> The last time there was a thread like that on HN a bunch of people figured out they need glasses.
Its fair advice, but some eyesight issues cannot be solved with glasses.. if they can be solved at all.
Also worth noting that with TVs the distance matters a lot. With monitors, laptops, and gadgets it is relatively stable.
For TV/Multimedia HDR makes much more difference than 4K in my experience.
No, my eyesight both far and close was quite a bit better than average as of last week (as I was just there getting checked). We have a lot of 4k and 5k displays at work and most people who say they can tell a (significant) difference when we compare (the topic comes up a lot) seem to usually either be on > 27inch, have scaling higher than what's expected, or just fail to see it when we really test it out. Your millage may vary :)
Don't get me wrong, I can see a difference, but not nearly as night and day, especially when it comes at the cost of other features (eg refresh rate... which isn't the end of the world for coding so if it's the only thing you do on the monitor it could be worse... otherwise ouch my eyes.)
> have scaling higher than what's expected
What scaling is that? 200% scaling is what you should have, 4K is exactly 4x as many pixels as FullHD. If someone is using lower scaling then they are trading sharpness for virtual space.
I’m not being sarcastic. The last time there was a thread like that on HN a bunch of people figured out they need glasses.
I have a 4K @ 24in monitor (180ppi) and a 267 ppi netbook and when I switch between them the 4K starts looking like a blurry mess!