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Sharp has unveiled a new monitor powered by their ultra-thin IGZO technology that delivers an incredibly high resolution in a very sleek looking package. The professional-grade 32-inch (when measured diagonally, of course) PN-K321 display features a 4K resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 but you’ll need some pretty deep pockets if you want to bring one home (or, to the office).
When factoring in the screen size and resolution, what you end up with is a pixel density of 137PPI. As SlashGear notes, that’s not quite as high as the 220PPI found on Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina Display but it’s also more than twice as large.
The screen also includes DisplayPort and HDMI ports, we’re told. Sharp says this will be the thinnest 4K monitor on the market, measuring just 35mm thick. That’s largely thanks to the IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) technology named after the semiconducting material used to create it. This is the same process that Apple was rumored to be using on the iPhone 5 before it launched.
Sharp plans to use IGZO in a number of upcoming devices like tablets and smartphones. They will likely be showcasing the new monitor during the Consumer Electronics Show in January as it isn’t expected to be released until sometime in February.
Interested parties will be asked to hand over $5,500 for the high-resolution display. We suspect it will take at least a couple of years before the technology reaches mainstream at which time pricing should come down considerably.
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Are ppl who refer to this display as 2k being sarcastic?
this is close to 4k. in 4k you count the first number not the second number unlike 1080p. this display is very close to 4k which is I tihnk 4096 by 2160 (im not sure abt the actual number is but it is around there somewhere). so please stop calling this a 2k display. at 38xx by 21xx, it is very close to being a 4k res
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LNCPapa said:
It's because people have been using terms like 1440p and 1600p which aren't really standards to be used in that way. The "p" in 1080p identifies that the display is drawn in a progressive fashion vs an interlaced one. Many have taken it upon themselves to just take the smaller of the two axes, slap a "p" on the end of it, and assume everyone else knows you just multiply by either 16/9 or 16/10 and that it makes sense. In reality 1440p and 1600p don't exist - though 1440p was considered and I believe at least one 1440p television was even developed but not brought to market because of the bandwidth requirements to deliver content.
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Some other idi-ot can buy this for 5500, because this idi-ot would barely consider spending 500 for one.
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slamscaper said:
Yawn... The higher res is nice but not revolutionary.
Everyone should be far more interested in OLED tech. This is going to bring much, much better PQ and response times to flat panel displays. Resolution isn't everything guys. Anyone that knows a good bit about cameras can attest to this (the quality of the sensor matters most, not the megapixel rating).
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Anyone that knows a good bit about cameras can attest to this (the quality of the sensor matters most, not the megapixel rating).If I am following you correctly, a monitors display colors and contrast ratio could be compared to a camera's capture quality. High resolution displays have their place and are just as important as color/contrast quality. Perhaps you are taking high resolution photos and displaying them on a small monitor. This would give you the illusion that resolutions is not as important. However when a resolution is stretched out where you can actually see all the pixels, it becomes just as important as color/contrast quality.
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slamscaper said:If I am following you correctly, a monitors display colors and contrast ratio could be compared to a camera's capture quality. High resolution displays have their place and are just as important as color/contrast quality. Perhaps you are taking high resolution photos and displaying them on a small monitor. This would give you the illusion that resolutions is not as important. However when a resolution is stretched out where you can actually see all the pixels, it becomes just as important as color/contrast quality.
What I'm getting at is that contrast and black levels are simply more important than resolution when it comes to a display's PQ. Anyone that's viewed a direct view (CRT) HDTV will know what I'm talking about. High quality CRT's offer much better image quality than LCD's or Plasma. The only advantage LCD's have is sharpness and brightness.
A good example of this is comparing a 1080p IPS LCD versus a 1080p TN based LCD. Both have the same resolution, however IPS tech is infinitely better when it comes to viewing angles, color accuracy, backlight uniformity, etc... Similarly, S-PVA based LCD's offer better black levels and contrast than any other type, regardless of resolution.
As I said, resolution isn't everything.
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Complete bulls**t, there is nothing misleading on 4K! 4K exesited log before any monitor manufacturer was even dreaming of making one and most of us was pooping in our pampers
4K resolution came from film industry and it marks horizontal resolution of digital scans of film frame. On the other hand, 480p, 1080p came from TV industry when in old analog CRT TV bulb screen you had only number of lines how electron beam quickly jumped over the luminofor covered screen and we can see just his left trail. So for the TV village there were only the number of lines what was important, ie 480 lines in USA or 576 lines in Europe. When Tv upgraded too HDTV it was natural to talk about 1080 lines, yes first HDTVs were analog hence the lines. So when computer industry catch up later after 20 years everithing digitalized and TV terminology crashed with Cinema and our when our computers are able to play Cinematic 4K it all mixed up and thats it.
Its simply about horizontal and vertical resolution, lazy consumers and lots of marketing bulls••t.
GIY
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