Review of the 32" dell 4k

[Jordan Zielin]

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_up3214q.htm

so is this pretty much the same as the Sharp/Asus (which are 100% the same monitor)? yes it is the same screen, but it does seems it is a different black light.

Considering the price and positioning of this screen wide gamut is likely to be a useful selling point, and something which has not been offered to date from other 4k 31.5" rivals like the Asus PQ321Q for example.

This makes the UP3214Q a good choice for colour critical work and certainly separates it from models like the Asus PQ321Q which is only a standard gamut screen. The panel also has 10-bit colour support for those who need it and a partly useful uniformity correction feature too. A few extras like touch-sensitive buttons, USB 3.0 ports and a card reader add to the premium feel of this display as well, along with its decent stand and adjustment range.

hrmmm... is that really a new feature of the dell? of just something sharp/asus marketing didn't bring up.

I have the sharp and hate the cheap feel of it and am kinda looking for a reason to get the dell. Other than not having as bad edge bleed (and much better OSD.. and game mode (which is useful to me)... is there a real difference between the sharp/asus and the dell?

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I have no idea what that review is talking about -- the Sharp and ASUS version of this display also support 10-bit input, even at 4K. 10bit is only supported in dual stream / MST mode over DisplayPort because then the display is fed as two 1920x2160 screens. As far as I can tell, it's the same backlight system on the Dell. Display inputs are the same, seems to have the same guts (and I've been told as much), even the menus are nearly identical to the Sharp and ASUS. Dell has added a few extra bells and whistles like the USB hub and card reader and their usual capacitive buttons.

EDIT, I finished reading through the whole review. I think this is a great summary and assessment of the Dell. Based on what I knew before and now after reading this, It would definitely be my 32" UHD display of choice, of the ones that are on the market at this moment. However, it still seems that the reviewer did not realize that the Sharp and ASUS also support 10bit and are advertised with the same sRGB and Adobe RGB coverage as this display. I'm also to understand that the backlight system is integral to the Sharp IGZO panel here.

I like what Dell has done with the extras and the additional calibration tools. The 24" has several of these same features as well, but lacks some of the 32" models extras.

I had the 24" Dell here briefly and sent it back the other day. It felt pretty cheap too, didn't have any light leaks that are common with the Sharp and ASUS. Although my colleague who has the ASUS, which we also played with on the new Mac Pro, doesn't have any light leaks either. Way back when they first came out, I picked up a Sharp PN-K321 and returned it because of terrible light leakage along the bottom edge and drivers at the time not playing nice for 4K 60Hz. The Sharp and ASUS both work fine at 4K 60Hz MST on the new Mac Pro. The 24" Dell did not -- the primary reason I sent it back. The left half of the screen had some sparkles and occasional flickers/ sync issues. I decided I didn't want to fight it, or screw with making it work. I'm sure it could be resolved with some tweaking of modes in OSX to get the proper timings as that looks like what the issue was.

I actually like the 24" size over the 32" size. On the 24" we can enable HiDPI mode and it becomes a "retina" 1080p display. That is much more fitting of the 24" size, although it feels a bit cramped for my tastes. I'm hoping Apple or Samsung or someone releases a 27~30" 5120x2880 so we can have a 2:1 HiDPI "retina" display with more real-estate and enough room to see 4K DCI or UHD image at 1:1 and still have some room for other controls.

 

[Jordan Zielin]

looks like the 28" monitors are a different screen?

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/30.htm#asus_pb287q

Asus have just announced a new 28” widescreen monitor in their range, the PB287Q. This screen offers a 4k resolution (3840 x 2160) and is aimed at gamers with a 1ms G2G response time and a TN Film panel. Asus are driving down the price of these new 4k screens and the PB287Q will apparently retail for $799 USD, putting it in direct competition with Dell’s equivalent P2815Q monitor we discussed recently. Both should be using the same panel as well. The stand offers tilt, swivel, height and rotate adjustments. There are HDMI (with MHL) and DisplayPort connections available, and the screen has PiP and PbP support and integrated 2W stereo speakers.
The PB287Q is expected to be available in late Q2.

 

[Dunkan Wolf]

28" uses a TN panel

 

[Roger Singh]

I've been very happy with my NEC Sprectaview 27" monitor for the last couple of years, I even prefer it over the HP dreamcolor. Although, there's no doubt in my mind that a 4K monitor will be my next purchase, but my question is it even worth buying one when none of them even come close to the Rec. 2020 color space?

I see these monitors great for photoshop.

Maybe, it's great monitor to use with a NLE because the video windows will be around 1080p, or Resolve, but I don't see the point of it to watch or finish 4K projects.