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What is it that you do that requires 4k? Genuinely curious. I'm a software engineer and to me 4k sounds like it wouldn't make a difference. But maybe you are on

What is it that you do that requires 4k? Genuinely curious. I'm a software engineer and to me 4k sounds like it wouldn't make a difference. But maybe you are one too and I just don't know any better. Thanks in advance.

mike_pol 5y ago
Text looks sooo much better in 4K. Antialiasing especially around curves kills text for me in 1080p. Plus if you have good eyesight you can fit more text on your screen.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  1440p would have the same result on a tiny screen.
  - short12 5y ago
    Personal experience but no. 1440p doesn't even come close
indeyets 5y ago
Eye strain is much lower on 4k because fonts are smoother. It's not about screen estate (but sometimes it is, if you really need it), but mostly about clarity and smoothness in 2x retina mode
lultimouomo 5y ago
For me the only, huge, selling point of 4k is text rendering. I could watch movies, do graphics or play games on a full HD screen all day long, but for programming I cannot go back.
eulers_secret 5y ago
I like the extra screen space 4K offers; but only on large screens. I run without any scaling (well, 100%), my editor offers 101 lines visible vertical and 470 columns. (each line is ~1/4" measured on a ruler; 27" screen 23" from my eyes) I can view ~6 open files at once (more depending), and this can be very helpful when trying to remember context: instead of remembering, I just split the screen and open the same file again. When I got a 4K monitor, it replaced my previous dual monitor setup. I now prefer just one high-res monitor. Only disadvantage is that I spend time tweaking font sizes, but that's mostly front-loaded and once it's set up (Linux) I don't even think about it.
dharmaturtle 5y ago
Also a programmer here. 4k 39" TV with zero scaling is my main setup. It's lovely - I highly recommend it. With a tiling window manager, I can see lots of code, run my tests, keep an eye on the command line, have API docs open, all kinds of stuff. It's even more dramatic than going from 1 screen to 2, IMO. In a way it's going from 2 to 4 :D

mike_pol 5y ago

Text looks sooo much better in 4K. Antialiasing especially around curves kills text for me in 1080p. Plus if you have good eyesight you can fit more text on your screen.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
1440p would have the same result on a tiny screen.
- short12 5y ago
  Personal experience but no. 1440p doesn't even come close

indeyets 5y ago

Eye strain is much lower on 4k because fonts are smoother. It's not about screen estate (but sometimes it is, if you really need it), but mostly about clarity and smoothness in 2x retina mode

lultimouomo 5y ago

For me the only, huge, selling point of 4k is text rendering. I could watch movies, do graphics or play games on a full HD screen all day long, but for programming I cannot go back.

eulers_secret 5y ago

I like the extra screen space 4K offers; but only on large screens. I run without any scaling (well, 100%), my editor offers 101 lines visible vertical and 470 columns. (each line is ~1/4" measured on a ruler; 27" screen 23" from my eyes) I can view ~6 open files at once (more depending), and this can be very helpful when trying to remember context: instead of remembering, I just split the screen and open the same file again. When I got a 4K monitor, it replaced my previous dual monitor setup. I now prefer just one high-res monitor. Only disadvantage is that I spend time tweaking font sizes, but that's mostly front-loaded and once it's set up (Linux) I don't even think about it.

dharmaturtle 5y ago

Also a programmer here. 4k 39" TV with zero scaling is my main setup. It's lovely - I highly recommend it. With a tiling window manager, I can see lots of code, run my tests, keep an eye on the command line, have API docs open, all kinds of stuff. It's even more dramatic than going from 1 screen to 2, IMO. In a way it's going from 2 to 4 :D