The two 4K monitors that Lenovo has announced are very interesting choices for someone who wants a nice display but won't be playing a lot of video games. The ThinkVision P 27pz 30 and P32pz 30 come with 1,152 dimming zones, a plethora of ports, and even the potentially unprecedented ability to send 140W of power to a laptop.
You can connect to the monitors with a single cable, which can handle 40 Gbps of data and video transfer. You can daisy-chain two together for a 4K monitor. It gets a lot more interesting when you combine that with the fact that the monitors can provide up to 140W of power to a laptop. It would be possible to plug in a single cable and get multiple monitors, an expansive hub, and enough power for all but the thirstiest of laptops.
It isn't the full 480W that theusb is capable of, but still very impressive.
There aren't many laptops on the market that are able to accept that much power over the internet. You can get a 140W power brick on the 16-inch MacBook Pro, but only if you use MagSafe. Some gaming focused ultralights top out at 100W.
If you want to plug your MagSafe cable into the monitor or the wall, you have to choose between one of the two options.
The ThinkVisions will be better prepared if a laptop takes better advantage of theusb power delivery 3.1 I was unable to find any monitors that could provide 140W from their ports. The HP Z40c maxes out at 100W, while the Apple studio display maxes out at 96W. When I searched for a monitor with those specifications, it brought up pages of charging bricks, even though my search was failing here.
Even if your laptop doesn't need that much power, you'll still get an impressive port layout. The monitors have two HDMI 2.1 ports, one for input and one for output, but there is no mention of variable refresh rate or auto low-latency mode. There's a 3.5mm jack for headphones.
If you want to use two computers with one display, these monitors seem well-rounded, even if you don't want to use a keyboard and mouse. The stand has tilt, pan, and height adjustments, and can be used vertically if you want, but the monitors are capable of 1200 nits peak brightness. The company says they will be good at reproducing color, covering 99 percent of the AdobeRGB colorspace. The 27 inch model will cover 99 percent of the space, while the 31.5 inch model will only cover 98 percent.
The price is finally here. One of its previous 27-inch monitors using the tech had a price tag of $2,399.00, similar to the prices of other displays using the tech. The ThinkVision P32pz 30 will come in at $1,599, and while the current press release lists prices as "coming soon" for the 27 inch model, a previous version referred to it being 1,699 euros. It seems like you will have to pay more if you want a bigger screen.
Is there a better deal in the monitors? I would probably go with the Alienware QD-OLED because of its gaming aesthetic and feature set, but it would probably put off most businesses due to its lack of features. The $700 display from Cooler Master is cheap but not very office-friendly. On paper, it seems like Lenovo has made some very compelling monitors, even though they don't have the best charging specifications. Maybe something even better will be announced in the months between now and when the ThinkVisions are actually launched.
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