More New 5K Monitors Announced!

[melodibit]

BenQ PD27305S. This is a 27" 5k monitor. It is not a cheap monitor considering that it costs around $1,200 USD, but color calibration and things like that aren't an issue, since BenQ provides the software and controls to calibrate it-if that is what one wants to do. However, the monitor is pre-calibrated to meet standard specifications for photographers, for example.

That model is “real 5K”. It’s actually 5120 x 2880 pixels @ 218 PPI. It’s comparable to the 5K iMac and Studio Display. That’s a really good display.

That’s not what OP is trying to defend as “real 5K”.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

That model is “real 5K”. It’s actually 5120 x 2880 pixels @ 218 PPI. It’s comparable to the 5K iMac and Studio Display. That’s a really good display.

That’s not what OP is trying to defend as “real 5K”.

Thanks! I understand 👌

By the way, while the plastic case or back, and even the metallic stand of this BenQ display is not as fancy as the aluminum Apple display, it still offers a lot more features than the standard stand that comes with the Apple Studio display. On its BenQ stand I can rotate the monitor, tilt, raise or lower the monitor, all with very little effort (it does not feel heavy at all, and the movement is butter smooth). BenQ does offer optional monitor stands that have more features, but these are relatively inexpensive compared to the Apple ones.

 

[bigglow]

Apple is one company making a monitor with 5k resolution. They aren't the only one and they weren't the first one. What the industry decides is the standard is the standard. Apple users are free to continue to be confused by Apple's marketing if they want, but that doesn't make the industry wrong for following an industry standard for naming.

The only company doing the "misleading" here is Apple.

Apple was the first company to offer a product wit ha 27" 5K display in the 2014 iMac 27" 5K.

2 years later LG offered a stand alone Thunderbolt 3 display with that panel.

It appears that it took nearly a dozen years for other brands to offer a 27" 5K display at a higher than 60Hz refresh rate.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

Timeline of 5k computer screens

I wonder which company was first to develop the 5k screen technology? Maybe Dell?