Don't see the point of this 3840x2160 screen res below a 40" screen size. Just for bragging rights I think.

Don't see the point of this 3840x2160 screen res below a 40" screen size. Just for bragging rights I think.

I can see the point. Ppi is just really low on even 23" 1080p screen. Text rendering would highly benefit from higher resolution, believe it or not but it would make things more readable in many Asian countries. It will obviously look much better in games too.

I can see the point. Ppi is just really low on even 23" 1080p screen. Text rendering would highly benefit from higher resolution, believe it or not but it would make things more readable in many Asian countries. It will obviously look much better in games too.

I've seen it and I can confirm it - by looking at 15.4" laptops, the text on 3k one looks way better than on 1920x1080 screen, which is miles ahead of 1366x768. And I don't even mean Asian characters. I wouldn't even mind 4k 24" monitor.

Don't see the point of this 3840x2160 screen res below a 40" screen size. Just for bragging rights I think.

Well considering a human eye can detect aliasing at a resolution up to 2 arcseconds, I think you're wrong.

...later on a firmware update will be released allowing freesync

I read elsewhere that you have to ship the monitor back to Iiyama for them to flash it for you. I know some people wouldn't bother, and if true, it should be noted.

and now I read this:

Update: Well, so much for that. Steve Kilroy, Iiyama's senior account manager for the UK, hasn't heard of the FreeSync upgrade. The Overclockers UK listing is in error, he says.

http://techreport.com/news/27559/iiyama-to-offer-freesync-upgrade-for-existing-4k-monitor

Perception of resolution is only high at the centre of your vision, towards the outer vision it drops of significantly. Vision is also how your mind sees it, not necessarily how it actually is. Apparently also those 1600P or whatever mobile phone screens are just pure marketing.

They're not, I can see a clear difference on the LG G3. Everything is sharper.

Perception of resolution is only high at the centre of your vision, towards the outer vision it drops of significantly. Vision is also how your mind sees it, not necessarily how it actually is. Apparently also those 1600P or whatever mobile phone screens are just pure marketing.

Take one of those lovely LCD testers which are meant to enable you to look for broken subpixels. Pick one with vertical/horizontal black and white lines. Tell me if you can distinct from your usual viewing distance those lines in center of your field of view. Then look at left side of screen and tell me if you see gray at right side. Repeat with top/bottom. And that is twice as wide angle than looking at center and perceiving sides with peripheral vision. My 23.5" 1080p screen does not appear as grey to me at all during such test I simply see distinct black and white lines. And now this above means nothing, because when you look at some detailed thing on your screen, you want to see those details instead of watching fracking big pixels. Therefore as long as that high definition center of your vision benefits from higher ppi, such screen is not "for bragging rights only".

Perception of resolution is only high at the centre of your vision, towards the outer vision it drops of significantly. Vision is also how your mind sees it, not necessarily how it actually is. Apparently also those 1600P or whatever mobile phone screens are just pure marketing.

What's your point? Are you trying to imply higher PPI doesn't matter because your vision is most acute at the center? I suppose the screen door effect on oculus rift is also just pure marketing.

Don't see the point of this 3840x2160 screen res below a 40" screen size. Just for bragging rights I think.

I went for 27" 2k to 32" UHD monitor and I can see huge difference at image quality. So its not "only for bragging rights", thou I would take even bigger 4k screen for decent price. 32" is good enough if u got good eye sight, but from 27" 2k it took some time to get used to.