Some notes on driving the Seiki 4K with a 1st generation MacBook Pro Retina. 50” is too big for desktop, better with multiple monitors that surround you. 39” i

Some notes on driving the Seiki 4K with a 1st generation MacBook Pro Retina. 50” is too big for desktop, better with multiple monitors that surround you. 39” is ok, but scaling has been an issue: text is sharp at 4K and 1080p. But, non power of two scaling looks really blurry. At 4K, text is too small, and at 1080p, text is a bit large. When compared to retina, fonts look uneven, so I wind up coding on the MBP and use the 4K for Skype, email, etc. Getting full 4K native between OSX and Seiki required some fiddling with SwitchResX. This was back in January and perhaps the drivers have been improved? Was underwhelmed until I got full 4K going. And then: Wow! Breathtaking! Too bad my first generation Mac Book Pro retina can only drive the 4K at 15hz, newer model MBP should work at 30hz. With SwitchResX, I can drive the Seiki at 1080p60 and 1080p50, which is useful for previewing visual music pieces at different refresh rates. So, am generally pleased with the Seiki for working with media, though I haven’t done much work with gradients and skin tones. MMV.