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Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by masklinn on Friday January 16, 2026 @01:53PM (#46650416)
Compared to a smartphone it's not just poor it's complete dreck. Smarphones are in the 400s.
Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by swiftcoder on Friday January 16, 2026 @03:29PM (#46651786)
Do you hold your 32" monitor the same distance from your face as you hold your smartphone?
Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by LtdJorge on Friday January 16, 2026 @04:48PM (#46652686)
Exactly, that’s the point
Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by masklinn on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:07AM (#46656184)
That’s not a point it’s nonsense thought termination.

There’s a gulf between 130 dpi and 460 dpi, and in that gulf there are densities which stop being poor at monitor viewing distances.

That smartphone densities are excessive for that purpose does not make middling standard densities good.

Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by LtdJorge on Saturday January 17, 2026 @02:25PM (#46661177)
I have an LG OLED C3 as a monitor, 42". I may be able to distinguish separate pixels if looking at a '.' or something like that (a stuck pixel happened for a few weeks, which I could notice on a white background).

But the density is definitely enough for text for the distance required for such a screen size. At least when using grayscale AA, because OLED subpixel...

Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by masklinn on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:05AM (#46656171)
I fail to see how that is relevant as I neither introduced nor advocated for smartphone pixel density?
Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by swiftcoder on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:26AM (#46656270)
Then what was the intent of your comment? There's no point to making a 400dpi 32" display (even if that were remotely physically possible).
Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor by masklinn on Saturday January 17, 2026 @05:07AM (#46656806)
> Then what was the intent of your comment?

Pointing out to the other guy that their reply made no sense?

> There's no point to making a 400dpi 32" display

Thank you captain obvious.

You do know that there are densities between 130 and 400+ though, right?