Samsung's 28-inch, billion-color, UHD 4K display up for pre-order for less than $700

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Ditto. I am not in a rush but that sure is a good deal for a desperate early adopter.

I was checking out the prices of 4K monitors here in South Africa a couple of days ago, afterwards my doctor put me on medication for severe eye strain. Lol.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

I'll go UHD 4K when $500 video cards can run them as well as they do now @ 2560x1600, and not a moment sooner.

Yeah. You know something's out of kilter when your monitor costs more than your high end graphics card.

 

[nazartp]

TN vs. IPS? I understand that IPS is better. But I don't know why. Does anyone have a layman's guide to the two technologies?

I like the price. That $700 isn't terribly unreasonable. But the size is greater than what I'd want on my desk at home on my gaming PC. I'd look for a 22 - 24" which I think is about the perfect size for my viewing distance.

IPS being better is in the eye of the beholder. TN offers much faster switching of the pixels which allows to avoid ghosting in games. The major problem with TN is the viewing angles. Look at any old laptop and try tilting the screen. You will notice how the colors shift. Modern versions of TN are relatively OK, especially on desktops where you mostly sit directly in front of the monitor. However, if you try to color-correct your monitor it is an exercise in futility. Every time you shift your chair or move closer or further from the screen the color hues will shift. Therefore for anyone who does any serious photo/video editing a TN panel is a non-starter.

IPS takes longer time to switch pixels which, in theory, can result in ghosting while displaying fast moving objects. At the same time the panel does not suffer that much from changing color hues depending on your position. I switched to IPS monitors several years ago and so far have no intention of going back.

 

[theBest11778]

It has begun... the age of 4K/UHD is upon us. Once monitors drop under $1000 (same with HDTVs,) means they'll be mainstream within 2 years. The problem is as advanced as our GPUs are now, they really need to step up their A game. Even a Titan Black isn't really 4K/UHD ready (If it can't run Crysis 3 Max Details at 60FPS min Framerate for a $1000 card, no it's not ready yet. Actually just checked online and 2 Titans, non blacks, in SLI averaged 37FPS in UHD.) Maxwell GPUs seem to be extremely energy efficient, but no one really knows if they'll out perform Kepler. Either way, I don't see any major performance improvements to make up that kind of gap anytime soon. To me that's the definition of putting the cart before the horse. We have decent priced monitors now, but no reasonable way to use them.

 

[Greg J.]

I agree with many of the posters. I don't want a 28" on my desk. I even find it unnatural to use the right 15% of my 23.5". I turn my head to look at the right 25% or so. (I sit left of center.) I'm also impatiently waiting for desktop retinal displays, so if they packed this into a 21-22" format I'd be pretty friggin' happy. It still wouldn't be retinal, but it'd be awesome!

 

[Jad Chaar]

Yeah. You know something's out of kilter when your monitor costs more than your high end graphics card.

@hahahanoobs and @Skidmarksdeluxe good points. I definitely agree.

 

[GhostRyder]

I would really buy one of these in all honesty if they had a 24-25inch model below 700. I actually want to skip 1600p monitors and possibly get rid of eyefinity since not many games I like use it properly.

 

[captaincranky]

Dudes, wake up, this turd is TN!

The smaller you make individual pixel cell in TN, the worse off angle viewing becomes.

The angles of view often quoted for TN panels, 170 H x 160 V, are BS x BS. If you get 90 degrees of pleasant, on color, viewing, consider yourself either very lucky, or very in need of glasses.

Keep in mind, there are only 180 degrees in a semi circle. Which means that even IPS claims of 178 x 178, are quite suspect, as these clams are only 1 degree off of true parallel with the screen panel...!!!

The last TM monitor I bought from Samsung, is in a box in the back bedroom and hasn't been used in years.

 

[Guest]

- look at G-Sync monitors such as the upcoming Asus 27", 2560x1440 (TN-panel only one announced so far).
- 4K is mostly pointless for gaming, most don't look much better than 1920x1080 though 2560x1440 is the "sweet spot" and that has no 60Hz issues.
- so again, don't pay a lot more for 4K when 2560x1440 gives you almost the same thing for cheaper (Asus has a nice 27", 2560x1440, IPS panel, non G-Sync monitor for just over $500 USD).