Oh I just found a sharpness setting in with brightness and contrast which has helped. Much more usable now. I think the 30" is still crisper in comparison but at least its a lot closer now.
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Stephen Price <[email protected]>wrote: > Dave, I blame you entirely. > > I got the monitor (Samsung 4K) and have mixed results. It's entirely > dependant on what your graphics card can do. > When I plug it into my desktop (sporting a GTX690) it only seems to > support 2560x1440. That said there is a box to enter a custom res which I > can select 3840x2160 @ 30hz. It won't go higher (which I think is normal > see note following regarding QuadHD laptop). > It works but it seems somewhat blurry. I'm not sure yet if I will use it > at higher res or drop back to the one it wants to use. It seems way > crisper/sharper at that. If I go that route then its an expensive Ultra > monitor. (which is future proof when my graphics cards catch up). > > I did plug in my Samsung Book 9 plus which is QuadHD (on the laptop) and > the output looked fantastic. So there's nothing wrong with the monitor. The > laptop (using mini hdmi or whatever it is, a strange small connector) to > HDMI did 3840x2160 @ 30hz and looked crisp and clear. I may end up putting > my 30inch back in the middle (which is amazingly much larger considering 28 > vs 30 is only 2") and using the new samsung 4K monitor as second screen for > my laptop. (I usually RDP to my laptops to get 4 screen support anyway > so... ahhhhhh) > > So my take on this, if you have a new machine with Haswell chipset then > I'd say go for it. Anything else and you may well be dissapointed (although > it might trigger further graphics card upgrades which is always good haha) > > Stephen (your friendly neighbourhood Guinea Pig) > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Dave Walker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Do you need some enabling? >> >> You should buy one Stephen. Then tell the rest of us how it is for >> coding/etc. >> >> >> On 21 May 2014 18:38, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah I've been looking at that monitor for a week now. Austin Computers >>> has them in stock. >>> >>> http://www.austin.net.au/shop-categories/monitor/samsung-u28d590d-28-3840-x-2160-widescreen-le.html >>> >>> To be honest I'm not even sure why I don't have one now. Delaying the >>> impulse buy as long as I can... :) >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Dave Walker <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone looking to get a U28D590D 4K / 3840 X 2160 monitor when they >>>> are released? >>>> >>>> Look pretty awesome.. >>>> http://www.samsung.com/levant/consumer/computers-peripherals/monitors/led-monitor/LU28D590DS/ZN >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
