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In my opinion the jump from 1080p to 4K is as significant as the jump from hdd to ssd. That's a lot of screen real estate and especially when programming I put

by Taek 6y ago

In my opinion the jump from 1080p to 4K is as significant as the jump from hdd to ssd. That's a lot of screen real estate and especially when programming I put it to use.

mrob 6y ago
I disagree. The bottleneck is usually your eyes, not the monitor. On 1080p you can use small bitmap fonts that are legible even at low resolutions. 4K mostly gives you more flexible typography aesthetics, which doesn't improve programming productivity.
- justaguy88 6y ago
  1080p outright looks blurry after using 4k, so its pretty hard to even contemplate going back
  - mrob 6y ago
    The whole point of bitmap fonts is that they're designed to be used without anti-aliasing. There's no blur. Examples: https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts If you're on 4K you can simulate how they look on 1080p with 2x integer nearest neighbor scaling.
    - solarkraft 6y ago
      Too bad I can't bitmap-font UI elements. Being able to scale those freely (my DE allows it by a float value that is currently around 1,65) without too noticeable blur is my most important reason for a high resolution screen. The by current standards normal sharpness is nice too (1080 screens aren't really blurry, they're pixely).
  - jopsen 6y ago
    But getting vscode or chrome to render fast at 4k is nontrivial. I basically went back to 1080p because of this.
- 1123581321 6y ago
  2k equivalent on a 4k screen feels very good on my eyes. Reducing fatigue is productivity.
- outworlder 6y ago
  > The bottleneck is usually your eyes Eye resolution is ridiculously high. There's a reason companies started marketing 'retina' displays. Small fonts will not always fall into discrete pixels which is especially true if the resolution is not very high. Which requires you to do antialiasing or mangle the characters. Higher resolution displays allows you to render them more faithfully.
baq 6y ago
1440p 27” is the sweet spot for me: no scaling needed while not having to have your face inside your display and neck doesn’t hurt from constant twisting.

by Taek 6y ago

In my opinion the jump from 1080p to 4K is as significant as the jump from hdd to ssd. That's a lot of screen real estate and especially when programming I put it to use.

mrob 6y ago

I disagree. The bottleneck is usually your eyes, not the monitor. On 1080p you can use small bitmap fonts that are legible even at low resolutions. 4K mostly gives you more flexible typography aesthetics, which doesn't improve programming productivity.

justaguy88 6y ago
1080p outright looks blurry after using 4k, so its pretty hard to even contemplate going back
- mrob 6y ago
  The whole point of bitmap fonts is that they're designed to be used without anti-aliasing. There's no blur. Examples: https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts If you're on 4K you can simulate how they look on 1080p with 2x integer nearest neighbor scaling.
  - solarkraft 6y ago
    Too bad I can't bitmap-font UI elements. Being able to scale those freely (my DE allows it by a float value that is currently around 1,65) without too noticeable blur is my most important reason for a high resolution screen. The by current standards normal sharpness is nice too (1080 screens aren't really blurry, they're pixely).
- jopsen 6y ago
  But getting vscode or chrome to render fast at 4k is nontrivial. I basically went back to 1080p because of this.
1123581321 6y ago
2k equivalent on a 4k screen feels very good on my eyes. Reducing fatigue is productivity.
outworlder 6y ago
> The bottleneck is usually your eyes Eye resolution is ridiculously high. There's a reason companies started marketing 'retina' displays. Small fonts will not always fall into discrete pixels which is especially true if the resolution is not very high. Which requires you to do antialiasing or mangle the characters. Higher resolution displays allows you to render them more faithfully.

baq 6y ago

1440p 27” is the sweet spot for me: no scaling needed while not having to have your face inside your display and neck doesn’t hurt from constant twisting.