Ahh, see, that's a clever use for a monitor base. Much better than that hideous new 4K gaming monitor that projects some awful tramp stamp onto your desk.
Having wireless charging in the base of monitor isnt a new concept(Dell U2417HJ is one of the examples) but real shame is the phone makers not providing wireless charging in their devices. I wont mind if NFC were to go removed in favour of wireless charging.
It's definitely a neat concept. My only potential concern is due to knowing that putting my phone on the desk under my NEC 3090 results in losing roughly a bar of signal strength. As expensive as the NEC is I'm assuming it's a big object with a lot of metal in it problem, not EMI leakage; but don't have any way to measure the difference.
The first thing I think of when I am using my desktop computer and surrounded by USB ports is gosh I wish I could find a less strenuous way to charge my phone.
A car makes sense, a monitor does not...
Anyway, I vote we rename this Comments section, "Scornful Initial Reactions"
I don't know, at work where I plop my butt down for eight hours a day, I don't need a blistering fast charge. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. Same thing with an overnight charge. The convenience of putting my phone down knowing that the next time I pick it up it'll magically have more charge, sometimes it's nice and the slower charging speed is pretty irrelevant.
When I had an S7, I charged it on a wireless dock at work and it worked exactly as conveniently as you would think. I basically never had to plug in my phone at home because I could get through an evening with a full charge, which I always left work with.
You are wrong, actually the 34 inch ACER PREDATOR 3440X1440 is the rich man's gaming monitor.
The OP is NOT a gaming monitor b/c it does NOT feature GSYNC or FREESYNC. If you think that GSYNC or FREESYNC isn't a big deal, wait until you start playing games and you get serious screen tearing all over your screen.
I am pretty damn rich. In my monitor I do not want shitty 8 watt speakers. I have nice B&W speakers and 7.1 surround plus two years ago's top Sony receiver just for my computer. So waste of time speakers.
Make the base dumb so I can inefficiently charge a phone? WTF! I care about the environment.
As for the rich mans monitor, the new HDMI spec just came out for 10k p120 plus Dolby Atmos HDR and 10, 12 and 16 bit color iirc. Oh yeah and built in spec for the variable frame rate thing so it works with both AMD and nVidia future cards. That is the rich mans monitor and I want to buy it in about a 32" size because it is my work and gaming monitor. I watch TV on a real entertainment system.
********************************************************************************************* like Curtis said I can't believe that any body can make $8668 in one month on the internet .
2016/2017 monitors @ $1000 plus have to have better refresh rate then 60Hz and if not support for freesync2 then at least freesync. Back to drawing boards lamos!
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dstarr3 - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
Ahh, see, that's a clever use for a monitor base. Much better than that hideous new 4K gaming monitor that projects some awful tramp stamp onto your desk.RaLX - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
Agree, although a USB hub would have been better considering that Qi charging has had a so-so performance in terms of new products adopting it.PixyMisa - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
Yeah, it's a shame that Qi isn't more widely supported. It saved my two Nexus 7s when their USB ports went flaky (a common problem on the 2013 model).Chaitanya - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
Having wireless charging in the base of monitor isnt a new concept(Dell U2417HJ is one of the examples) but real shame is the phone makers not providing wireless charging in their devices. I wont mind if NFC were to go removed in favour of wireless charging.DanNeely - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
It's definitely a neat concept. My only potential concern is due to knowing that putting my phone on the desk under my NEC 3090 results in losing roughly a bar of signal strength. As expensive as the NEC is I'm assuming it's a big object with a lot of metal in it problem, not EMI leakage; but don't have any way to measure the difference.Tylanner - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
The first thing I think of when I am using my desktop computer and surrounded by USB ports is gosh I wish I could find a less strenuous way to charge my phone.A car makes sense, a monitor does not...
Anyway, I vote we rename this Comments section, "Scornful Initial Reactions"
dstarr3 - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
I don't know, at work where I plop my butt down for eight hours a day, I don't need a blistering fast charge. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. Same thing with an overnight charge. The convenience of putting my phone down knowing that the next time I pick it up it'll magically have more charge, sometimes it's nice and the slower charging speed is pretty irrelevant.jordanclock - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
When I had an S7, I charged it on a wireless dock at work and it worked exactly as conveniently as you would think. I basically never had to plug in my phone at home because I could get through an evening with a full charge, which I always left work with.Murloc - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
this is the serious rich guy version of 1337 gaming monitors.Achaios - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
You are wrong, actually the 34 inch ACER PREDATOR 3440X1440 is the rich man's gaming monitor.The OP is NOT a gaming monitor b/c it does NOT feature GSYNC or FREESYNC. If you think that GSYNC or FREESYNC isn't a big deal, wait until you start playing games and you get serious screen tearing all over your screen.
Notmyusualid - Sunday, January 15, 2017 - link
+1 Acer Pred X34 here too. Very happy with it.I couldn't accept this Asus monitor, as beautiful as it looks, @ 60Hz.
And as you say, no sync of any kind...
Azethoth - Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - link
I am pretty damn rich. In my monitor I do not want shitty 8 watt speakers. I have nice B&W speakers and 7.1 surround plus two years ago's top Sony receiver just for my computer. So waste of time speakers.Make the base dumb so I can inefficiently charge a phone? WTF! I care about the environment.
As for the rich mans monitor, the new HDMI spec just came out for 10k p120 plus Dolby Atmos HDR and 10, 12 and 16 bit color iirc. Oh yeah and built in spec for the variable frame rate thing so it works with both AMD and nVidia future cards. That is the rich mans monitor and I want to buy it in about a 32" size because it is my work and gaming monitor. I watch TV on a real entertainment system.
Geesus - Saturday, February 11, 2017 - link
It's good to know you're "pretty damn rich" but you know jack about PCs and people who game or have ANY technical knowledge about PCs.NO ONE in the aforementioned group buys a monitor for the "speakers".
PixyMisa - Thursday, January 12, 2017 - link
I'd love something like this for work, to handle multiple documents side-by-side, but I really need higher DPI. 5760x2400 would do nicely.zilesija - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
greatzilesija - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
*********************************************************************************************like Curtis said I can't believe that any body can make $8668 in one month on the internet .
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milkod2001 - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
2016/2017 monitors @ $1000 plus have to have better refresh rate then 60Hz and if not support for freesync2 then at least freesync. Back to drawing boards lamos!