Anyone here using the Asus 4K display? Can you provide your thoughts? (and ideally a full 5000 word review!)
The price on this is coming down nicely... now $2700 on Amazon.
The price on this is coming down nicely... now $2700 on Amazon.
If you think you will need to switch much, avoid the Asus / Sharp twins. A few OS switch reboots mixed with whiskey and a handgun could lead to tragedy.
Going to be great tech, in 8-10 months I imagine.
My $3,500 Asus should be worth $1K or so by then.
Oh well.
That may not be the case. Display technologies typically change slower than other things. I don't think the transition will be that fast, although I'm not buying another display until 4K is a feasible purchase.
I dunno, 4K TVs are already at $400 for 40" so I can't see it taking that long for 4K monitors to become more reasonable.
Even at CES a few weeks ago, crappy 4K TN panels were announced that will start at $699 with availability in March.
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I dunno, 4K TVs are already at $400 for 40" so I can't see it taking that long for 4K monitors to become more reasonable. Today's price of $3K for 30" is an order of magnitude more expensive than it will be in 12-18 months I think. Even at CES a few weeks ago, crappy 4K TN panels were announced that will start at $699 with availability in March.
Looking specifically at displays, the higher end options haven't fallen as quickly. Some of the mid range ones take a large dip maybe halfway through a long refresh cycle. In some cases a real hardware generation in terms of upgraded panel tech can be 3 or so years, and it can fall off around 1.5. I just don't see Asus as aiming at the same crowd as the sub $1000 Dell options. Even dell has a somewhat stratified pricing schedule on 4K displays. Of course I could always be wrong.
During CES Lenovo, LGE, and Samsung all made 4K monitor announcements, and we can expect several more from other brands this year, as well, Himuro said. Sharp, Innolux, LGD, AUO, and Samsung will be the leading 4K monitor panel suppliers in 2014.
I'm not sure what you're basing your statements on but the Sharp and Asus displays were announced in the summer at a starting price of $5K and the Asus is now close to half that after just 6 months.
I thought it was around $3500? I must have been mistaken. I was considering 4K against the overall display market. Restricted to the higher quality units, Dell recently came out with a 24" for $1300. The Asus is a 31.5" if I'm not mistaken. 24" has been one of the cheaper sizes for some time now. 30" in non-4K versions remained quite high even relative to 27" displays presumably due to niche status and low shipping volume.
All the displays announced recently are indeed getting more into the affordable category. Some are based on cheaper TN panels though. What I haven't seen (and I'm waiting for) are some IPS displays from Samsung/LG.
The Dell, Sharp and Asus 31.5" 4K displays all use the same Sharp IGZO panel and the price has gone from $5K at launch to $3500 in December, to $3000, $3200, and $2700 respectively...