OSD PiP / PbP and Viewing Angles
OSD Settings:
The OSD is fairly comprehensive, with many options to choose from. The most interesting to explore were the PiP (Picture in Picture) and PbP (Picture by Picture) modes. The Seiki Pro really excels here. PiP can be in any corner of the screen, with small medium and large size options. PbP is also full of options – you can have two, three, or four inputs all displayed simultaneously:
Even more interesting is that the scaler is capable of handling four simultaneous 4K video streams (two at 4K 60 DP and two at 4K 30 HDMI). The scaler reduces the size as appropriate, so reading text on an interpolated and shrunken desktop may be difficult without Windows DPI scaling at play, but it is an interesting technical accomplishment nonetheless. The ultimate end result of all of this is the ability to effectively have four 20” diagonal displays, all fed from separate systems, all on the same piece of glass:
There are other decent color calibration options, but we will save that for later in the review.
Viewing angles:
Viewing angle tests show us the ability for a monitor to reproduce an accurate image (with color and brightness) from different directions. If you are sitting at your desk and slouch down, or move your chair to the side, will the screen still show you the image you expect? Here are the viewing angle results for the Seiki Pro 40”. The Lagom.nl Viewing Angle Test was used for these photos.
Straight ahead:
Angled down
Angled up
~45 degree right
‘Over the shoulder’
The Super MVA panel used offers respectable results at extreme viewing angles, but there is some minor contrast variance when viewed from the side (off of horizontal center). Vertical angles are better handled, especially when compared to a TN panel. That’s the thing with MVA – as the technology falls in-between TN and IPS.
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.