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QOTW: Will you be upgrading to a 4K monitor?

by Parm Mann on 17 October 2014, 16:30

Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), Iiyama, Philips (AMS:PHIA), AOC, Samsung (005935.KS), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL)

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The Megahertz race is old news and there's arguably something better taking its place: the desire to fill our displays with more pixels than ever before.

From small smartphones, to PC monitors and big-screen TVs, pixel density has become a crucial component, with the industry's biggest names pushing high-res panels as the greatest innovation since good ol' 1080p.

We're self-confessed fans of 4K PC monitors and have recently reviewed units from the likes of Iiyama, AOC and Asus, but it's that time of the week where we put the question to you, so let us ask: will you be upgrading to a 4K monitor?

Perhaps you've already done so, maybe you have such an upgrade in the pipeline, or are you waiting for the tech to mature? Share your thoughts using the comments facility below.



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Not for a while.

1. I don't want a TN panel
2. I don't want to upgrade to 2 high-end GFX cards
3. 2560x1600 is better then I require right now for gaming and I have 2 of them for desktop work
4. For the living room I can't see much benefit from 1080p>4k in video quality terms (full bitrate 1080p still looks gorgeous and better than over-compressed 4k), nor do I see much content to do it justice coming any time soon and again I don't want to double my gfx power to game on it
Not for a while.

1. I don't want a TN panel
2. I don't want to upgrade to 2 high-end GFX cards
3. 2560x1600 is better then I require right now for gaming and I have 2 of them for desktop work
4. For the living room I can't see much benefit from 1080p>4k in video quality terms (full bitrate 1080p still looks gorgeous and better than over-compressed 4k), nor do I see much content to do it justice coming any time soon and again I don't want to double my gfx power to game on it
Hell no. 4K is long off being a sensible upgrade for me
Primey0
Hell no. ….
That.
Not worth the money currently and with the scaling problems it will cause with various applications would be a pain.