| stag019 Red Koopa Level: 26 Posts: 75/129 EXP: 91236 For next: 11039 Since: 09-11-11 Since last post: 5.6 years Last activity: 2.1 years |
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| Recently, Seiki has released a 2160p TV that's in the relatively affordable range ($1500 or less compared to $5000-$25000 for name-brand). It also holds the honor of being the first 4K TV reviewed on cnet. As far as specs go, it's a very basic, not very feature-rich 50 inch 120Hz TV, with a VGA port and component video with supports 1080p, two USB ports, and 3 HDMI ports which support 3840 x 2160 at 30Hz. What I'm wondering is if this would be a good investment, or if I should wait this one out. With the Playstation 4 reported as being capable of playing video at 4K, and the Xbox One even supporting rendering games at 4K, eventually the content will be there (which there isn't much 4K content now, but I'm not worried about that at the moment). I'd primarily use it as a 1080p TV (I don't own any HDTVs at all right now; the closest thing I have is a 25 inch 1080p computer monitor). However, as more 4K content becomes available, I'd use it for that too. I'd also like to use it as a 3840 x 2160 computer monitor, although I would need a new graphics card and power supply. A lot of the reviews say that as a 1080p TV, it isn't that great (not quite as smooth and clear as 1080p TVs for the same price, as well as having light black levels). But it would definitely be an improvement over nothing. Another is that refresh rates over 30Hz seem just over the horizon, so that would make that obsolete rather soon. The last thing is that it only supports HDMI, not DisplayPort, which seems to be the main new connector for computers ("Although DisplayPort has much of the same functionality as HDMI, it is expected to complement the interface, not replace it"). Although, the graphics card I was looking at did have both DisplayPort, and HDMI outputs. So what do you guys think? Would I be dishing out too much money for a lower quality 1080p that will eventually be able to play 2160p content, which will be superseded with better refresh rates in the near future, or would I be making a good investment on a not-top-of-the-line, but still acceptable 1080p TV (for my first HDTV) that I would be able to use as a super computer monitor, and eventually, play 2160p content before others get the chance to get on the bandwagon? Oh, and what do you think in general of 2160p? |














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