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Out of curiosity, what do you mean when you say you need 4K for programming?

• gknoy 8y ago
  At 4k resolution, a 30-40 inch monitor gives noticeably improved text quality (even when I could only get it at 30hz). Part of the reason for this is that we're looking at the screen from 2.5-3 feet away, rather than the ~6ft viewing distance that is common for TVs. It's hard to describe the difference, except that I have two monitors side by side -- one a 4k, and one a 1440p, and the difference is noticeable. Even when I scale the 4k monitor so that the window size is the same, the text quality is still noticeably easier to read.
• Waterluvian 8y ago
  For web app development my setup is as follows: 4k monitor for two panes of code 4k monitor for a browser + debugger or maybe two browsers: one mobile one desktop. 1080p monitor for docs or maybe Netflix as I work depending on the kind of work. When I'm doing robotics or server or more general programming work I basically just use my main monitor. Reading code on a 1080p monitor is almost intolerable now that I'm used to 4k. I can size it way down and get two full panes of code side by side.
  • sjroot 8y ago
    Interesting. Thank you for sharing.