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Retina is an Apple trademark for a Hi-DPI screen that supports a certain pixel density (PPI) that they dictate. There are several third-party Hi-DPI displays t
by runjake 5y ago
Retina is an Apple trademark for a Hi-DPI screen that supports a certain pixel density (PPI) that they dictate.
There are several third-party Hi-DPI displays that meet or exceed the lowest pixel density that Apple calls "Retina".
As another commenter mentioned, use https://www.sven.de/dpi/ https://www.sven.de/dpi/ and go find a monitor with that resolution and screen size. If you figure around 215 ppi or so, you should be golden.
Be aware that there's more difference than you'd think between relative minor pixel density differences, eg 180 PPI and 218 PPI.
- layer8 5y ago> There are several third-party Hi-DPI displays I believe there are only very few above ~185 PPI (24" 4K) like Apple’s 27" 5K, except for the LG one and Dell’s 32" 8K. (Oh, and there’s Microsoft’s Surface Studio with 28" 4500 x 3000 at 192 PPI.) So for PPI > 200 the question is justified.
- dragonwriter 5y agohttps://pixensity.com/list/desktop/ https://pixensity.com/list/desktop/ Apple’s got the biggest Hi-DPI monitors, but not the highest DPI.
- layer8 5y agoThanks for the link, but the only monitor in that list with higher DPI than Apple's offerings (218 PPI) is the Dell UP3218K (280 PPI) that I already mentioned. All of the 27" 5K (218 PPI) use the same panels from LG. Next (I'm ignoring the IBM and Viewsonic models from 2001/2002) there's the Microsoft Surface Studio at 192 DPI that I also mentioned, and next are 24" 4K models at 185 PPI. Next again are the models at 163 PPI. Again, above 200 PPI there's only the few 27" 5K models from LG and Apple, and the single Dell 24" 8K.