Update | Brand-new 6K office monitor launched with attractive design and an affordable price

Update: The price for the monitor has been revised from €1,399 to €899. The rest of the article remains unchanged.

JapanNext may not be a household term in the western world, but they sure have a decent product portfolio with exciting options. The brand has now announced a brand-new entrant to its lineup, dubbed the JN-IPS326K-HSPC9. Convoluted naming aside, the 6K IPS monitor appears to be quite well-specced.

Brand-new 6K monitor with an attractive design

At 31.5-inches, the monitor is big enough for the vast majority of use cases. The panel is quite pixel-dense, courtesy of its 6016 x 3384 (6K) resolution which allows for an impressive density of just under 220 PPI. JapanNext claims a peak brightness of 500 nits, and a contrast ratio of 1500:1, both of which should be perfectly doable for an IPS panel.

Of course, OLED-level blacks and contrast simply cannot be achieved on a IPS panel that does not boast a whole bunch of dimming zones. JapanNext does claim 96% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is lower than the 98% achieved by the Asus ProArt 6K monitor (currently $1290 on Amazon). The I/O options are pleasant, including dual HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and a USB-C 3.1 port with 90W power delivery for single-cable aficionados.

All of the aforementioned interfaces can manage the full 6K resolution at 60 Hz, which is to be expected. There is no option for higher refresh rates, which makes sense for a 6K panel. In other words, the monitor is unlikely to appease gamers and is better suited for productivity and office tasks.

More details, pricing, and availability

Other features include a 2W speaker, picture-in picture and picture-by-picture modes, KVM switching, low blue-light setting, VESA mounting support, and 90° pivot for the coders out there, as well as height, tilt, and swivel adjustments. Priced at €899 or roughly $1,061, the JapanNext 6K monitor is pretty affordable for what it offers. There is no word on a US launch as of this writing.