Posts by candre23

Lets try to remember that h.265 is still essentially in a pre-alpha phase. The "standard" isn't totally finalized, nobody has even announced potential release dates for compatible hardware, and software compression currently chugs away...

Quote:Originally Posted by Chronoptimist Works for me. 30" is too small. I have to agree. With a 50" set, you're looking at about the same dot pitch as a 27" 1080p panel. Much smaller and you won't be able to make out individual...

Quote:Originally Posted by irkuck I wonder in fact if Sharp monitor is able to run 4K video without problems. According to this guy, no. Granted the problem may well be with nvidia's imperfect pseudo-multi-monitor scheme, but he...

Quote:Originally Posted by vinnie97 relatively dire broadband outlook Nothing short of federal legislation against the bitmonger oligopolies will change that. We could have had fiber to 95% of US homes by now for what we've paid to...

As an interconnect standard that can do 4k @ 60Hz is still 1-2 years away, and who knows how long it will take manufacturers to actually start implementing that once its available, nobody has much of a choice right now.

Quote:Originally Posted by vinnie97 Not meaning to deflate the mood, but moving faster in everything but the content. Chicken and egg. Somebody has to get to market first. Now that 4k panels are getting down into mainstream price...

Thanks for that link. Most importantly for me, he says it works great at 30Hz for desktop stuff, it's just not ideal for games. That's fine, since I don't do a ton of gaming anyway. What I'm really looking for is a ton of screen real...

Quote:Originally Posted by Elvis Is Alive I'd buy a 4K display to have passive 3D at full resolution if for no other reason. That's a very good point, and one I hadn't thought of. If anything, that would make the inability to...

Quote:Originally Posted by rogo Am I the only person who wants this on their desk as a computer monitor? I'm interested for this exact reason. As everybody has been saying, 4k is overkill unless the display is huge or you're...

Very positive review on Gizmodo. Not exactly an exhaustive review, but they were just about floored by the video quality. Still not enough for me to buy this as a monitor without seeing it used as a monitor though.