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Ever since I found out that many new monitors don't have an RGB subpixel layout, I've been paranoid. I can't find the layout for this one. any idea?
by bun_terminator 3y ago
Ever since I found out that many new monitors don't have an RGB subpixel layout, I've been paranoid. I can't find the layout for this one. any idea?
- ycombinete 3y agoHow do they layout their sub pixels?!
- bun_terminator 3y agoI think BGR is most popular. Which breaks (some) subpixel font rendering
- JoshTriplett 3y agoAt 4k, I've found grayscale antialiasing quite sufficient and don't miss the fringing effect of subpixel AA.
- bun_terminator 3y agoI worry about all the code I don't know about. Who knows what other software I can't control relies on RGB layout. Maybe irrational, but I don't want to risk it. Especially since you gain nothing in return.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoOLED often isn't RGB, and you gain a great deal there.
- bun_terminator 3y agoI think it's completely orthogonal issues, no? You probably refer to OLEDs superior black levels etc. But this thread was about subpixel rendering. One can be bad while the other can not. It's unrelated.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoThey're related because many OLEDs use a non-RGB pixel layout, so it's necessary to turn off sub-pixel anti-aliasing, and the net result seems worth that tradeoff now that screens are high-resolution enough that sub-pixel anti-aliasing makes less of a difference.
- bun_terminator 3y agoBut the high resolution is not a property of OLED displays. The tradeoff might be worth it, but it's still a tradeoff I'm not willing to risk.