They are professional displays with wide viewing angles

Apr 8, 2013 07:31 GMT  ·  By

The Ultra High-Definition resolution has been cropping up on the TV market a lot lately, but Sony doesn't want the monitor segment to fall behind, which is why it has put together two OLED 4K monitors.

They measure 30 inches and 56 inches, respectively, and already have a following thanks to their appearance at NAB 2013.

Their native resolution is better than normal too: instead of 3840 x 2160, they have screens with 4096 x 2160 pixels.

It is a bit odd that professional monitors would be even more "widescreen" than even widescreen TVs, despite 4:3 being considered better for this type of display, but there you have it.

"High-quality reference grade OLED monitors are more important now than ever, especially when working with 4K content," said Gary Mandle, senior product manager, professional displays, Sony Electronics.

"At this level of production, color accuracy and reproduction are critical. With these improvements in viewing angles, color shift and additional enhancements, professionals are now even better equipped to critically evaluate any type of signal."

OLED provides the newcomers with wide viewing angles and low color shift. That is to say, signal reproduction is very accurate (colors are faithful to real-world ones).

Sadly, the release won't happen until 2014, and we don't have any prices to share either. There is a long wait to go still.

Sony does offer some consolation though: the A Series of professional OLED panels, which is already out, will be refreshed in May.

More specifically, seven monitors will be released this May, with better viewing angles and color shift than the previous generation.

The new New "A" Series OLED Master Monitors are called BVM-E250A, BVM-E170A, BVM-F250A, BVM-F170A. The New "A" Series OLED Picture Monitors are PVM-2541A and PVM-1741A.

All of them are TRIMASTER EL panels which cut color shift in half compared to other technologies, and provide the wide viewing angle we have mentioned before.