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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by wmf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @12:14PM (#36683122)
Your only high-DPI choices are the Dell 6K or Apple 5K. For normal DPI I would recommend either a 43" or a 38" (which is the same width but less tall). I would not recommend medium-DPI options like the 40".
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by 3oH2y869 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:04PM (#36683893)
Would you recommend this over an ultrawide? Is ultrawide DPI lacking?
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by wmf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @02:59PM (#36685703)
I use a 38" ultrawide and I'm happy with it.
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by I_am_tiberius on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:54PM (#36686437)
With an M1/2 macbook?
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by wmf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:25PM (#36686755)
No, with an Intel MacBook Pro.
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by I_am_tiberius on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:35PM (#36686883)
Ok, as far as I know the DPI problem starts with M1 macs, meaning the text rendering looks terrible if DPI is < 150.
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by stephenr on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:55PM (#36687103)
AFAIK it’s nothing to do with Intel/Arm swap over.

macOS in recent years dropped support for antialiasing because Apple (+ the UltraFines they sold) displays are all[1] high dpi.

The other issue with a PPI of 150 is you’ll likely end up needing to use a non-evenly scaled resolution to get things “sized” right, so even basic things like a 1px line won’t be crisp, because it won’t be rendered as 1 solid pixel.

1: Yes I know the 24” 4K isn’t quite the same “high dpi”.

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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by I_am_tiberius on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:39PM (#36687602)
ok thanks. makes sense.
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by 3oH2y869 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:24PM (#36688081)
Is there any fundamental guidelines one can follow as far as PPI goes so that the monitor doesn't look miserable? I am looking for something reasonably large and quality that doesn't break the bank.
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by wmf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:50PM (#36688292)
You want 100-130 dpi or over 200 dpi. Avoid the bad zone in between (which includes most monitors on the market).
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by 3oH2y869 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @09:52PM (#36689575)
Thank you so much for your helpful responses. At 100dpi how does the monitor look compared to the Macbook retina screen? Does it look fuzzy?
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by 3oH2y869 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:16PM (#36688000)
What do you mean by normal vs medium DPI? Which ultrawide are you using?
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by wmf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:52PM (#36688306)
All 38" monitors are the same panel with different ports. I had good luck with the Dell one but some sleep/wake problems with an LG model.
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Re:Ask HN: High DPI Productivity Monitor for Front End Engin... by I_am_tiberius on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @02:19PM (#36685102)
There's also the Samsung Viewfinity S9 (5k) which is going to be available starting August/September.
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