Monday, January 9th 2023
Dell Announces 32-inch UltraSharp 6K Monitor With Thunderbolt 4 at CES
For those of you that find a 4K monitor to lack in resolution, but 8K being a bit too pricey, Dell announced a 6K option at CES in the shape of the 32-inch U3224KB monitor. The IPS Black panel features a 6144 x 3456 pixel resolution with 178 degree viewing angles, a contrast ratio of 2000:1 and it's also VESA DisplayHDR 600 certified. As this is a professional monitor, it offers a colour gamut that meets 99 percent of the DCI-P3 colour space, as well as 100 percent of the sRGB and Rec. 709 standards.
On the connectivity side, it supports Thunderbolt 4, with one input and one throughput, which includes 140 W power delivery, the highest we've seen to date from a monitor. It also has a pair of additional pop-out front facing USB-C ports, which can deliver 15 W of power, as well as a USB-A port, all of which are able to deliver data speeds of up to 10 Gbps and four rear mounted USB-A ports. Display inputs consist of one HDMI 2.1, one mini DP 2.1, one USB-C with unknown DisplayPort standard support, as well as one of the Thunderbolt 4 ports. Finally the U3224KB also features an RJ45 jack for Ethernet connectivity.
The bulge on top of the monitor is a 4K 30p webcam with a "dual gain" HDR CMOS sensor with an adjustable field of view of either 65, 78 or 90 degrees. On each side of the camera are a pair of 14 W speakers, as well as dual echo cancellation microphones. The stand supports tilt, pivot, swivel and height adjustment. Other nifty features include picture-by-picture and picture-in-picture support, as well as KVM support. Dell didn't provide any pricing, as the monitor isn't expected to launch until sometime later in the first half of this year.
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On the connectivity side, it supports Thunderbolt 4, with one input and one throughput, which includes 140 W power delivery, the highest we've seen to date from a monitor. It also has a pair of additional pop-out front facing USB-C ports, which can deliver 15 W of power, as well as a USB-A port, all of which are able to deliver data speeds of up to 10 Gbps and four rear mounted USB-A ports. Display inputs consist of one HDMI 2.1, one mini DP 2.1, one USB-C with unknown DisplayPort standard support, as well as one of the Thunderbolt 4 ports. Finally the U3224KB also features an RJ45 jack for Ethernet connectivity.
46 Comments on Dell Announces 32-inch UltraSharp 6K Monitor With Thunderbolt 4 at CES
People here are once again refusing to look at new products from any perspective but their own. High-DPI monitors are very popular in certain market segments and absolutely have their use cases.
But as neither are true, 27 Inch 1440p is still the sweet spot. As long as I'm above 100dpi, I can draw comfortably, and as long as I'm below 4K, I can game comfortably with my current budget and hardware.
I'm very reluctant to consider buying a high dpi monitor because I believe the answer is still" many". My experience with Windows itself is actually good, even on XP I used 125% size setting or higher, and most of the UI scaled well.
On a perhaps more important side, 6k is very loosely defined (just as "2k" was), 8k while loosely defined as well (all formats kinda are) is just double 4k on each side, as 4k ended as double 1080p on each side. Broadcast/media needs to be able to set a number so 8k is likely to win there by default
The 99% DCI-P3 gamut is about as good as it gets if you do photo and video editing. Many monitors that are much cheaper don't even come close to that spec. If you price monitors aimed at this type of work, they all are relatively more expensive. If you're aiming for gaming, there are other much cheaper options that should do the job better. This is a monitor aimed at the pro environment, where it's a tool to help make a living. There is always a premium on that.