Dell 4K Displays

[Paris Remillard]

Hey, I just saw this posted on another forum. Thought I'd share it over here.

http://www.gearlog.com/2007/05/dell_...slim_displ.php

Up to 4K, only half an inch thick, and available later this year. Not too shabby.

[Emanuel A.]

Nice info.

BTW, check your PM box please.

EDIT -- Thanks for your PM. Much appreciated.

[Hrvoje Simic]

Now that looks like a next-gen display.

[Tom Lowe]

Where does it say 4K?

[Adrian T.]

Where does it say 4K?

It says "up to 4x the current HDTV resolutions". Whatever that means... :unsure:

[Robert P. Hogue]

Hey, I just saw this posted on another forum. Thought I'd share it over here.

http://www.gearlog.com/2007/05/dell_...slim_displ.php

Up to 4K, only half an inch thick, and available later this year. Not too shabby.

If Dell is coming out with a 4k capable monitor, Apple is probably going to do so very soon, but details are probably heavily embargoed.

[PaulClements]

That looks sweet, though I don't think (As Tom indicates) it'll be 4k. They say four times HDTV, so...

If it's 4 x 720p then that'd be 3686400 pixels, about a third of 4k 16:9 (9434880 pixels)

If it's 4 x 1080p then that'd be 8294400 so just shy of that elusive 4k mark: 3840x2160

I think my maths is correct, feel free to check over it and put me in my place if I'm wrong.

[Tom Lowe]

hmmm... so 1080 x 4 is roughly 4K? i thought it was like 6 x times more or something like that for 4K, but i won't attempt the math.

[maximose]

I'm not real knowledgeable in this area, but it seems 4k in your face would be over kill. Wouldn't you need a larger surface area to really notice the fine detail?

[Chris Kenny]

I'm not real knowledgeable in this area, but it seems 4k in your face would be over kill. Wouldn't you need a larger surface area to really notice the fine detail?

It all comes down to how much of your field of view the image fills, which is, of course, determined both by how big the screen is and how far away you are.

As a general rule you need to sit within about two screen heights to see the resolution of 4K. With a 30" 16:9 screen, that means about two feet. That's not an unreasonably close distance for a computer screen.