for monitoring (i'm still boring old hd, and am likely to be till death do us part) but running vegas - its absolutely fabulous - my old eyes might have some occasional trouble with the small fonts (i've set res to 120% but could go higher if i wanted), but all my stuff on one screen - oh joy...

PeterDuke wrote on 8/20/2014, 5:06 AM

"Did you Google it?"

Yes, then and now.

Sorry but your link just brings up google home page.

I just did a search with "portable Blu-ray player site:.au" (I live in Australia) and after 4 pages I came up with one used Panasonic and one refurbished Soniq.
I still think new units are no longer available in Oz.

What brands did you come up with?

OldSmoke wrote on 8/20/2014, 11:12 AM

Sorry, the link works perfectly fine over here. Brands range from Sony, Panasonic, RCA and many others.

ddm wrote on 8/20/2014, 1:32 PM

Just got an email from Newegg this morning... 4k, 39" for 299.00? Can't vouch for it, HDMI/30hz only, but still.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=89-522-025&nm_mc=EMC-GD082014&cm_mmc=EMC-GD082014-_-index-_-Item-_-89-522-025

Newegg's mystery deal of the day