Gaming at 4K: not anytime soon?

[JEMC]

Viper1 said:

JEMC said:

curl-6 said:
Is AA even needed at 4K?

Good question.

Lurking other forums I've seen responses from both sides. Some say that it's not necessary at all while other say that at least some minimum AA is still needed because the human eye can still see some odd patterns, even jaggies at that kind of resolution.

I guess it's something that varies from gamer to gamer.

Not for the average sized computer gaming monitor.   24" @ 4K would produce a pixel density that would exceed the eyes' ability to perceive staggered pixels.  Some people with super sharp vision may still see some but nowhere near to the point that they'd need AA to smooth it out.

Large format TV's (55" and greater) may look slightly better if played with very basic AA.

Fine, but which size is the smallest 4K TV/monitor available today? 30"?

And how long will it take them to launch 24" 4K monitors?