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$1299 UHDTV Seiki 50" SE50UY04
  • NickBenNickBen

    We shall be testing this UHDTV 50" Monitor with Red footage shortly... no joke.

    Picked it up today at Tiger Direct with 4 yr Square trade warranty (essential for early adopters)...

    Will let you know how it pans out, astounded by the price, let's see the quality now...

    Availabe at:

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7674736

    • 3840 x 2160, 5000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
    • 4K Ultra-HD 120Hz HDTV
    • Remote Control with Batteries
    • One HDMI Cable
    • Three HDMI Ports
    • Tabletop Base
    • Instruction Manual
    • The HDTV supports component and HDMI sources at 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p and 4K2K 30Hz on the 50” screen.
    • 5000:1 Contrast Ratio

    Update 1: We had lots of fun today with this set. 4K and higher res Medium Format Photos look very good on the panel, as well as HD sources. Looks like a good inexpensive option for a UHDTV Computer Monitor. It is a basic panel, has inexpensive audio, two USB ports support playback of music and photos (Sorry, no video via USB). It has a scaler to fit height or width, and appears to give you back what you feed it... Garbage in/garbage out, etc.

    BIGGEST PERK: IT'S PORTABLE!! Yes, it's slim and light enough for 1 person to move around. So far, it is an absolute steal at $1299 for April 2013...

    You need to feed it an UHDTV signal over HDMI to get "4K" display of video. We have not had a chance to calibrate it yet, but it does look like a typical LED display, however with 4K resolution. Moving onto video display at UHDTV resolution next rounds...

    UPDATE 2. I attached the 3840x2160 at 30Hz setting photo with one of my favorite websites while showing the Prometheus landed (c) 20th Century Fox, in the center top. NOTE the DVD size in relation to the entire screen. 4 of those little rectangles is HD. Cheapest setup possible- AMD 7970 and single HDMI cable on WIndows XP... Who needs displayport or HDMI 2 or thuinderbolt, when HDMI 1.4a will do for film and photo editing today at this low cost?

    CONCLUSION: the SEIKI 50" SE50UY04 is a winner for lowest cost UHDTV Video/Computer Display in April 2013! A great achievement, and I strongly recommend an extended warranty with any new technology like this.

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    2 great updates:

    1. A pro color Calibrator in LA works on the Seiki and tweaks it enough to pass as an inexpensive 4K Client monitor option

    http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?98027-1299-Seiki-UHDTV-50-quot-SE50UY04-Bought-it-today/page30

    1. some have successfully accessed the "locked" Advanced menu on this set...

    http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?98027-1299-Seiki-UHDTV-50-quot-SE50UY04-Bought-it-today/page29

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  • MeierhansMeierhans

    Its so temping to have just one screen for everything. But 30hz at 4K is simply not enough! It still happens that I edit stuff in 50p and I don´t want to switch down to 1080p just for that.

    DisplayPort 1.2 would also be ok, I don´t mind the connector als long as I can view my desktop in full res at reasonable refresh rate.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @Meierhans

    I think it'll be just different model. HDMI 2.0 is very rare still.

  • MeierhansMeierhans

    Is there an updated version available that comes with HDMI 2.0 and supports 60hz at 4k?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Available at discount now

    Seiki Digital SE50UY04 50-Inch 4K UHD 120Hz , $965

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BXF7I9M/

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

  • NickBenNickBen

    2 great updates:

    1. A pro color Calibrator in LA works on the Seiki and tweaks it enough to pass as an inexpensive 4K Client monitor option

    http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?98027-1299-Seiki-UHDTV-50-quot-SE50UY04-Bought-it-today/page30

    1. the "locked" advanced menu has been unlocked!

    Maybe @Vitaliy_Kiselev could collect some cash for one of these $1199 Seiki 4K sets?

    if Vitaliy hacks a DSLR for 4K, his skills might be useful using this 4K set as some guys have already accessed the "locked" menu on this panel already, Bingo...

    http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?98027-1299-Seiki-UHDTV-50-quot-SE50UY04-Bought-it-today/page29

  • Samuel_HSamuel_H

    Have you had a look at this chart yet? Any clipping on either side? http://www.similaar.com/foto/calibra/calibra.html

  • NickBenNickBen

    Red confirms the Seiki SE50UY04 is compatible with Redray 4K HDMI output over single HDMI cable and looks pretty good considering the cost, and a great deal as a cheap 4K computer monitor...

    We got a truck load of these delivered to the studio today. Panels look better than you would expect for $1200 but they are no where near the big dogs.. mostly in terms of bit depth, color accuracy and controls ( as expected )

    Obviously first thing we did was hook it up to REDRAY and it looked pretty good. Gradients from light to dark and fades you really notice the lack of bits that the panel can process.. looks like it handles about 6 bits and doesn't dither very well if at all. Color gradient charts that are preloaded on REDRAY seem to reveal a bit of non-linearity per color in the display.

    You need to turn sharpening to zero and color is a single slider that you need to find out the sweet spot. Also noise reduction off.

    I also hooked it up to some video cards.. The GTX 680 works great, the GTX 690 doesn't yet ( no HDMI port and i couldnt find the adapter to see if it works)

    I think this is where this screen was meant to live.. its a great large computer monitor with a ton of real estate and the size isn't too obnoxious. Just make sure you have a nice small 27" or 30" monitor on the side for color accuracy. Solidworks guys are gonna have wet dreams with this monitor.

    Single HDMI was what i tested.. and it was nowhere near 60Hz. It seemed to like 8 bit RGB, Feeding it 12 bit YCC from REDRAY made the monitor freak out.

    we will bring it into the lab and see how far we can push this. You guys with REDRAY players have a bunch of test charts that will help calibrating your sets.. as its always good to calibrate to the source.

    The important thing here is that this display is one of those "switches" that has been flicked. The lights are on.. 4K is here.. The consumers are waking up.

  • NickBenNickBen

    @David_Cole It is not really a 3D set that works with off-the-shelf glasses, but absolutely displays the 1080 side by side image with room to spare on the horizontal edges.

    James Cameron, Dolby and Phillips are now pushing glasses-free 3D anyway as a better solution at NAB, so all the 3D current sets and players are already obsolete or so it seems...

  • johnnymossvillejohnnymossville

    Have you tried any GH2 footage up converted to 4K and if so, how does it look?

  • vasilliovasillio

    if this is the same panel then it is 3d capabable, is it passive or active 3d?

    http://www.panelook.com/V500DK1-LS1_Innolux_50_LCM_parameter_17279.html

  • David_ColeDavid_Cole

    3D files, etc.

    Hold the phone... this thing isn't 3D is it???

  • Samuel_HSamuel_H

    Regarding my request (does it clip shadows or highlights?)

    You can check it easily with this chart: http://www.similaar.com/foto/calibra/calibra.html How many stripes do you see in the black side of the chart? And in the white side?

  • NickBenNickBen

    We had some fun at the office today with more content, 24p at 1920 x 2205 3D files, etc. The guys love this set, and thanks VK for posting the new coupon code!

    We had several requests for 1 pixel level details, attached the following sets of 1 pixel height lines in black

    yes, you can easily see 1 pixel level details at 3840 x 2160 close up

    Attached cropped photo for the pixel fetish crowd...

    PS. after viewing, please wipe your nose prints off the screen

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  • paglezpaglez

    Is this 'machine' a 4kTV o 4k monitor?

  • Samuel_HSamuel_H

    Interesting...

    I would like to hear about color. Is it accurate? Does the monitor clip the shadows? i.e. if you go into the editor and add a curve to a clip so that the waveform goes close to 0 but not quite there, do you see all the detail in the image (as in my Sony 52") or does it look as if it was 100% black (as in my Samsung 32")?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Guys tell that if you use TJM88351 code price will be $1199 (at TD)

  • plasmasmpplasmasmp

    @NickBen Thank you! I'll pick one up for a 4k desktop for sure. The set would actually be perfect if it would display each 1080p pixel as 4 individual pixels and accept a 120hz input in 1080p mode.

  • NickBenNickBen

    @plasmasmp First, thank you for your posts on your website about using a Plasma for a desktop about a year ago.

    I'll be a little more careful about saying scaling versus line doubling- the set does scale to one of the existing Height or width dimensions, BUT there is no line doubling or quadrupling technology built in as far as I can tell, unlike the expensive Sony's at 4 to 10 times the cost. I actually prefer minimal interference with the input signal.

    My current 3840 x 2160 desktop is pixel perfect as far as I can tell. I am literally one arm length away reading text which is not clearly visible at 5 feet away. The amount of detail is there. This single monitor now replaces a couple of monitors we were planning on getting.

    Keep contributing to posts especially on 4K if you pickup this set or another, as I like your reviews.

  • NickBenNickBen

    update 2 and conclusion after 3 days...

    Very good news if you like state-of-art tech at rock-bottom prices...

  • Sephiroth7of7Sephiroth7of7

    @NickBen Would you be able to comment on using any applications on the screen, i.e. working with Premiere Pro or After Effects? Do the applications scale to these resolutions or does the whole thing fall apart? Fascinated to know if this could be a replacement for my everyday working screen.

  • plasmasmpplasmasmp

    So no 1080p scaling, that's too bad. At 3840 x 2160 is there any overscan? Can you do a pixel perfect desktop? Another test would be to see if you can overdrive the HDMI past 30hz. Will it go manually to 31hz, 32hz, etc?

  • driftwooddriftwood

    @laaldeapro Shit! yeah, of course - its the ship from Prometheus.

  • laaldeaprolaaldeapro

    Prometheus ;)

  • driftwooddriftwood

    @Faudel I think that's for Vitaliy to decide with his 'Bargains Deals' section if he ever felt like contacting them. Because a 'Personal-View 4K TV' sounds better :-) Also diificult - as you'd probably have to order many thousands!

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