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Unfortunately, commercial displays are typically much more expensive and lack a lot of the modern picture-quality features most people would consider requiremen

by Exmoor 6y ago

Unfortunately, commercial displays are typically much more expensive and lack a lot of the modern picture-quality features most people would consider requirements at this point like 4K and HDR.

rsync 6y ago
There was, indeed, a sweet spot between 2010-2012 (or so) wherein 4k content and HDR, etc., were not yet widespread but very nice commercial display panels @ 1920x1080 had dropped in price to around $1000 or $1200. I bought a brand new NEC P461 (you've seen these used as departure/arrival boards in airports) in 2011 ... it's a heavy duty piece of industrial gear, was totally "dumb" in terms of networking and features, and had a very small bezel. It has been perfect these past ten years and I use it every day as the fourth monitor on my mac pro ... but my grandparent is correct: 4k commercial displays with high end picture features either don't exist or are extremely expensive. Consider: if you need a 4k commercial display, you are encourage to simply combine 4 1080p displays into a 2x2 video wall. For this reason, there is not as much demand from end users for high resolution commercial displays as perhaps you'd think there would be ... EDIT: I was curious as to what the landscape was like at the end of 2020 and I see: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/products/displays/4k-uhd/qm-series/qmr-series-50-lh50qmrebgcxza/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/products/displays/4k-uhd... (which is the Samsung LH50QMREBGCXZA) selling for roughly $1000 USD (or $1200 CAD). I see that it is a "Cisco Certified Compatible Display" which gives me pause ... but I think I will get one of these and see how it behaves ... EDIT 2: The samsung model is described as having "Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth" which is sort of a deal breaker ... we'll see.
- smichel17 6y ago
  Please keep us/me updated! I'm interested in something like that, but don't currently have the disposable income to purchase one as a test.
- kazinator 6y ago
  If it doesn't have at least 3 HDMI ports, dealbreaker.
- iso1210 6y ago
  I bought 4x95" screens in 2016, they had an ethernet connection which allowed remote control (to connect to an isolated vlan). Sadly some proprietary interface so in the end I just used the supplied remotes to control them (brightness, OSD timers, etc).

by Exmoor 6y ago

Unfortunately, commercial displays are typically much more expensive and lack a lot of the modern picture-quality features most people would consider requirements at this point like 4K and HDR.

rsync 6y ago

There was, indeed, a sweet spot between 2010-2012 (or so) wherein 4k content and HDR, etc., were not yet widespread but very nice commercial display panels @ 1920x1080 had dropped in price to around $1000 or $1200. I bought a brand new NEC P461 (you've seen these used as departure/arrival boards in airports) in 2011 ... it's a heavy duty piece of industrial gear, was totally "dumb" in terms of networking and features, and had a very small bezel. It has been perfect these past ten years and I use it every day as the fourth monitor on my mac pro ... but my grandparent is correct: 4k commercial displays with high end picture features either don't exist or are extremely expensive. Consider: if you need a 4k commercial display, you are encourage to simply combine 4 1080p displays into a 2x2 video wall. For this reason, there is not as much demand from end users for high resolution commercial displays as perhaps you'd think there would be ... EDIT: I was curious as to what the landscape was like at the end of 2020 and I see: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/products/displays/4k-uhd/qm-series/qmr-series-50-lh50qmrebgcxza/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/products/displays/4k-uhd... (which is the Samsung LH50QMREBGCXZA) selling for roughly $1000 USD (or $1200 CAD). I see that it is a "Cisco Certified Compatible Display" which gives me pause ... but I think I will get one of these and see how it behaves ... EDIT 2: The samsung model is described as having "Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth" which is sort of a deal breaker ... we'll see.

smichel17 6y ago
Please keep us/me updated! I'm interested in something like that, but don't currently have the disposable income to purchase one as a test.
kazinator 6y ago
If it doesn't have at least 3 HDMI ports, dealbreaker.
iso1210 6y ago
I bought 4x95" screens in 2016, they had an ethernet connection which allowed remote control (to connect to an isolated vlan). Sadly some proprietary interface so in the end I just used the supplied remotes to control them (brightness, OSD timers, etc).