Visiting CES 2018

[lexlazootin]

PPI doesn't really matter because it mainly has to do with how close you're sitting next to your monitor. as a desk "monitor" it's pretty shitty due to how much you would need to move your head unless you sit a meter or two away, but even then.

This is defiantly more suited to a living room where you need more than one person watching or you just want to sit in a bean bag next to a few mates playing dark souls on a big screen you can't really do that with a 27" monitor.

[Chief Blur Buster]

Seating yourself 65" away from a 65" will be similar to seating yourself 27" away from a 27".

That said, the 4K display looked comfy from roughly only 3.5 to 4 feet away (~40-48"), something doable with a wallmount behind a desk moved slightly back. I found it okay from that distance. Just don't sit only 27" in front of a 65"

[RealNC]

So what's the effect of pixels per inch in the case of the 65-inch monitor versus the 27-inch monitor? Would you say that the 65-inch monitor is akin to say a 27-inch 1080 monitor and 4k at 27 inches should be glory or am I misunderstanding?

Pixel density is 67.78dpi, which is the same as a 32.5" 1080p. So it's quite low. Since this isn't a monitor though, that's fine. You need some distance from this thing, otherwise you can't see the whole image without constantly turning your head. Also, movies and games look fine with lower DPI.

This really is a display for games and video. Using it as a monitor would be awkward, and the DPI would make applications and text look grainy.

[sharknice]

I think they are meant to be used more like a surround setup where you sit closer and have a high fov with a lot of peripheral vision. The advantages you get over 3 screens are no bezels and more vertical fov.

[Acclaim]

Mark, visit the LG booth and see if the new 5,120 x 2,160 34WK95U can overclock at all.

Also let us know what the new LG 34GK950G G-Sync refresh rate is.

Hey Chief, hope you enjoyed CES!

Any update on the refresh rate/ULMB support for LG's 34GK950G?

[Chief Blur Buster]

Mark, visit the LG booth and see if the new 5,120 x 2,160 34WK95U can overclock at all.

Also let us know what the new LG 34GK950G G-Sync refresh rate is.

Hey Chief, hope you enjoyed CES!

Any update on the refresh rate/ULMB support for LG's 34GK950G?

Not all vendors were exhibiting gaming monitors - for example, BenQ Zowie wasn't at this year's CES. I could not find the 34GK950G, it may have been there but as you know, CES is massive.

I have more content to post in the next three days. I am giving some of them the photojournal treatment, such as China now has many 240Hz monitors. At least one or two more photojournals coming, plus NVIDIA Holodeck, ASUS's showroom, and AMD's showroom - I am covering different angles than most mainstream sites. I am here on a learning mission and relationship building (priority over media), so my media coverage lags a bit - but as you can see, nobody else seems to have reported on the new Chinese 240Hz monitors!

[Xx123456xX]

Chief, were you able check out cameras? Were you able to get any info out of Panasonic regarding the possibility of real-time 120fps in the GH5/GH5S and/or future GH cameras?

[lexlazootin]

I love China Hopefully, we get some banging deals with free shipping!

[Chief Blur Buster]

Chief, were you able check out cameras? Were you able to get any info out of Panasonic regarding the possibility of real-time 120fps in the GH5/GH5S and/or future GH cameras?

I visited Panasonic which was a massive booth, but there was a MASSIVE crowd which made it hard to spend more than a few minutes talking to Panasonic. Then CES 2018 had a power blackout, thanks to unusual floods & rain in Las Vegas. So I had to leave the place to head to Wynn/Encore to visit ASUS (thankfully, the Vegas rain slowed to a drizzle). So, not much content on Panasonic this year from me --

Very nice camera! The EVF refreshes at 120fps and it can be able to record 120fps realtime (not slomo). That's all I can confirm from the brief info I managed to glean. I wasn't able to confirm if it was the full 4K rez at 120fps.

That said, some YouTubes are out by others:

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Now...that was one really rainy first day at CES 2018. I have never seen Las Vegas ever rain before, and it rained so much for 24 hours. Quite unusual.

[Xx123456xX]

Chief, were you able check out cameras? Were you able to get any info out of Panasonic regarding the possibility of real-time 120fps in the GH5/GH5S and/or future GH cameras?

I visited Panasonic which was a massive booth, but there was a MASSIVE crowd which made it hard to spend more than a few minutes talking to Panasonic. Then CES 2018 had a power blackout, thanks to unusual floods & rain in Las Vegas. So I had to leave the place to head to Wynn/Encore to visit ASUS (thankfully, the Vegas rain slowed to a drizzle). So, not much content on Panasonic this year from me --

Very nice camera! The EVF refreshes at 120fps and it can be able to record 120fps realtime (not slomo). That's all I can confirm from the brief info I managed to glean. I wasn't able to confirm if it was the full 4K rez at 120fps.

That said, some YouTubes are out by others:

phpBB [video]

Now...that was one really rainy first day at CES 2018. I have never seen Las Vegas ever rain before, and it rained so much for 24 hours. Quite unusual.

Thanks! The real-time 120fps part has me quite excited, as does the 120Hz viewfinder (though this aspect isn't new, I believe several Sony and Olympus models also have this). Rumors have said that the sensor is capable of 4K 120fps, but I doubt that the camera is capable of using this, unless in short bursts. What I really hope is Panasonic has options for both exact 120fps and double NTSC 119.88fps, in addition to 100fps, which is what I suggested on the Panasonic website. I also hope the 120fps isn't limited to 420 8-bit.

Now the wait for real-time 240fps production begins.