Dell 28-Inch 4K Monitor Priced at $699

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/09/2014 10:41 AM | source: | 22 comment(s)

But there's a catch ... it maxes out at 30Hz 3840 x 2160 and 60Hz for 1920 x 1080. yup Dell launched a pair of UltraSharp monitors boasting 4K resolution, and dangled a sweet carrot in front of our early adopting paws: a forthcoming 28-inch Ultra HD monitor that would retail for less than $1000. At CES 2014 Dell revealed it, along with an aggressive price tag: $699.

The tech industry at large is making a concentrated push toward mainstream Ultra HD adoption this year from the hardware side of things (it’s still 5 years away), and content providers like Netflix will begin shooting shows like “House of Cards” in 4K. A wealth of readily available 4K content is an important driver, and pricepoints like $699 certainly don’t hurt.

Panel tech: Anti-glare TN (not IPS which was previously rumored)
Connections: DisplayPort (v 1.21)/Mini-DisplayPort, HDMI 1.4 (MHL 2.0), DispayPort out (MST), 1 USB upstream, 4 x USB 3.02 downstream (including 1 USB charging port with BC1.2 compliance devices on back)
Color Depth: 1.073 billion colors
Viewing angle: 170 degrees
Response time: 5ms
Brightness: 300 cd/m2
Power Consumption: 75W

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Dictator93
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#4741690 Posted on: 01/11/2014 03:26 PM

if you are just a casual user, this would be a great monitor.

30hz desktop would give someone a seizure IMO

Xendance
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#4741741 Posted on: 01/11/2014 05:11 PM

Exactly!

For anyone to willingly pay up to 1k for a monitor it would have to attract the vocal community first..

My wish list,

4k none NT panel @ 24"-27" that can perfectly scale down to 1080p.
120Hz or higher in 1080p mode.
With free-sync or g-sync capabilities.

This is what I believe will attract a lot of gamers/enthusiasts, until then not many will be interested.

Eh, my monitor cost 700 USD when it was new. People will buy these for workstations first. Big resolution is great for programming for example.

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#4741976 Posted on: 01/12/2014 03:08 AM

LoL 30hz at 4k, lolololol for all that money....what a waste of cash. When 4k hit 120hz ill be interesed, we also need the gpu's with the onboard ram and fast core clocks. Looks like ill be waiting a while...4K...meh.

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#4741981 Posted on: 01/12/2014 03:27 AM

At 30Hz this monitor is good only for watching 4K movies at 30FPS. No games, no work, cursor @ 30Hz no thanks.

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#4742020 Posted on: 01/12/2014 05:05 AM

In a way this is perfect for most people at the moment. No one has the GPU muscle for 4K yet so you turn the res down to 1080 when gaming then you have the advantage of 4K for everything else.

Eh?

People have been pushing greater than 4k for a long time - in the form of Eyefinity, nVidia Surround. I see lots of people happily taunting triple 1440p/1600p monitors and getting fantastic results. Even people running 5760x1200 are not far behind the 4k barrier in reality.

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