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> so you can't get 60Hz at 4K on your external monitor Maybe my eyes just aren't that good, but I really can't see why I would need 4k over standard HD, which

> so you can't get 60Hz at 4K on your external monitor Maybe my eyes just aren't that good, but I really can't see why I would need 4k over standard HD, which gives me plenty of screen real estate and a perfectly fine picture.

leoedin 6y ago
4K is 4x the pixels of standard HD. You can fit 4 HD windows next to each other. That's a huge difference! Any work with spreadsheets or multiple window code comparison benefits tremendously.
ChuckNorris89 6y ago
I don't see why your preferences should have an impact on my needs for 4k screens or vice-versa.
- war1025 6y ago
  Well it really doesn't. I was mainly asking for the conversation of it and to see what people had to say about the matter.
  - distances 6y ago
    For me, 38" monitor has been a game changer for productivity. That's not quite 4K but very close.
leetcrew 6y ago
how big is your monitor? to me, 4K is noticeably better than 1440p on a 27" monitor, especially for rendering text. 1440p is certainly acceptable at that size, but my guess is it would look quite bad on anything >30".
- war1025 6y ago
  I have a 24" monitor. Could be that people just have larger monitors than me. I always get the impression that people are just coding off their laptops all the time. 4k on a laptop seems like overkill.
  - leetcrew 6y ago
    1080p is fine for a 24" display imo, though I'd want 1440p for a 25". the current trend in laptop displays is baffling to me too. why anyone would sacrifice hours of battery life to have a 4K panel on something like an xps 13 is beyond me.
bserge 6y ago
I mean, sure, but if you have a 4K display, you want your machine to output 4K at a decent refresh rate.
leaveyou 6y ago
Many IT companies provide their employees with a two screen setup and more recently with the availability of Ultrawide screens you can replace 2 screens (1920 x 1080) with one ultrawide (3440 x 1440) and the first thing you notice is that HDMI 1.4 can't feed the ultrawide at 60Hz and to make it work you need to make some ugly hacks and downstep the refresh rate to 30Hz even though the monitor supports 75hz native refresh rate.
- hackerfromthefu 6y ago
  I think you can hit 50hz not 30 on hdmi 1.4
alanfranz 6y ago
Maybe your monitor isn't good enough. If you've got a 32" inch monitor, FullHD is pixelated. I've got a 43" monitor, it's 4K and it couldn't work at FullHD resolution.
nicoburns 6y ago
It's all about text rendering fidelity for me. I can fit a lot more code on my 4k screen.

leoedin 6y ago

4K is 4x the pixels of standard HD. You can fit 4 HD windows next to each other. That's a huge difference! Any work with spreadsheets or multiple window code comparison benefits tremendously.

ChuckNorris89 6y ago

I don't see why your preferences should have an impact on my needs for 4k screens or vice-versa.

war1025 6y ago
Well it really doesn't. I was mainly asking for the conversation of it and to see what people had to say about the matter.
- distances 6y ago
  For me, 38" monitor has been a game changer for productivity. That's not quite 4K but very close.

leetcrew 6y ago

how big is your monitor? to me, 4K is noticeably better than 1440p on a 27" monitor, especially for rendering text. 1440p is certainly acceptable at that size, but my guess is it would look quite bad on anything >30".

war1025 6y ago
I have a 24" monitor. Could be that people just have larger monitors than me. I always get the impression that people are just coding off their laptops all the time. 4k on a laptop seems like overkill.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  1080p is fine for a 24" display imo, though I'd want 1440p for a 25". the current trend in laptop displays is baffling to me too. why anyone would sacrifice hours of battery life to have a 4K panel on something like an xps 13 is beyond me.

bserge 6y ago

I mean, sure, but if you have a 4K display, you want your machine to output 4K at a decent refresh rate.

leaveyou 6y ago

Many IT companies provide their employees with a two screen setup and more recently with the availability of Ultrawide screens you can replace 2 screens (1920 x 1080) with one ultrawide (3440 x 1440) and the first thing you notice is that HDMI 1.4 can't feed the ultrawide at 60Hz and to make it work you need to make some ugly hacks and downstep the refresh rate to 30Hz even though the monitor supports 75hz native refresh rate.

hackerfromthefu 6y ago
I think you can hit 50hz not 30 on hdmi 1.4

alanfranz 6y ago

Maybe your monitor isn't good enough. If you've got a 32" inch monitor, FullHD is pixelated. I've got a 43" monitor, it's 4K and it couldn't work at FullHD resolution.

nicoburns 6y ago

It's all about text rendering fidelity for me. I can fit a lot more code on my 4k screen.