The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV

Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by nine_k on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:45AM (#15787213)

I have a 24" FullHD monitor next to a MBP 15". The picture on the former is so poor compared to the latter that I only use it for reading email and web browsing, and do all the code work on the 15" high-DPI screen.

Under Linux, situation is not as bad, since you can persuade xft to optimize font rasterization for readability. OSX makes the choice towards glyph shape fidelity, though, even at lower point sizes, which results in horrible anti-aliasing blur.

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Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by sk5t on Monday November 27, 2017 @10:24AM (#15787981)

Possibly related: some Macs render terribly blurry text when the monitor color profile is not to their liking--look for the "sRBG" toggle, and toggle it.

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Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by kofejnik on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:51PM (#15793879)

Especially so when using HDMI, Macbook often thinks it's a TV. You might want to google patch-edid

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Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by nine_k on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:40AM (#15798170)

Wow. I wonder if it's a part of common lore which I was somehow oblivious of.

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