4K monitors and TVs are the purest form of luxury and cost as much
as a small car. But devices with resolutions of about 2,160x3,840 pixels will
become more affordable starting next year. This change will be heralded by
mobile computing devices from Samsung’s ATIV series. The Ultrabook ATIV Book 9
Plus with a resolution of 1,800x3,200 pixels is already in some markets. But
the ATIV Q 1 , with Windows 8.1 and Android will only make its appearance in
2014. Japan Display Inc., founded by Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi has already
introduced a 12-inch 4K display for notebooks and tablets. It will be installed
in devices starting this year. 4K TVs such as those from the M9 series from Toshiba
restrict themselves to diagonals that
are 58-inches and higher. They deliver significantly sharper pictures
especially with HDTV programmes. For intelligent scaling, the TVs use their
integrated multi- core processors. Although the devices will cost at least
3,000 Euros (RM13,500, industry insiders say that the prices will definitely
decrease as the new year passes and will be on par with the prices of HDTVs
with the same screen sizes. 4K TVs however still haven’t solved their problem
of transmitting via HDMI 2.0 (see below). Even TV material with 4K resolution
is very rare. Large 4K monitors will continue to be used only by specialists,
who work with the necessary photo and video material, even in 2014. But
technology is doing something on this front: Sony has announced a 30-inch OLED
monitor in 4K resolution as part of its Trimaster series – but the OLED factor
makes it almost as expensive as a compact car.
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