Introduction and Specifications
Seiki announced the Seiki Pro 40-in 4K display last year and we have a review ready for you! Is 4K at 40 inches the way to go?
Seiki has spent the past few years making quite the entrance into the display market. Starting with LCD TVs, they seemingly came out of nowhere back in April of 2013 with a 50” 4K display that was available at a very competitive price at that time. Since then, we’ve seen a few more display releases out of Seiki, and they were becoming popular among home theater enthusiasts on a budget and for gamers who wanted a bigger panel in front of them. Last June, Seiki announced a desktop line of 4K monitors. These would not just be repurposed televisions, but ground-up designs intended for desktop professionals and gamers alike. The most eagerly awaited part of this announcement was promised 60 Hz support at 4K resolutions.
Just under a year later, we are happy to bring you a review of the first iteration on this new Seiki Pro lineup:
Those with a good memory will recall that Seiki’s original announcement included HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.3 support. These features did not make it into the display we are reviewing today as the necessary scaler technology has not yet caught up to the demands of the feature set included with this panel. Seiki has promised a future revision of this product line is in the works and will include HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.3. 4K60 *is* possible, but with this model that feature is restricted to the pair of DP 1.2 capable ports.
Specification highlights:
- 3840×2160 @ 60 Hz (DP1.2 ports only)
- 350 nits Brightness / 5000:1 Contrast Ratio
- Inputs: DP 1.2 (x2) / HDMI 1.4 (x2) (one MHL) / DVI-D (x1) / VGA (x1)
- VESA 100 mm x 100 mm
Here is the full spec sheet from Seiki. More details are available at their associated product page:
I am on Mac Pro running the
I am on Mac Pro running the latest OS. I am a film editor and need true 10 bit 422 color. Specs seem to suggest it is a max of 1.07 billion 10 bit. I have seen reviews saying it is less. What is it actually for me? I am not grading but do color correct and need very good color. I like the contrast this seems to offer for blacks.
Also, I write a lot and you say scaling it not as necessary with 40 inches in 4k (really ultra HD) with little of no scaling. That’s cool.
If I need to be able to scale my text is this also possible. Your thoughts for some one who also does a lot writing too?
I DON’T PLAY ANY KIND OF
I DON’T PLAY ANY KIND OF GAMES. SO I AM WONDERING IT THIS WOULD BE GOOD TO BE USED FOR PHOTO EDITING WITH ADOBE LIGHTROOM AND PHOTOSHOP.
Another year has passed and I
Another year has passed and I haven’t heard anything about this display being upgraded(HDMI 2.0 & DP 1.3)
Anyone hear any news?
Nope….but you can get a
Nope….but you can get a sister brand Westinghouse version of the same monitor for $600 now that has one HDMI 2.0 port and one DP 1.2. Rather than only DP 1.2 for 4k 60hz. Main downgrade for better price seems to be deletion of the PiP and PbP picture in/by picture modes…can only view one input at a time full screen. Seems to be a fair compromise for the price diff.
https://www.amazon.com/Westinghouse-40-4k-UHD-Monitor/dp/B015P70TZ8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Did this monitor achieve 100%
Did this monitor achieve 100% sRGB Gamut
Thank you for this thorough
Thank you for this thorough review. I just purchased the SM32UNP 32″ version of this monitor, as it was $200 cheaper and my desk simply can’t handle a 40″.
I just wanted to say that the OSD color settings and ICC profile look great for the 32″ panel as well- for anyone that’s wondering. It now looks much nicer than my 29″ ultrawide IPS that it replaced.
Also wanted to add that my
Also wanted to add that my 32″ can be overclocked to 1920×1080@75Hz, for those wondering. There’s really not much information out there for the 32″ model.
It would be amazing if you
It would be amazing if you could spend 10 minutes and overclock the panels. This data is very valuable. For example the Seiki pro 4k can be overclocked to a whooping 78hz @4k over display port. It can also survive cinematic resolution at a much higher value than any existing panel (another test I wish you did). If you could pretty please give it a minute or two and get this information it would provide a lot of value. If you need help figuring out how to do any of this just send me an email and with a phone call we can get it done (nvidia video card). Thanks a billion for trying non popular brands, they are the only ones pushing the envelope.
just got this monitor used.
just got this monitor used. used your color profile and settings. The only changes I made was left it on 9300k as 6500k made the greys look pink on my monitor.
I have a datacolor Spyder 5 pro that ran calibration from about 10 times on this monitor. All with different settings (could not get it to look quite right). First thing I did was try your settings at 6500k but since the greys looked pink i never came back to it. Last night i randomly loaded up your color profile with the monitor on 9300k. BAM. Looks perfect now! After me trying to calibrate it time after time and unsatisfied, I loaded yours and its perfect! Not sure how accurate the color is as the white balance is different, but from my perspective its as good as I can get it! I have an LG 4k monitor and with these settings I have to recalibrate that now! Wow!
by the way i achieved 100%
by the way i achieved 100% srgb in Datacolor Spyder 5’s calibration (but not using theirs using yours), Also tried to calibrate using DisplayCAL which did not work at all over here due to the white balance looking funny. Ran it 2-3 times it takes over an hour so I gave up trying to do that. Too much work. Your calibration is perfect!
Are higher refresh rates
Are higher refresh rates possible(2560×1440@60hz) via either the hdmi 1.4 or duallink dvi-d ports?? Thanks!!
Well I’ll answer my previous
Well I’ll answer my previous question with a “YES”. Just use an app which allows for Custom Resolutions. I’m on a Mac so I’m using SwitchResX. Works great!!
This monitor can do 4k 78hz
This monitor can do 4k 78hz and I have owned this monitor since launch. It can also do Cinematic at 3840 x 1646 78hz. I have not been able to make it go past 78hz unfortunately. If you know how let me know.
To obtain 4k 78hz you have to create a custom resolution.