On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 03:00:05AM +0000, Russell Coker wrote:
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-28-ultra-hd-4k-led-monitor/
The price is good but would the monitor be any good?
dunno if that one's any good, but pccasegear have a 28" AOC U2868PQU 4K monitor for a similar price ($539 compared to the Kogan for $558. the kogan includes shipping so it works out about the same). http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28626... like the kogan, it can do 3840x2160 @ 30Hz on HDMI, or @60Hz on displayport. the AOC's been around long enough to get some fairly good reviews: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476016,00.asp http://www.digitalversus.com/lcd-monitor/aoc-u2868pqu-p20684/test.html
Apparently it's a PITA to get a 4K monitor going but this is a mostly solved problem (according to an LCA2015 lecture). Of course that means it probably won't work on Debian/Wheezy etc, but anyone who's happy to run Debian/Unstable, Rawhide, etc and get a new video card should be able to get this going.
i'm tempted by both of these - i've been thinking of upgrading my monitor for a while. unfortunately, i'd also have to upgrade my KVM and the video cards in two machines to displayport-capable models. the kogan has 2 x displayport inputs so i could probably keep on using my current KVM for keyboard+mouse switching and switch the input on the monitor for video. the AOC has only one DP input...but the 30Hz HDMI input is probably adequate for my linux desktop (i'd only need DP @60Hz for the windows gaming machine) also, pccasegear has a physical store in Mulgrave where i can go to berate them if there's a problem. kogan is online only which can be a PITA for warranty issues (AOC includes 3 year warranty, Kogan has 1 year and wants $90 extra for 3 years...which is probably bullshit warranty-gouging as it should be covered by statutory warranty for that long anyway) craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>