Monday, June 3rd 2013
ASUS Ultra HD Monitor Lineup Led by a 39-incher
It looks like the 31.5-inch PQ321 won't be the only 4K Ultra-HD monitor from ASUS for long. The company unveiled the even bigger unnamed 39-incher at Computex for a brief moment, before veiling it back, leaving us just enough time to take a few snaps. The 39-inch monitor is based on a VA (vertical-alignment) panel, compared to the IGZO panel that drives the PQ321. That could possibly make it cheaper. It offers a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels, single-figure response time, 60 Hz refresh rate (when taking input from DisplayPort 1.2), 5,000:1 static contrast ratio with dynamic mega-contrast, 350 cd/m² brightness, 170°/170° viewing angles, and inputs that include a DisplayPort 1.2, and two HDMI. It also features a different forked stand design to the PQ321.
17 Comments on ASUS Ultra HD Monitor Lineup Led by a 39-incher
However, "relatively" cheap for a 4K would probably be ~$2000 for the 31.5" PQ321,....but i'm just guessing.
Im not really in the market for one myself but the last one I came across was a used 22" IBM 3840x2400 for ~$1600 off of Amazon directly from Amazon as the seller.
I have my eyes set on a 4k monitor by the end of the year.
Will probably be the the PQ321 or the Sharp PN-K321, although the latter's price is ridiculous atm. To be fair 2000$ would be pretty awesome considering one the first iterations of 30" 2560x1600 monitors costed around 2k EUR.
They are $1000 if you find it on a deal from Dell.
Or a Zr30w HP can be had for around that or less
....I am not willing to jump on new tech just because it is new... I give it a refresh and let it get cheaper.
4k will become a TV standard... sure in a few years. and it will be cheaper. 2k never caught on.
To get 96 ppi (the Windows standard), you'd need a 46-inch 4K monitor - or, more likely, a 4K TV repurposed as a monitor. That would be the equivalent of having four bezel-less 1080p screens in one unit.
If they begin to develop content for 4k and market it in the TV world, it has potential to do what 1080p did and become mainstream. There are no technical reasons why 1440/1600p panels must have the crazy cost of entry that they do, and the same goes for 4k. It all depends who the consumer they target is going to be. I really like the ~110 PPI mark. It's about what I've got on my 27" 1440p screen and while I can still make out the pixels, they are small enough that I never notice unless I'm looking for it. That's why I really like the idea of a 40" 4k screen for gaming :)
maybe as more are released 2560x will be more mainstream and cheaper?
looks like a pretty sweet monitor... do want... but can't afford atm
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