Wow. Dat pixel count. All compressed into a 28" display.

 

so, is it time for 1400p monitor price drop? been wanting to get one but my wallet screamed at me.

 

by next year i expect this monitor to go for less than $500. Can't wait might buy it in a year to replace my 1080p

By then we will probably see new AMD and NVIDIA GPU's to hande 4K like a boss

 

Keep in mind that this monitor doesn't have VESA mounting holes, so you are out of luck if you want to mount this onto a stand worth a darn.

 

This should be released in mid April at $699.99 in the US officially. Hoping for a UK release shortly afterwards and a review from yours truly.

 

They've been on ebay since the last week of February. I discovered it on the 27th and ordered it that morning from top_trading, but it didn't ship for a full week and now is scheduled to arrive Tuesday. Add in the US import duty that I am sure to be charged (I wonder how that even works?), and the price is closer to $800 than the $700 you see on Amazon pre-order.

 

Well it arrived today. Came with european power cord, but the supply takes 110-240v. No dead or stuck pixels and it looks very good. It does feel like it has a bit more input lag than my other 2 screens, but it isn't bad by any means.

No idea if I am going to be charged an import fee or tax somehow. The Fedex driver did not require anything but a signature.

 

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Originally Posted by bp2008

Well it arrived today. Came with european power cord, but the supply takes 110-240v. No dead or stuck pixels and it looks very good. It does feel like it has a bit more input lag than my other 2 screens, but it isn't bad by any means.

No idea if I am going to be charged an import fee or tax somehow. The Fedex driver did not require anything but a signature.

How is the color?
Also, do you need AA for games?

 

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Originally Posted by bp2008

Well it arrived today. Came with european power cord, but the supply takes 110-240v. No dead or stuck pixels and it looks very good. It does feel like it has a bit more input lag than my other 2 screens, but it isn't bad by any means.

No idea if I am going to be charged an import fee or tax somehow. The Fedex driver did not require anything but a signature.

The yanks have a free trade agreement with S.Korea so they pay nothing. Ya dude post more info an pics....i ordered one Sunday and cant wait!

 

So this is a 60hz "4k" via DP or 2xHDMI correct?

 

I don't know where my good camera is so I can't take a decent picture of it, but here is the screen:

http://imgur.com/hdcPKS3
please ignore the little red square that I accidentally added

To my untrained but not-at-all colorblind eyes, color is very good. Side by side with an ASUS VG248QE (TN built for gaming) and an HP ZR2740w (IPS not so much built for gaming), it clearly beats the Asus and matches the HP for color. I can't tell the difference anyway. This samsung monitor is a semi-glossy screen so white appears a little cleaner than both my other screens which are not glossy.

Definitely a TN panel, as you can see rather dramatically exaggerated in the photo, where the flat overclock.net background looks more like a gradient.

Input lag feels a little higher than the HP, which in turn feels a little higher than the Asus. But that said I'm not sure you'd notice it if it was your only monitor.

I'm feeding this with a GTX 680 factory overclocked slightly, and so far the only game I've tried is Natural Selection 2 which runs absolutely horribly at native resolution. 30 FPS in the refinery ready-room with AA OFF where I'm used to seeing over 100 FPS at 1920x1080 with AA ON

Jaggies are most definitely noticable with AA off. So you'll want it on, but you probably wont get to have it on. And other settings will probably have to go down too.

 

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Originally Posted by Versa

So this is a 60hz "4k" via DP or 2xHDMI correct?

Yes, it does 60hz via displayport beautifully. I don't know if you can make it do 60hz via both HDMI ports, as I have not tried them yet.

 

Also, based on some purely subjective tests with the blurbusters UFO test, motion blur is very nice on this monitor. I can't tell the difference between the blur on my ASUS VG248QE and this one. I probably could tell if I could find my good camera, but just eyeballing it, these monitors both are considerably better than my HP / IPS panel.

There are 3 Response Time options in the OSD. Standard, Faster, and Fastest. Faster is the default and looks the best. Standard introduces terrible motion blur, and Fastest introduces horrible negative-color ghosting. Basically I see no reason to use any setting besides the default, "Faster".

 

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Originally Posted by Versa

So this is a 60hz "4k" via DP or 2xHDMI correct?

I have now tried the display with dual HDMI inputs. You can choose from any of the 3 inputs for each half of the screen in picture-by-picture mode. So you can in fact feed it two HDMI cables from one PC and get the full native resolution at 60hz. But as far as Windows is concerned, you have attached two monitors that both run 1920x2160 at 60hz via HDMI. So you have to extend the desktop and make sure the two displays are configured side by side, and then your taskbar only extends halfway.

So for windowed-mode games and web surfing this is fine, but for "fullscreen" games you'll need to set up something like eyefinity or nvidia surround or some 3rd party solution. I couldn't make nvidia surround work, but maybe that is just me being a noob.

Lastly, since my GTX 680 doesn't have 2 HDMIs, I used a DVI-to-HDMI adapter for the second output. That worked just fine.

 

Woooah thank you very much for all the updates! I realy want one of these babies badly!

 

I'm wondering if Yamakasi or the other Korean vendors will come out with a cheaper version of this? It makes me wonder how much Korean vendors will charge, considering 1440p 27 inch monitors run for $300 shipped EVERYDAY PRICE

Then comes the question...is it even worth it to go 4k and TN? I'm pretty sure 4k and IPS looks incredible....but I don't know if I can do TN....I can't wait for more reviews to go up in a few months though!

 

Will be waiting for IPS but that's certainly nice to see them popping up for a fairly reasonable price

 

Just bought one of these hoping to test out some 4k goodness with my trifire setup!

 

I want to purchase one but don't think my computer can even handle this. Will a 6970 be able to take advantage of this monitor?

 

full review of samsung u28d590 here, you need to use google translate

http://gigglehd.com/zbxe/11194044

 

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I want to purchase one but don't think my computer can even handle this. Will a 6970 be able to take advantage of this monitor?

As long as you have a DisplayPort on your GPU, it will be able to use it. It will do everything but gaming since it's way too big of a resolution to drive with just a 6970 (I don't even know if 3~4 of them will be able to handle it).

It's typically recommended to have at least a R9 290(X) or GTX 780(Ti) for 4K gaming, preferably two if you want maxed out performance.

 

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Originally Posted by scdonald

full review of samsung u28d590 here, you need to use google translate

http://gigglehd.com/zbxe/11194044

Thanks for the link. It looks very promising once they move it out to IPS or PLS panels. I like how it sits low on the desk.

 

yeah i really like the design and that review seems to suggest that viewing angles are not as limited as most TN panels. Actually it gets quite a glowing review. Interesting to see it next to one of the Korean LG ips panels. Might have swayed me into a purchase.

 

Ordered one from Newegg this past Saturday. Newegg said shipped on Monday. I went for the higher priced 3-5 day shipping. Hope I receive it Friday. It was Shipped UPS, so hoping to begin seeing tracking info tomorrow when it hits the states. The spec's look very good. 60Hz using DP1.2. They indicate its a top quality TN panel. Coming from Samsung, I'm sure it is.

 

This is very tempting. The only possible deal breaker would be the size. I would like something 30inches or larger.