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On a related note, I thought that by 2024 we would have displays with 250+ dpi resolution, but to my disappointment I'm still waiting for this to be a reality o

On a related note, I thought that by 2024 we would have displays with 250+ dpi resolution, but to my disappointment I'm still waiting for this to be a reality on anything but small laptop screens. A lot of the rendering tricks that corrupt the appearance of fonts have to do with how few pixels are available for rasterisation. We should have been getting print-quality text by now.

craftkiller 2y ago
Ahem... https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/viewsonic-vg3281-with-31-5-ips-panel-and-8k-resolution-launched https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/viewsonic-vg3281-with-31-5-ips... Personally I'm holding out for UHBR20 Edit: Also there's this one from 2017 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-8k-monitor-up3218k/apd/210-alez/monitors-monitor-accessories https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-8k-monito...
- winternewt 2y ago
  Right, I have seen the Dell screen before. But it is currently an extremely niche product which means it is wildly outside my price range. And the VG3281 is still not available in my country even though it was released in 2023.
- bartvk 2y ago
  Is that ViewSonic monster actually for sale?
  - craftkiller 2y ago
    Seems you get a "contact sales" form when you go to https://www.viewsonic.com.cn/products/lcd/VG3281-8K https://www.viewsonic.com.cn/products/lcd/VG3281-8K and click the red button that Google translates to "business consulting". So I'm not actually sure.
  - moe_sc 2y ago
    > The monitor is currently listed on Chinese retailer Taobao for the equivalent of ~$2400 USD. Seems like it is
musicale 2y ago
> I thought that by 2024 we would have displays with 250+ dpi resolution, The "retina" iMac 27" (5K display, ~218 PPI) came out in 2014. I've been using this resolution since 2016. 32" 8K seems like the next logical step but it's disappointingly expensive/unavailable.
mproud 2y ago
The future is now. Apple and Microsoft both make high DPI displays over 260 ppi on their largest 15-inch+ notebooks and tablets.
- t0bia_s 2y ago
  As graphic designer I'm able to work on 106-120 PPI displays. Anything higher means upscaling which is problematic for UI design, especially on web.
  - ttarr 2y ago
    We can't hold back the world because of some lazy UI Devs, I can't believe we still facing scaling issues in 2024! My solution, under Linux, I get laptop screens with 2X scaling, i.e. 2.8K and 3.2K for larger laptops.
    - t0bia_s 2y ago
      Linux does not support 10 bit colours. Also DCI P3 is still not standard instead of sRGB.
      - hulitu 2y ago
        > Linux does not support 10 bit colours. This is funny because 25 years ago SGI supported 10 bits of colour.
- winternewt 2y ago
  I'm well aware, but that hasn't translated to similar resolutions on desktops even though laptops have had them for almost a decade.

craftkiller 2y ago

Ahem... https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/viewsonic-vg3281-with-31-5-ips-panel-and-8k-resolution-launched https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/viewsonic-vg3281-with-31-5-ips... Personally I'm holding out for UHBR20 Edit: Also there's this one from 2017 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-8k-monitor-up3218k/apd/210-alez/monitors-monitor-accessories https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-32-8k-monito...

winternewt 2y ago
Right, I have seen the Dell screen before. But it is currently an extremely niche product which means it is wildly outside my price range. And the VG3281 is still not available in my country even though it was released in 2023.
bartvk 2y ago
Is that ViewSonic monster actually for sale?
- craftkiller 2y ago
  Seems you get a "contact sales" form when you go to https://www.viewsonic.com.cn/products/lcd/VG3281-8K https://www.viewsonic.com.cn/products/lcd/VG3281-8K and click the red button that Google translates to "business consulting". So I'm not actually sure.
- moe_sc 2y ago
  > The monitor is currently listed on Chinese retailer Taobao for the equivalent of ~$2400 USD. Seems like it is

musicale 2y ago

> I thought that by 2024 we would have displays with 250+ dpi resolution, The "retina" iMac 27" (5K display, ~218 PPI) came out in 2014. I've been using this resolution since 2016. 32" 8K seems like the next logical step but it's disappointingly expensive/unavailable.

mproud 2y ago

The future is now. Apple and Microsoft both make high DPI displays over 260 ppi on their largest 15-inch+ notebooks and tablets.

t0bia_s 2y ago
As graphic designer I'm able to work on 106-120 PPI displays. Anything higher means upscaling which is problematic for UI design, especially on web.
- ttarr 2y ago
  We can't hold back the world because of some lazy UI Devs, I can't believe we still facing scaling issues in 2024! My solution, under Linux, I get laptop screens with 2X scaling, i.e. 2.8K and 3.2K for larger laptops.
  - t0bia_s 2y ago
    Linux does not support 10 bit colours. Also DCI P3 is still not standard instead of sRGB.
    - hulitu 2y ago
      > Linux does not support 10 bit colours. This is funny because 25 years ago SGI supported 10 bits of colour.
winternewt 2y ago
I'm well aware, but that hasn't translated to similar resolutions on desktops even though laptops have had them for almost a decade.