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[Techradar.Pro] Hands on: Dell UP3017Q OLED 4K monitor review

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Want to be the envy of your next office party or PC-gaming session? Let me introduce you to the Dell UP3017Q OLED Monitor. This $4,999 (about £3,350, AU$6,975) 4K, 30-inch monitor is one of the most exciting displays we've ever laid our eyes on.
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The best monitor we've ever reviewed at techradar is the LG 34UC97. This gorgeous workhorse features a response time of 5 milliseconds (ms), a contrast ratio of 1,000 to 1, and a refresh rate capable of drawing 61 images per second (or 61Hz).

The UP3017Q blows these specs out of the water.

The Rolls-Royce of displays is capable of a 0.1ms response time, a contrast ratio of 400,000 to 1, and a refresh rate of 120Hz.
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OLED: Check
120Hz: Check
Reasonable size (30in): Check
Price tag = 3 Hobo kidneys: Check and mate.
 
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Give it a year, and we'll see 800$ OLED monitors
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Yeah. Give it 2-3 year and it should be about $1000. Also response time is different from input lag.
 
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Originally Posted by Nintendo Maniac 64 View Post

It's only DisplayPort 1.2, so you'll either need to use 2 or cheat by using 4:2:0 chroma.
No buy then.
 
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I doubt it's DP 1.3 at this point, considering there's no GPUs to support it. It does have USB Type C connector, but what's the limit on that?

It's gonna be a long hard wait until these drop to a more reasonable price. Hopefully by then we'll have 40" models with Adaptive-Sync out since I don't feel like dropping down in size.
 
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Originally Posted by Lyfskills View Post

Wow. Will burn in be of concern on these OLED screens?
From the article
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Dell says it has remedied the shortcomings of OLED panels by introducing a pixel-shifting algorithm that prevents burn-in, and an image sensor that can tell whether or not you're viewing the monitor and turns it off when it's not in use.
Only time will tell if these tactics work.
 
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Originally Posted by Pantsu View Post

I doubt it's DP 1.3 at this point, considering there's no GPUs to support it. It does have USB Type C connector, but what's the limit on that?
Actually USB 3.1 Type-C can theoretically support more bandwidth than the DisplayPort 1.3 spec uses... (DP 1.3 is ~7Gbps for 4 lanes, USB 3.1 is 10Gbps for 4 lanes)
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Originally Posted by Pantsu View Post

It's gonna be a long hard wait until these drop to a more reasonable price. Hopefully by then we'll have 40" models with Adaptive-Sync out since I don't feel like dropping down in size.
Can Adaptive-Sync even work on displays that require two video inputs?
 
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Originally Posted by nyxagamemnon View Post

Since it's 4k and 120hz will this use 2 dp cables or 1?
Can't be done with a single DP1.3 connection. 4k 120Hz 8bit requires ~35GBit of bandwidth, while DP1.3 has 32. I'd also guess this monitor is 10bit or more.
 
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Originally Posted by Nintendo Maniac 64 View Post

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Originally Posted by Lyfskills View Post

Wow. Will burn in be of concern on these OLED screens?
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Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er View Post

No buy then.
More info here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3018710/hardware/dell-unveils-stunning-4k-oled-ultrasharp-display-and-declares-war-on-bezels.html

That's where I got the info about DP 1.2 and it mentions various burn-in preventive measures built into the display.
I read that as the UltraSharp 27 model having DP1.2
 
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Originally Posted by Hattifnatten View Post

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Originally Posted by nyxagamemnon View Post

Since it's 4k and 120hz will this use 2 dp cables or 1?
Can't be done with a single DP1.3 connection. 4k 120Hz 8bit requires ~35GBit of bandwidth, while DP1.3 has 32. I'd also guess this monitor is 10bit or more.
I'm a noob when it comes to calculating monitor bandwidth, maybe i'm doing this wrong but this calculator says UHD @ 120hz is only 29.86Gbps which is well within the 32Gbps standard of DP1.3

http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/bwcalculator.asp

EDIT: 10bit color would result in a 35.83Gbps required bandwidth.
 
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a curved 21:9 version of this is the only way for me to leave nvidia surround.

i mean 3 of these wouldn't be bad either if they relase an infinityedge version.
 
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Originally Posted by Pantsu View Post

I doubt it's DP 1.3 at this point, considering there's no GPUs to support it. It does have USB Type C connector, but what's the limit on that?

It's gonna be a long hard wait until these drop to a more reasonable price. Hopefully by then we'll have 40" models with Adaptive-Sync out since I don't feel like dropping down in size.
Its either DP 1.3 or USB Type C - not sure... but from what I hear from my pipeline that some scalar vendors may have engineering samples of it for CES 2016 show (this was a few months ago).

Also AMD did announce their new cards will have DP 1.3