Dell Leaks Details of a 24” UHD 4K (3840x2160) Monitor, the UP2414Q

60 Comments

View All Comments

• et20 - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  This is excellent news.
  As the marketing images show, it's targetted at professional users so the price will likely be very high.

• dragonsqrrl - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  A company finally has the balls to buy the panels and bring something like this to market. Dell has a long history of excellent monitors, so I have no doubts about build or image quality. My only concern is price. If Dell can price this at ~$1000 I think that would be a really compelling buy and a huge step in the right direction, but somehow I think that's just a little too optimistic. Current 10-bit 24in 1920x1200 monitors with similar color specs are already priced at ~$1000.
  
  But regardless, big props to Dell for doing this. This is exactly what I think most people have been wanting to see, smaller (24/27in), higher PPI, high-end desktop monitors.

• Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  Dell's own wide-gamut 1920x1200 offering is currently on sale for $380...I had a suspicion that there had to be a reason to price it so low, and this looks like it.

• dragonsqrrl - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  Not sure what monitor you're referring to. If you're talking about either the U2412M or the U2414H, neither of those use 10-bit panels. The U2413 uses a 10-bit panel, but it's currently $500 after an instant rebate (MSRP $600). Still, that's a really good deal for a wide color gamut 24in monitor, and I actually wasn't even aware of its existence.
  
  The 10-bit monitors from companies like EIZO and NEC are typically in the $1000+ range. We use the NEC PA241W in my program, and they look amazing. The current gen PA242W goes for ~$1000.

• genzai - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  Dell has been running a promo for the last few days (ends 12/6 I think) that takes the U2413 down to $379. I just picked one up. Check techbargains for the coupon code.
  g\

• Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer - Monday, December 2, 2013 - link

  What genzai said. I have the predecessor (U2410) and it's been a great monitor. The U2413 would be a steal at it's current price, but I just can't see settling for less than 2560x1440 at this point when I do finally buy (a) new screen(s).

• dragonsqrrl - Monday, December 2, 2013 - link

  Hey that's the same monitor I have. Love it. And thanks for the info about the dell coupons, genzai/old_Fogie.

• xerosleep - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  32" is perfect for me if it was 4k. 24" is just to small even at 1080p. That is what I'm on now. It's nice but I stuck a 32" in front of me and it felt just awesome. But it was a TV and I wanted a bit higher res and quality. I'd think people doing work or games would rarely choose a 24" over a 32".

• jeffkibuule - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  24" is more ideal more people with multi-monitor setups, especially people who need a monitor to be portrait instead of landscape. Rotating a 32" monitor into portrait means you'll be actively moving your head up and down to read the entire screen.
  
  I'm really hoping there is a serious premium on the 32" such that the 24" version is far more affordable, much like how the 27" was pretty expensive for several years compared to a 24" 1080p monitor with a similar DPI.

• teiglin - Sunday, December 1, 2013 - link

  I definitely agree, I am very happy with 3x24" rather than 2x30"; while I haven't tried 3x30", it seems like it might be just too much (though I guess you could just move the monitors further back and achieve a similar effect).
  
  Unfortunately this will probably be a seriously premium product--I'd be surprised at under $2k and could easily see it being $5k. Given both that it's an extremely high-quality display (wide viewing angles, high gamut, factory calibration) and that it will be in a class completely its own, it's unreasonable to expect them to price it very aggressively. What is heartening is that the product class exists now, so the panel costs will gradually come down and hopefully within a year or two there will be sub-$1k panels available, even if only cheap Korean knockoffs.
  
  I do wonder if 4k adoption will really take off in the mainstream, though. Content is still sparse at best, and even when it exists people will have no way to get it onto their TVs--internet pipes may be getting fatter but ISPs are also getting more aggressive about bandwidth caps, which leaves a new generation of optical discs I guess. Regardless, I don't see these things in the next few years, which means it's all early adopter prices. /sadface