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Monitor Manufacturers May be Putting 4K Panels in 1440p Monitors

posted by janrinok on Monday June 25 2018, @03:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the clearly-not dept.

takyon writes:

Monitor manufacturers may be putting 4K UHD (3840 × 2160) panels in some 1440p QHD (2560 × 1440) monitors. This can cause blurriness since one pixel would be mapped onto one and a half pixels:

Citing sources close to panel manufacturers, German website Prad.de writes that the costs of producing a 27-inch 4K 3840 x 2160 panel is often lower, or at least the same price as, creating a 27-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD panel. As such, some companies have reportedly been producing monitors that use 4K panels despite being advertised as 1440p. This is said to happen often when panel supplies are low, or monitor demand is high.

[...] Prad.de included a simulated monitor test image in its report (below). It shows native 1440p on the top and 1440p scaled to 4K on the bottom.

Also at TechPowerUp.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday June 25 2018, @04:45PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday June 25 2018, @04:45PM (#698191) Journal

    But if you want to be certain, try to find where it specifies the model's pixel size. On a 27-inch 1440p monitor, it should be around 0.23mm, whereas with 4K panels it’s 0.16mm.

    You could look up pixel size. They may lie or not include it though.

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