IBM 22" Monitor with Greater Than 4K Resolution

[Glenwing]

IBM's T221 is an 22.2" IPS monitor sporting a native resolution of 3840x2400 (WQUXGA) which is essentially a 16:10 version of 4K.  It has a matte finish and consumes 135W of power.  To display full native resolution at its maximum refresh rate (48Hz), it requires a quad-link DVI connection via two dual-link DVI or four single-link DVI cables with adapters.

 

 

 

 

 

Why no DisplayPort for 60Hz support?  Well it hasn't been invented yet... Disclaimer, this news is actually from 2001 ;) I'm half trolling but just kinda wanted to express there is no reason we shouldn't have modern 22-27" 4K monitors in mass production by now :D Sorry if I got you excited.  Feel free to report me  :rolleyes: 

 

P.S. If you want to get one you can still find them on Amazon for ~$1600 :P

 

 

—Glenwing

[tp95112]

That is amazing how manufacturers are trying to push 4k into the market wish more major manufacturers would start to

[Levent]

1600$ for 22" NO.

you can almost get 3 2k monitors at that price

[Glenwing]

No offense to them but that is one of the ugliest monitors I've ever seen. The technology is cool, but the bezel is HUGE.

 

It's over a decade old so not bad for the time :) The rest of us were still using CRTs hehe, LCDs didn't surpass CRTs in sales until 2007.

[XiaoPigs]

This would have been a great monitor if we were able to run it back then. Imagine what the standard resolution of HD could have been today if 4K had took off back then.

[bradscoolio]

Oh I see what you did thar!

[MzCatieB]

Tank with windows

[Glenwing]

:P The size of the taskbar makes the monitor look deceptively larger... lol

 

To be honest I think the monitor doesn't look too bad as long as you don't know how thick it is... xD

[WhatARoaster]

It looks like it weighs more than me.

[TechFan@ic]

Uhhh !!! freakin troll ! This is actually news to me though, so that's good. :)

[tabuburn]

You could kill someone with that thing.

[Glenwing]

I should remove the picture that shows its thickness to be more trolly... :P

[Lukiose]

135W of power.. ouch!

[Glenwing]

135W of power.. ouch!

Yup :P  Very high even for a CFL monitor by today's standards :blink:  haha

[tabuburn]

That's like running another video card.

[kemical]

Its huge but does the Job personally I cant get one_

[Nicktrance]

Honestly, 1600$ is not a bad price for a 4K monitor, even if it looks ugly. I mean Sony released it's 30" 4K IPS monitor at about 30k$...

[Glenwing]

Honestly, 1600$ is not a bad price for a 4K monitor, even if it looks ugly. I mean Sony released it's 30" 4K IPS monitor at about 30k$...

Yeah that's what I would have said 6 months ago... with the $1100 Seiki around though perhaps we'll (finally) have some more modern displays on the market in the next year or two for ~$1000-1500, and then lower in subsequent years and production ramps up, here's to hoping for a monitor among the TVs soon lol.  Although that 16:10 aspect ratio looks pretty tasty to me  :rolleyes: