Friday, March 24th 2017
Dell Starts Selling its 32-inch 8K UltraSharp Monitor
Dell today started selling its flagship 32-inch (31.5-inch viewable) 8K monitor on its website. The Dell UltraSharp UP3218K boasts of "visuals that rival life," thanks to its gargantuan 7680 x 4320 pixels resolution, which is four times that of 4K Ultra HD, and sixteen times that of Full HD. At its size, the display offers a stellar pixel density of 279 ppi. Under the hood is an IPS panel with 178°/178° viewing angles, 60 Hz refresh rate, 6 ms response time (GTG), 1,300:1 static contrast ratio with dynamic mega-contrast, and 400 cd/m² maximum brightness. The display takes input from two DisplayPort 1.4 connectors. Backed by a 3-year warranty, the UltraSharp UP3218K is priced at USD $5,000.
26 Comments on Dell Starts Selling its 32-inch 8K UltraSharp Monitor
I'm not in a rush for 8K, I can wait at least until a single video card is capable of rendering an 8K display at least for 2D / desktop purposes. I passed on 4K until they were able to do this in the industry so I see no reason to deviate from that tactic.
Oh and the price is outrageously expensive too,....
IMO, it is best to actually leave the monitor/TV out of the scaling and have the GPU do the scaling. From what I can tell, at least nVidia I haven't really tested it with AMD, when you enable the option to have the GPU do the scaling, the pictures looks much better. And they do properly do a 1:4 scale when the resolutions line up and it can be done.
Fun fact, dual link DVI is just that, two sets of cables in one cable, it even gives the odd screen tear.
I feel so left out, stuck at 1080p and downloading most of things at 720p....
I wouldn't count on that either. Nvidia is clearly close to just completely dropping SLI.
8K at 31.5" like in this monitor does ~280ppi.