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> A good monitor is essential for that. Not nice to have. A MUST. And in “good” I mean, as good as you can get. The whole discussion starts from a what I would
by RHSeeger 6y ago
> A good monitor is essential for that. Not nice to have. A MUST. And in “good” I mean, as good as you can get.
The whole discussion starts from a what I would say is an incorrect assertion, and then goes on to describe lots of ways that letters can be made better. If, in fact, you don't need better, then a lot of the points go away.
1. There is a point of diminishing returns, past which you are spending a lot more money for very little benefit.
2. There exists a point beyond which "better letters" are unlikely to contribute much to daily work.
Both of those points are, to some extent, the same point. But either way, the idea that you MUST get as good of a monitor as you can" is, in my opinion, untrue and not worth basing an entire document on.
I'd rather see a discussion of which features of a monitor contribute the most (per $) to how well they function for daily work. For gaming, I want high refresh rate and high contrast. For TV, the contrast (real black) goes up in importance. For daily work, neither of those is a huge contributor to how well I can work.
- sydd 6y agoWhile technically the article is correct, it feels very narrow-sighted to me by placing resolution/refresh rate above everything else. Some more things to consider: - Price. If you are not a programmer in a first world country working for a magic money startup/big 4 then you wont spend $1000+ on a single monitor. Mine was a better 27" 1920 one for $300 and I'm happy with it. I'm sure there are better ones, but I cant allow myself spending much more on one. - No PWM. This is crucial. PWMing monitors kill your eye in hours, then you wont be able to work for the rest of the day. Some ppl I know take the eye-protection game so far that they by e-ink screens for development (sadly you cant buy large ones.). - Adjustable, optionally can be rotated 90 degrees. If you got 2 monitors one rotated at 90 degrees is a blessing for reading code. - small bezels. Quite important if you got 2 or more, large bezels make my setup clumsy. - Bright. Its quite annoying if I cant read something because the sun shines in my room. Especially important for laptops. None of these are mentioned, just that small letters should look nice and scrolling should be smooth.
- kart23 6y agoPWM and flicker need to die. I easily tell when a monitor is flickering and I'm convinced they're bad for long term eye health after using one for multiple years and not knowing why my eyes started hurting so often. Refresh rate is a nice-to-have in my book above 60fps. Size and resolution are much more important. Having a 32" over a 24" changed my life. Affordable, large E-ink screens would be revolutionary for many occupations and I hope there's more investment in the space.
- esperent 6y agoI think pwm is fairly rare these days. I have two dirt cheap AOC 24" 1080p monitors (about $150 each) and they don't use pwm.
- boplicity 6y agoMacbook Pros use PWM, which is why I had to return the latest 16 inch model. I was really bummed; but I need to protect my eyes. It was causing severe eye strain.