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> The fix, honestly, is moving to 200% resolution screens (such as 4k 24" replacing everyone's 1080p 24", or 2880p 27" replacing everyone's 1440p 27") I'd abso

> The fix, honestly, is moving to 200% resolution screens (such as 4k 24" replacing everyone's 1080p 24", or 2880p 27" replacing everyone's 1440p 27") I'd absolutely love to do that but there are only 2 or 3 monitors available on the market right now which would work well with integer scaling at 4k or higher resolution. The Apple Pro XDR, Dell 8K, and LG 5K monitors are the only ones that come to mind. There is an old 24 inch 4k monitor from LG but it wouldn't be a wise decision to buy it at this point. It seems that all the progress in monitor hardware is happening towards increasing referesh rate to unreasonable and unnecessary standards.

GekkePrutser 5y ago
Yeah I have this LG. It's amazing.. such a shame they stopped making a 24" model and I'm really worried if this breaks because there's no replacement. It's the 24UD58-B and cost only 220€ at the time. I wish I had bought two. Apple seem to be the only one doing 24" 4K now and I don't want a computer attached.
enriquto 5y ago
> I'd absolutely love to do that but there are only 2 or 3 monitors available on the market right now (...) Or, you know, just use good bitmap fonts on whatever monitor you have. Bitmap fonts look crisp on any low-resolution monitor.
tshaddox 5y ago
This is a huge disappointment in the computer monitor space, and not just because of text rendering! It’s such a bummer that Apple’s Retina displays on Macs didn’t make lead to high resolution displays taking over in the desktop market. My $2000 iMac from 2015 is still my best desktop monitor, and there’s still no remotely affordable equivalent options on the market except the LG 5K that Apple sells (which is well over half the cost of a new iMac).
- ayushnix 5y ago
  I've resigned to cynicism when it comes to certain things such as IPv6 and integer scaling HiDPI monitors. I doubt I'll see either of them for the next decade or two, perhaps more.
  - tshaddox 5y ago
    I tend to agree, but the reason this example is particularly weird is that these displays have been common in Apple's computers for nearly 10 years now.
    - ayushnix 5y ago
      I don't think those displays are available for retail purchase as an external monitor if someone doesn't want to use a Mac, at least not where I live.
      - tshaddox 5y ago
        Yeah, and it’s annoying even for Mac users (my use case is literally to have a 5k external monitor to use with my MacBook Pro).
voldacar 5y ago
>unreasonable and unnecessary speak for yourself. I'd rather have 1080p 144hz than 4k 60hz
- ayushnix 5y ago
  > I'd rather have 1080p 144hz than 4k 60hz If you do gaming all day, then yeah, sure, go for a million Hz. I work with text on my terminal all day and fonts on a 24 inch 1080p screen look like crap compared to 27 inch 4K. Besides, I was calling out displays with 240Hz or 300Hz+ which seem stupid but I guess if people will buy it thinking that they'll be able to make more kills in CSGO, monitor OEMs will make them.

GekkePrutser 5y ago

Yeah I have this LG. It's amazing.. such a shame they stopped making a 24" model and I'm really worried if this breaks because there's no replacement. It's the 24UD58-B and cost only 220€ at the time. I wish I had bought two. Apple seem to be the only one doing 24" 4K now and I don't want a computer attached.

enriquto 5y ago

> I'd absolutely love to do that but there are only 2 or 3 monitors available on the market right now (...) Or, you know, just use good bitmap fonts on whatever monitor you have. Bitmap fonts look crisp on any low-resolution monitor.

tshaddox 5y ago

This is a huge disappointment in the computer monitor space, and not just because of text rendering! It’s such a bummer that Apple’s Retina displays on Macs didn’t make lead to high resolution displays taking over in the desktop market. My $2000 iMac from 2015 is still my best desktop monitor, and there’s still no remotely affordable equivalent options on the market except the LG 5K that Apple sells (which is well over half the cost of a new iMac).

ayushnix 5y ago
I've resigned to cynicism when it comes to certain things such as IPv6 and integer scaling HiDPI monitors. I doubt I'll see either of them for the next decade or two, perhaps more.
- tshaddox 5y ago
  I tend to agree, but the reason this example is particularly weird is that these displays have been common in Apple's computers for nearly 10 years now.
  - ayushnix 5y ago
    I don't think those displays are available for retail purchase as an external monitor if someone doesn't want to use a Mac, at least not where I live.
    - tshaddox 5y ago
      Yeah, and it’s annoying even for Mac users (my use case is literally to have a 5k external monitor to use with my MacBook Pro).

voldacar 5y ago

>unreasonable and unnecessary speak for yourself. I'd rather have 1080p 144hz than 4k 60hz

ayushnix 5y ago
> I'd rather have 1080p 144hz than 4k 60hz If you do gaming all day, then yeah, sure, go for a million Hz. I work with text on my terminal all day and fonts on a 24 inch 1080p screen look like crap compared to 27 inch 4K. Besides, I was calling out displays with 240Hz or 300Hz+ which seem stupid but I guess if people will buy it thinking that they'll be able to make more kills in CSGO, monitor OEMs will make them.