ViewSonic VP2780-4K 27-inch Ultra HD Monitor Review

[AndrewJacksonZA]

I keep seeing prices quoted in your reviews that are lower than the links provided in the same article...

Thanks for the input. In many articles we do call out the fact that the prices in the article are based on the writing time frame...The "buy buttons" we place into the articles, which are linked from e-tailers/merchants are typically dynamically linked using APIs...

- Fritz Nelson, Editor-in-chief

Serious question: What obstacles are there in putting up both a static "value per dollar at time of writing chart" and a dynamic "value per dollar right now while you're reading this chart" calculated on the returned value from your partner merchants?

Set it as a challenge for one of your web dev interns during their lunch break ;-)

 

[tomc100]

Looks like there is a chart that calculates the viewing distance and size of display where people will notice 4K assuming that you have 20/20 vision. So for 27" the ideal viewing distance is 1 to 3 feet.

http://referencehometheater.com/2013/commentary/4k-calculator/

http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html

 

[FritzEiv]

I keep seeing prices quoted in your reviews that are lower than the links provided in the same article...

Thanks for the input. In many articles we do call out the fact that the prices in the article are based on the writing time frame...The "buy buttons" we place into the articles, which are linked from e-tailers/merchants are typically dynamically linked using APIs...

- Fritz Nelson, Editor-in-chief

Serious question: What obstacles are there in putting up both a static "value per dollar at time of writing chart" and a dynamic "value per dollar right now while you're reading this chart" calculated on the returned value from your partner merchants?

Set it as a challenge for one of your web dev interns during their lunch break ;-)

It's actually a bigger challenge than you might think. In order to do this properly, meaning doing it in a way that ultimately scales (ie, it happens both dynamically and automatically), we need to do some things under the hood so to speak. I'm not going to reveal our product roadmap in public, but suffice to say that we're working on a few major initiatives, some of them foundational building blocks. For now, that sometimes prevents us from making an immediate change to one thing in particular, but our product team and our developers are focused on an end game.