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Typical DPIs are still all over the place depending on the demographic. Macs have been ~200dpi forever, while cheap PCs are still mostly ~100dpi, and decent PC
by jsheard 10mo ago
Typical DPIs are still all over the place depending on the demographic. Macs have been ~200dpi forever, while cheap PCs are still mostly ~100dpi, and decent PC setups tend to land somewhere in the middle with ~150dpi displays which are pretty dense but not up to Mac Retina standards. Gamers also strongly favor that middle-ground because the ultra-dense Mac-style panels tend to be limited to 60hz.
Zed started out as a Mac-only app, and that's reflected in the way their font rendering works.
- veidr 10mo agoI guess that makes sense. I'm a 280ppi convert, so I judge Mac users with pity — Linux and Windows work perfectly with my 31.5" 8K display (from fuckin' 2017 btw...) but Macs can only drive it at 6K, which adds a fuzz factor. Unless you use it at 4K, but macOS isn't really usable that way (everything way too small). But yeah, it's 60Hz. Which has sucked ever since I accidentally got a 120Hz display, so now 60 Hz looks like 30Hz used to... Monitor Resolution PPI ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 31.5" 8K 7680 × 4320 280 27" 5K 5120 × 2880 218 31.5" 6K 5760 × 3240 210 23" 4K 3840 × 2160 192 27" 4K 3840 × 2160 163 34" 5K ultrawide 5120 × 2160 163 31.5" 4K 3840 × 2160 140 39.7" 5K ultrawide 5120 × 2160 140 44.5" 5K ultrawide (LG 45GX950A-B) 5120 × 2160 125 P.S. I had a chance to try that LG 45GX950A-B at Yodobashi Camera in Akihbara the other day, and... that measly 125ppi might overperform at the distance you have to put it at. But then again my 50-year-old eyeballs are starting to be like "anyway you need your glasses bro" so... YMMV
- jsheard 10mo agoThere are actually 218ppi 180hz panels coming soon, although they will no doubt cost a kidney for the first few years. https://rog.asus.com/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-strix-5k-xg27jcg/ https://rog.asus.com/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-strix-5k...
- Octoth0rpe 10mo agoLooks good overall, but: > USB-C with 15W power delivery for maximum compatibility I am hoping that is a typo.
- jsheard 10mo agoYeah that's... not great if correct. LGs version has 90W PD. https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-27gm950b-5k-monitor-announced-with-a-2304-zone-mini-led-backlight https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-27gm950b-5k-monitor-announc...
- recursive 10mo agoWhat does that mean? If the monitor only requires 15W to operate, that's a good thing, right? Unless monitors are expected to use less than that? I'm not familiar with reading monitor spec sheets.
- jsheard 10mo agoThat's output power. USB-C monitors can charge your laptop while it's connected through a single cable.
- Octoth0rpe 10mo agoto add on to what jsheard said, for this feature to be usable (ie, charge your laptop just by plugging in the monitor), you need this number to be about what your laptop's charger is. At 15W, even a macbook air would run out of power slowly while plugged into this monitor, assuming you don't plug a second cable into your laptop. 65W or 90W is a much more normal value for a feature like this.
- recursive 10mo agoThat all makes sense. The only thing I was missing was that this refers to power output. It seems like kind of a niche and tenuous value-add for a monitor. Why would I want to get power from my monitor?