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[Dwood]

Except those are discontinued for some reason and that sucks.

plz bring back high pixel density small form factor monitors

Mac gets it point #1

2560-by-1600 IN A THIRTEEN-INCH LAPTOP.
2880x1800 display in a 15" LAPTOP.

See ebay: HERE

I'm tempted to grab one of those 2880x1800 for 150, and purchase a compatible controller board for $100. There's a guy who made his own... If we can find a 2880x1800 for ~$80 or less, it's an instant-buy, to be honest. Though, you can grab a 9" retina display for around the same price.

point #2

Edit:

I firmly believe the problem with monitors, is that the prices do not scale appropriately. As higher resolution and hertz etc comes out, the lower-end models should drop in price, by orders of magnitudes. The problem is that people still buy the lower end models, bringing up the price of said models, so there's a marginal if any, difference between the two. Thus, screen-makers are not as inclined to offer a good deal for their lcd screens except in the case of TV's which, by comparison, still suck.

[Warsaw]

There was also once a time where you had monitors at 5:4.
16:10 is sadly the last bastion of PC-unique resolutions and the final hope for something other than a television-based experience.
Woe is life until 8k. Apparently we're all supposed to just stop caring then because pixel density is so crazy good.

My previous monitor was 5:4. If getting the Dell U3011 wasn't another $200 over the U2711, I would have gotten it. Alas, $200 for another 160 vertical lines was just not worth it. So, 16:9 for me it was. On the upside, it means I don't have letterboxing or distortion when using my Xbox 360 with it.

[Tnnaas]

Since the last few posts were about the wonderful world of 4k monitors, I figured I might post this here. Copy-pasta quoting because plagiarism is bad.

Details are limited, but the a 24inch 4K monitor makes a surface on Dell website.
The Dell UltraSharp UP2414Q is a Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 resolution monitor, IPS panel, with 178 degree view angle in all directions.



This massive high pixel density monitor, comes with 100% sRGB coverage, and 99% AdobeRGB coverage. That's right, it s a wide gamut monitor.
It also comes with 2 manufacture color calibrated profiles: AdobeRGB and sRGB profiles, with report, with a claimed Delta-E<2. It can display up to 1.07 billion colors if you have the hardware and content to enjoy such amount of colors, and includes a user-accessible (so programmable) Look-up table (LUT), accessible and configurable via the optional X-Rite i1Display Pro colormeter.

The monitor is fully adjustable, and comes with as input: HDMI, DisplayPort, and mini-DisplayPort. It has a 6-1 media card reader and 4 USB 3.0 ports on the back.



Like all Dell monitors, is features a 3 year warranty with Dell's Advance Exchange Server, and Premium Panel Guaranty, however details are unknown for this resolution screen. But If it's like the large 32inch version of the same reslution, it's 0 bright pixel guaranty, meaning if you see 1 stuck or bright pixel -> replacement. And 6 or more dead pixel, yes, even for this huge ass resolution -> replacement. No zone or distance policy. Dell pays shipping and arranges for everything, both directions. You get to keep the monitor while you await for the replacement.



Source: http://www1.la.dell....-up2414q&s=corp

No details on price or availability yet.

Hoping we will see this be not several thousand dollars, but who knows. vOv

[Dwood]

I am now going to cease any purchasing and save up for the day that monitor comes out.

[Rosco]

Hi guys

in a vague attempt to not post something caked in sarcasm in an otherwise terribly depressing world.. building a machine which requires a bit of mobility (possible future LAN parties but also for my desk space) but should be capable of HD gaming with a bit of future proofing.. (no fucks given about 4k monitors currently)

any thoughts or is the below okay?

Power Supply: Corsair CX750 750W
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.5Ghz
Processor Cooler: Corsair H80i Water Cooling System
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz/PC12800
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Mini ITX
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780Ti 3GB
Hard Drive: Corsair 120GB Force LS Solid State Drive
2nd Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive 7200rpm 32MB Cache

will be housed in this.. [/no mac pro inspiration]


I do feel like i'm limited by wanting it to be in a smaller form factor but it should be a fun build. I also am actually for once stumped on the os to install on it too. I would like to drop win7 ultimate on it but I know the whole optimised for 8.1 thing is pretty common too..

[Warsaw]

You won't suffer from having Windows 7 Ultimate on it for several years, and whatever comes after 8 has to be good because of the Microsoft Cycle (TM), right?

Otherwise, awesome build. Don't like the SSD, would prefer Intel, Samsung, SanDisk, or Crucial, but otherwise no gripes.

[Zeph]

Go win7. Win8 isn't actually windows, but Microsoft's side-OS Tiles rebranded because new things scare people.

How have SSDs been over the past couple of years? Last I paid attention to them Cherryville just came out and was curb stomping everything else. That still the case?

[Rosco]

You won't suffer from having Windows 7 Ultimate on it for several years, and whatever comes after 8 has to be good because of the Microsoft Cycle (TM), right?

Otherwise, awesome build. Don't like the SSD, would prefer Intel, Samsung, SanDisk, or Crucial, but otherwise no gripes.

Oh don't worry I'll be investing in a 1TB SSD from either intel or samsung, just not really ready to spend more than an xbox one cost on storage space yet when really all the ssd needs to do is load the os among other bits and pieces ..

fake edit: plus i can't get away with being THAT selfish this close to christmas haha

real edit: thanks for the advice, i have pro/ultimate licenses for them, just personally not sold on either anymore.. perhaps steam os!!

[Dwood]

Oh don't worry I'll be investing in a 1TB SSD from either intel or samsung

<- link on a side note, that's cheaper than i was expecting, and the price per gig actually goes down compared to the past when price per gig would go up with each higher capacity.

[Warsaw]

Oh don't worry I'll be investing in a 1TB SSD from either intel or samsung, just not really ready to spend more than an xbox one cost on storage space yet when really all the ssd needs to do is load the os among other bits and pieces ..

fake edit: plus i can't get away with being THAT selfish this close to christmas haha

real edit: thanks for the advice, i have pro/ultimate licenses for them, just personally not sold on either anymore.. perhaps steam os!!

Yeah, the only reason I was suggesting the other brands is reliability. Hell, I got a 128 GB Crucial M4 and it still died on me.