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I am still using two 1600x1200 screens at home, since 2007. Samsung 204B, replaced capacitors once. I didn't see 1920x1080 as worth the upgrade. Although I hav

I am still using two 1600x1200 screens at home, since 2007. Samsung 204B, replaced capacitors once. I didn't see 1920x1080 as worth the upgrade. Although I have recently had to tweak/mod a few games as they didn't support my screen resolution. Now, I want 2x 4k screens: - play games at 1080, I have not the money for 4k gaming at high refresh rates. - and desktop productivity at 4k, with one screen portrait for reading.

dylan604 6y ago
Wowza! Is your skin semi-transparent with all of those rads streaming at you? Those old school CRTs were gorgeous, and I kept ahold of mine until it bit the dust in 2008. I do enjoy the desk real estate that was recovered after getting rid of those dinosaurs.
- _carbyau_ 6y ago
  I had a massive Trinitron before these but no, a Samsung 204B is nothing like those glorious old CRTs. A 204B is old tech LCD now, not that great really, but functional. I do sunburn far easier than I'd like though! :-P
  - terminalcommand 6y ago
    I went the 4K route. I initially wanted a 40 inch 4K but settled for 32 inch. I'd recommend to get a single 40K display. You'll have the screen real estate of 4 24" monitors at 1080p side by side plus some extra space on top and bottom. You can probably use it without scaling so high dpi compatibility won't be a problem. Don't settle for 32 inch get a 40+ inch one.
    - jhoechtl 6y ago
      Once you went the 4K way every other DPI resolution looks awful. I had a private 4K monitor and got a company laptop update and a new monitor at the office. I first thought what the heck can't the IT department get their video drives right on a fresh install until I realized that unsharp resolution just is the native pixel densitiy of the display. So in order to get crisp DPIs, 32'' with fractional scaling might still make sense. At least to me, it's like reading crisp sharp paper online.
    - foobarian 6y ago
      Not sure how you arrived at the 40" number, but I tried this when shopping for a new screen and could not stand the head movement needed to handle that size, as well as the geometry distortion due to the flatness. 32" ended up the sweet spot for me. Maybe a highly curved 40" 4K would work better? That I haven't tried yet.
    - dylan604 6y ago
      >I'd recommend to get a single 40K display. Hellzyeah! Where can I get one of those bad boys? And how many arms and legs plus first born children are needed to give up to get one of those mythical beasts? Can't decide if you mean 40" display or 4K display? Or did you combine 40" + 4k into 40k?

dylan604 6y ago

Wowza! Is your skin semi-transparent with all of those rads streaming at you? Those old school CRTs were gorgeous, and I kept ahold of mine until it bit the dust in 2008. I do enjoy the desk real estate that was recovered after getting rid of those dinosaurs.

_carbyau_ 6y ago
I had a massive Trinitron before these but no, a Samsung 204B is nothing like those glorious old CRTs. A 204B is old tech LCD now, not that great really, but functional. I do sunburn far easier than I'd like though! :-P
- terminalcommand 6y ago
  I went the 4K route. I initially wanted a 40 inch 4K but settled for 32 inch. I'd recommend to get a single 40K display. You'll have the screen real estate of 4 24" monitors at 1080p side by side plus some extra space on top and bottom. You can probably use it without scaling so high dpi compatibility won't be a problem. Don't settle for 32 inch get a 40+ inch one.
  - jhoechtl 6y ago
    Once you went the 4K way every other DPI resolution looks awful. I had a private 4K monitor and got a company laptop update and a new monitor at the office. I first thought what the heck can't the IT department get their video drives right on a fresh install until I realized that unsharp resolution just is the native pixel densitiy of the display. So in order to get crisp DPIs, 32'' with fractional scaling might still make sense. At least to me, it's like reading crisp sharp paper online.
  - foobarian 6y ago
    Not sure how you arrived at the 40" number, but I tried this when shopping for a new screen and could not stand the head movement needed to handle that size, as well as the geometry distortion due to the flatness. 32" ended up the sweet spot for me. Maybe a highly curved 40" 4K would work better? That I haven't tried yet.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    >I'd recommend to get a single 40K display. Hellzyeah! Where can I get one of those bad boys? And how many arms and legs plus first born children are needed to give up to get one of those mythical beasts? Can't decide if you mean 40" display or 4K display? Or did you combine 40" + 4k into 40k?