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I just got a 32”, 4K, 120hz monitor for $1000.

by jasonladuke0311 5y ago

jagger27 5y ago
4K isn't dense enough for proper 2x scaling at that size though. You have to go fractional, which is okay, but not great.
- wswope 5y ago
  Yeah, who could ever imagine using a 1080p 32” monitor…
  - BoorishBears 5y ago
    It's pretty awful. I got Dell's "5k" ultrawide before the XDR, and at the time M1 Macbooks couldn't do fractional scaling at that high of a resolution. The result was essentially a wider 32" 1080p screen. And while the text was crisp, the space efficiency was absolutely awful. I can't even imagine the 16:9 version of that...
    - wswope 5y ago
      I was originally making a snide joke (sorry) since it’s a popular form factor, and I can’t think of a better common option for 2x scaling than 4k 32”… but on review, I actually take your point on space efficiency, if we’re talking about it as a primary display.
      - jagger27 5y ago
        I find 1080p at 27" to be comically big, let alone 32". Maybe my eyes are still young though.
BoorishBears 5y ago
I got a 32" 4k 144hz monitor for $1000 and given how few of these there are odds are it's a similar panel It's nothing compared to the XDR. I have no idea why this person thinks the XDR is bad for everyday users. - I got one as a programmer who mostly looks at text. If you didn't tell me it has HDR always enabled I wouldn't have known, they've done an excellent job with managing bloom on non-HDR content. - The resolution makes text milky smooth in a way that I always though 4k was this whole time - 60hz has never bothered me despite regularly switching between this, the 144hz monitor, and a 360hz monitor.... - Accelerometer is neat enough, I have mine on a gas spring monitor arm and can be occasionally helpful to rotate - Build quality is unmatched by all the gamer aesthetic stuff out there. Remove "backlight bleed" from your vocabulary.

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I just got a 32”, 4K, 120hz monitor for $1000.

by jasonladuke0311 5y ago

I just got a 32”, 4K, 120hz monitor for $1000.

jagger27 5y ago
4K isn't dense enough for proper 2x scaling at that size though. You have to go fractional, which is okay, but not great.
- wswope 5y ago
  Yeah, who could ever imagine using a 1080p 32” monitor…
  - BoorishBears 5y ago
    It's pretty awful. I got Dell's "5k" ultrawide before the XDR, and at the time M1 Macbooks couldn't do fractional scaling at that high of a resolution. The result was essentially a wider 32" 1080p screen. And while the text was crisp, the space efficiency was absolutely awful. I can't even imagine the 16:9 version of that...
    - wswope 5y ago
      I was originally making a snide joke (sorry) since it’s a popular form factor, and I can’t think of a better common option for 2x scaling than 4k 32”… but on review, I actually take your point on space efficiency, if we’re talking about it as a primary display.
      - jagger27 5y ago
        I find 1080p at 27" to be comically big, let alone 32". Maybe my eyes are still young though.
BoorishBears 5y ago
I got a 32" 4k 144hz monitor for $1000 and given how few of these there are odds are it's a similar panel It's nothing compared to the XDR. I have no idea why this person thinks the XDR is bad for everyday users. - I got one as a programmer who mostly looks at text. If you didn't tell me it has HDR always enabled I wouldn't have known, they've done an excellent job with managing bloom on non-HDR content. - The resolution makes text milky smooth in a way that I always though 4k was this whole time - 60hz has never bothered me despite regularly switching between this, the 144hz monitor, and a 360hz monitor.... - Accelerometer is neat enough, I have mine on a gas spring monitor arm and can be occasionally helpful to rotate - Build quality is unmatched by all the gamer aesthetic stuff out there. Remove "backlight bleed" from your vocabulary.