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Yes, I spent almost a month researching the entire market and every single offering available. Nearly every ultrawide you speak of has very poor pixel density.
by pembrook 5y ago
Yes, I spent almost a month researching the entire market and every single offering available.
Nearly every ultrawide you speak of has very poor pixel density. 4k spanned across 34+ inches diagonally looks pretty terrible when you view it at the distance most people sit from their monitors.
I can’t seriously be the only one who can tell the difference. Have you ever compared how text looks on your phone or laptop screen compared to most monitors available today?
- random314 5y agoNever thought I would see the time 4K isn't enough anymore!
- nickpp 5y ago4K was only ever enough for 24" monitors, where you can use a clean 200% scaling. If you've already moved on to 27" or higher, 4K was never enough!
- akvadrako 5y agoThat's why Apple makes their 27" iMac 5K. 4K is almost enough.
- skohan 5y agoIronically it's not easy to find a current-gen 4k 24"
- newaccount74 5y agoThey stopped selling the Dell UP2414Q! What a shame. So it looks like the only option is the pricy LG Ultrafine 24MD4KL. There's also only a single 5k display on the market (also from LG). It's a shame that there are so few high res displays on the market, and they are all 16:9...
- wilsonnb3 5y agoLG also has the 24UD58 for $300
- lucian1900 5y agoIt wasn't enough to start with for large monitors. High pixel density is important for text readability. A 30" screen at typical monitor distance has very few pixels per arcsecond.
- pembrook 5y agoIt all depends on how close you sit to the screen. What matters is pixel density, and that’s a function of both the resolution and how close you’re sitting. So if you have a 4k TV and a 4k monitor, there’s actually quite a difference. If your monitor is bigger than 24” you’re getting way worse pixel density and visible pixels at the distance you’re sitting. On TVs it’s typically never a problem because you’re sitting far enough away.
- Gatsky 5y agoAgreed, there are few/no options if you have decent eyesight and want high pixel density.
- bzzzt 5y agoEven if you don't have decent eyesight crisper text is easier to read than a blurry mess of pixels representing letters.
- akvadrako 5y agoIndeed, still nobody makes the monitor I want – a double-wide 4K (or 5K) 27". The closest we have now are some wide 5K's with good DPI and the Dell 8K.
- burntoutfire 5y agoYep, text looks nicer in 4k. So what? 1080p is still plenty workable. I remember the jump from my 1024x768 CRT Sony to my first LCD monitor (I think it was 1920x1200?). Now THAT was an upgrade. 4k is just trivial in comparison. I for one intend to use my 1080p monitors until they die and cannot be fixed.