I'm happier with my Samsung U28D590DS each day. I didn't have a problem finding the Jog thumbstick on the back, I think I saw it while setting it up, but yeah, black on black is kind of easy to miss.
I'm running 4 screens off one graphics card. Almost with no issue, I had to set one of the screens to custom resolution with 30Hz as it was all blurry otherwise. Odd issue but you get that. Link to photo of my setup http://t.co/xPHjexrSwC cheers, Stephen On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Greg Harris <g...@harrisconsultinggroup.com > wrote: > Hi All, > > > I have had the new monitor (Samsung U28D590DS 28" UltraHD) out of the box > and plugged it in for a week. > > > I was just about ready to take it back to the store as it was not working, > but then I found the single black on black “JOG Button” on the back of the > right hand side of the monitor and played around with it and she worked! > > > On my not so old laptop I only get to see 3.7M pixels (2560 X 1440) out of > the 8.3M (3840 X 2160) available pixels because that is all the graphics > card will drive on this machine. > > > I am thinking that I may get a new graphics card for my desktop machine, > just to get the extra pixels. I am not sure if it is wise to replace the > graphics card in the laptop??? Dell's reply to my a request for an upgrade > to my Precision M6500 to support the monitor is: “Unfortunately the video > card on a portable cannot be upgraded after the point of sale”. > > > I have had one morning where the monitor did not wake up with the other > monitors which is a bit of a concern, a power reset fixed that. > > > A few thoughts: > > · This is a good monitor but it could be much better with a > better graphics card. > > · You have no option but to run this monitor in landscape mode in > a fixed location on your desk as there are no options to wall mount it and > the stand is fixed and non-adjustable! > > · If you want height adjustment, put it on a big book! (stand is > about 35cm long) > > · I like that the power supply is a small external brick so I > only have a small cable up to my desk (and the brick runs quite cool) > > > Overall, am I happy with the purchase? YES > > > I am also using this with a Toshiba dynadock® U3.0 Universal USB 3.0 > Docking Station ( > http://www.toshiba.com/us/accessories/Docking-and-Stands/Port-Replicators/Docking-Station/PA3927U-1PRP) > which gives me another two external HD monitors which is starting to get up > towards a reasonable amount of screen space. > > > Regards > > Greg Harris > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> How do people find the font sizes for programming/web surfing with such a >>> high-resolution? I know you can make the editor fonts bigger, but what >>> about menus/etc? How does Visual Studio look? >>> >> >> After getting my Dell I think I posted in here to remind people how >> important it is to write apps that can "zoom" to suit your distance, >> resolution and how tired your eyes are. I found some of my own desktop apps >> looked like little ant farms on the Dell. Right then I decided that all >> XAML based apps that I write would have at some zooming ability for all >> major parts of the UI (and I have kept my promise). I usually put a small >> slider at the bottom left of grids, dialogs, etc and bind FontSize to it, >> so with one line you get free zooming. >> >> All the major apps I use can (mostly) zoom, Visual Studio, IE, Office >> apps, Notepad2, etc. I say "mostly" because many menus, toolbars, trees, >> etc within these apps don't zoom. So the experience is inconsistent in >> Windows and these apps, but it's just enough to satisfy me and I find I'm >> using the Ctrl+Wheel unconsciously all day, especially in VS2013 on the >> Dell. >> >> *Greg K* >> > >
