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I have been waiting for this for years [1]. I am salivating at the thought and I'm eager to know the price. Will I be able to afford to retire my 30" monitors

by bhauer 13y ago

I have been waiting for this for years [1]. I am salivating at the thought and I'm eager to know the price. Will I be able to afford to retire my 30" monitors that were first manufactured eight years ago? ASUS, if you're reading this: I'd say add an option to drop the integrated speakers because I still want a very thin bezel so that I can orient two or three side-by-side. Edit: Ars has a photo of the PQ321 [2]. [1] http://tiamat.tsotech.com/displays-are-the-key http://tiamat.tsotech.com/displays-are-the-key [2] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/05/asus-brings-4k-to-your-desktop-with-massive-31-5-3840x2160-monitor/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/05/asus-brings-4k-to-you...

vadman 13y ago
They are using Sharp's 4K IGZO panel. The MSRP for Sharp's own monitor is $5500, the street price is closer to $4800. ASUS will be in the same ballpark most likely. If you can just order 3 of them to put side by side in portrait mode, I envy you :) BTW - one nasty thing about the Sharp display is that it's LED edge-lit, and the ASUS is most likely the same (the press release says "backlit" but they don't mention local dimming so I'm guessing edge-lit as well). Perhaps I am being an unreasonable purist, but I don't like such corner-cutting on premium displays.
- bhauer 13y ago
  That is disappointingly pricey, but not all that surprising. Maybe just one to start out with. :) I can rationalize such caution against my desire to splurge thus: with any luck, this will spark a little bit of necessary competition in desktop displays; an area stagnant since 2005's introduction of 30" 2560x1600 monitors. Better to have not invested heavily in the initial offering. Plus, as you point out, there may be some odd corners cut. Edge-lit? Boo. On the other hand, I've been dealing with four fluorescent backlit 30" monitors for years. LED backlit would be an upgrade even with an edge-lit design. Is it too much to ask for OLED or similar 150+ dpi displays on my desktop before the close of the 2010s? 50+ inch. Possibly even flexible/concave. Please?
fdm 13y ago
There are more pictures here: http://www.techpowerup.com/184696/asus-launches-pq321-monitor-with-3840-x-2160-igzo-display.html http://www.techpowerup.com/184696/asus-launches-pq321-monito...

by bhauer 13y ago

vadman 13y ago

They are using Sharp's 4K IGZO panel. The MSRP for Sharp's own monitor is $5500, the street price is closer to $4800. ASUS will be in the same ballpark most likely. If you can just order 3 of them to put side by side in portrait mode, I envy you :) BTW - one nasty thing about the Sharp display is that it's LED edge-lit, and the ASUS is most likely the same (the press release says "backlit" but they don't mention local dimming so I'm guessing edge-lit as well). Perhaps I am being an unreasonable purist, but I don't like such corner-cutting on premium displays.

bhauer 13y ago
That is disappointingly pricey, but not all that surprising. Maybe just one to start out with. :) I can rationalize such caution against my desire to splurge thus: with any luck, this will spark a little bit of necessary competition in desktop displays; an area stagnant since 2005's introduction of 30" 2560x1600 monitors. Better to have not invested heavily in the initial offering. Plus, as you point out, there may be some odd corners cut. Edge-lit? Boo. On the other hand, I've been dealing with four fluorescent backlit 30" monitors for years. LED backlit would be an upgrade even with an edge-lit design. Is it too much to ask for OLED or similar 150+ dpi displays on my desktop before the close of the 2010s? 50+ inch. Possibly even flexible/concave. Please?

fdm 13y ago

There are more pictures here: http://www.techpowerup.com/184696/asus-launches-pq321-monitor-with-3840-x-2160-igzo-display.html http://www.techpowerup.com/184696/asus-launches-pq321-monito...