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Samsung Launches $3,500 'Odyssey Ark' 55-Inch Curved Gaming Display
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Matte typically diffuses the color coming from the screen as well has light from other sources.
Glossy is just plain regular glass. Folks have been OK with regular glass for hundreds of years. Matte is where smear/etch something onto the glass.
There are good and bad ways to implement both that diminish the negative trade-offs.
I use two Dell U4320Q for my trading setup. Look how the girl is stretching her neck when the monitor is in portrait mode.
55" 4K is fine for tv (actually great) as you don't sit that close. For a monitor, its useless as the ppi will be too low and you can also forget retina. This product is DOA for any sensible person that values their vision.
Yes, I heard him say that, then later on, at 5:20 he says that there's a lack of ports on the back because Samsung uses its One-Connect Box that includes four HDMI 2.1 ports.
I'm confused.
4K takes more bandwidth to transmit than HD broadcast. In most countries the amount of TV spectrum is fixed. That means bandwidth is a limited resource. Most "next gen" broadcast standards are picking up H.265/HEVC to pack more video data into a smaller amount of space. But H.265 works about as effectively on HD as 4K. Which means the TV station could possible broadcast even more channels with HD 'Sub channels". More channels means more commercials ( at least where not 100% funded by the government... ). If I recall correctly, most of the "Next gen" broadcasting standard do not technically 'ban' HD resolution from the standard. It is still there. So all of the content broadcast doesn't have to be 4K. The encoding is the major new thing, not the resolution. The new encoding provides more options in resolution more so than rigid new resolution standard.
Even more so if country is repacking TV stations into smaller spectrum so can re-assign some legacy TV spectrum into 5G wireless internet usage.
You could be waiting a pretty long time. Unless the government is mandating that all stations go 4K by date xx/yy/zz and the money for hardware upgrades flows like a non-drought river at the broadcasters,
Most decent mid-upper range 4K TVs ( in major markets) can upscale HD to 4K fairly well. No it won't magically become as 4K HDR content , but doesn't necessarily have to look like same old HD.
( for this Samsung TV "monitor" the tech blurb doesn't mention the upscaler but there probably is one that has been tuned to the miniLED backlight abilities. )
Yep but that’s infinitely sized, 360 degrees, etc. I don’t think a 55” curved screen is going to replace “real life” anytime soon.
Maybe I don’t have the full peripheral vision that some have 🤦♂️😂
Even a 32” monitor monitor felt like it was too much. I got used to it but if I had to pick a size for me I would say 27”. I like multiple monitors but I don’t use them by looking between them like if it was one big wide one. I turn my head to each one and use them separately for different applications.
Yeah, owning a Mac plus a separate gaming PC would be the optimum approach for Mac users who want to play games. And if you can afford one of these, you can afford to buy both a Mac and a gaming PC.
Though it's worth noting that's often not the case--many can't afford to own both; just look at all the threads here from people trying to decide whether they should spend an extra $200 to get an Air with 16 GB RAM instead of 8 GB RAM. They might be able to buy a used PS or XBox, but not a decent gaming PC. There's a reason Apple's least expensive laptop is also its highest seller.
Likewise, if hammers and screwdrives cost over $1k each, I think you'd find a lot people didn't own both
. Instead, they'd probably be buying tools that had a hammer on one end and a screwdriver on the other (a scrammer?).
Well everyone has a budget. I'm not rich by any means so it's not like I'm saying well why doesn't everyone drive a Ferrari. Also just because someone is debating on spending $200 for an upgrade doesn't mean it's their last bit of money they're spending. I find often people who are upper middle class or rich will be a bit more thrifty when it comes to wasting money. They're not going to say "I need 16 of RAM to browse Facebook and office docs". There's exceptions to every rule but for the people I've met in the USA they don't just waste money.Yeah, owning a Mac plus a separate gaming PC would be the optimum approach for Mac users who want to play games. And if you can afford one of these, you can afford to buy both a Mac and a gaming PC.
Though it's worth noting that's often not the case--many can't afford to own both; just look at all the threads here from people trying to decide whether they should spend an extra $200 to get an Air with 16 GB RAM instead of 8 GB RAM. They might be able to buy a used PS or XBox, but not a decent gaming PC. There's a reason Apple's least expensive laptop is also its highest seller.
Likewise, if hammers and screwdrives cost over $1k each, I think you'd find a lot people didn't own both
Everything is relative and my comment is based on life in the USA. There are other countries where if you're "poor" you might not be able to afford any computer and if you're lucky to have a Mac it could be a decade old. We all try to do our best to survive and when it comes down to it you get what is in your budget.
If you're on a really tight budget deciding if you want to spend $200 for a RAM upgrade on an M2 Air is probably the wrong question. You should be looking at an Apple refurbished M1 Air. If I was really tight on money that would have been my move.
My comment was a reply to "Apple user don’t play games anyway since Macs are crap from gaming…" which I think is a ignorant generalization and perhaps bait. Lots of Apple users game and even some hardheaded ones like me occasionally do it on a Mac. I agree that Macs are crap for gaming though.
I always have lots of windows open and even on my Samsung Odyssey 49" screen, I sometimes would like even more space so this new 55" monitor is half tempting me.
It has no Display port though and to get 5120 x 1440 on a Mac, It needs to be connected by a display port and have to use Switch ResX app.
The 55" Ark is only 3840 x 2160 so HDMI may work on a Mac but the PPI is lower than the 49" which is the biggest downer and all the reviews so far have been gaming themed and no-one using it for regular stuff, video editing, photoshop etc.
It has no Display port though and to get 5120 x 1440 on a Mac, It needs to be connected by a display port and have to use Switch ResX app.
The 55" Ark is only 3840 x 2160 so HDMI may work on a Mac but the PPI is lower than the 49" which is the biggest downer and all the reviews so far have been gaming themed and no-one using it for regular stuff, video editing, photoshop etc.