Saturday, January 10, 2015

Dell's 5K Monitor (UP 2715Q) in not worth buying

Dell release worlds first 5K monitor in September 2014. It looks very exciting on paper and sports 5120x2880 at 27 inches comes out at 218 PPI with a superb color accuracy of  99% AdobeRGB and 100% sRGB.

Source: Dell
But is this display worth buying.
Probably not , and this is why

1)The monitor is way overpriced. Hp released its 5K display at half the price. The specs are almost identical. Check this comparison 

2)In 2500$ you can get a 5K Imac. Its all in one. So you get a complete computer with good hardware, excellent display and Mac OS. Even if you are not a Mac user you can spend a little extra money and install windows using bootcamp.

3)Its unclear which desktops will support 5K at 60hz. Theoretically you can connect it to a desktop using two simultaneous display port but does windows or Mac OS support that?. I guess we have to wait to find the answer.

Please comment below and share your ideas

Monday, January 5, 2015

Dell UP2715K vs Hp Z27q, 5K monitor comparison

Most content creators, personal computers and consumers have not caught up with 4k yet but we have more than one 5k dispalys availabe alerady.
The first one to be intorcued was Dell UltrasSharp UP2715k which was announced in September 2014, followed by Apple's 5k imac (not exactly a monitor but an all in one) and now today at CES 2015 Hp z27q was announced.
Lets see how the dell compares with Hp

Monitor:                                    Dell UP2715K                            Hp Z27q

Price:                                                 2500$                                   1300$

Display Size                                        27"                                          27"

Resolution                                   5120 x 2880                           5120x2880

Pixel Density                                    218 ppi                                    218 ppi

Display tech                                   LED, IPS                                LED, IPS

Display type                        wide screen flat panel             wide screen flat panel

Aspect Ratio                                       16:9                                       16:9

Color Quality                                      10bit                                      10bit

Color Supported                            1.07 billion                            1.07 billion

Adobe RGB Coverage                         99%                                        99%

Response time                            8ms (gray to gray)                  8ms (gray to gray)

Ergonomics                          Adjustable Tilt, height, Pivot     Adjustable Tilt, height, Pivot

Connectivity                              1 mini display port                       2 display port 1.2

                                                        2 display port

Surprised........? Me too!

The specs are identical with the exception of connectivity options. So does UltraSharp logo justifies paying double the price. Probably not. If I had dell 5K , I would probably be packing it now for return. (or at least be calling for price match !).
Let me know what do you think by commenting below.