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0 pointskrastanov10mo ago0 comments

I am amazed people consider 1440p low resolution. My knee-jerk reaction was to assume you were sarcastic. I use a monitor of roughly that many lines of pixels and have never had observed blurry text in the tools I use (and I use fairly small fonts).

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trevorhinesley10mo ago

Are you using enlarged text or native 1440p? If the latter, have you used 4k or retina displays in the past? It’s hard to go back after that.

thfuran10mo ago

Look, you can insist that a 1440p monitor can only show blurry text all you like, but the problem that people are talking about is that the text is even blurrier than that.

trevorhinesley10mo ago

I didn't insist that. Understood, but specifically, I was talking to the comment I replied to, which was about 1440p monitors in particular.

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krastanovOP10mo ago

I have native 1440p 120Hz on my main screen which is more than 30inches across (ultrawide). I can see pixels if I look close enough, but I do not see any pixels at usual reading distance.

I have used retina displays of various sizes -- but after a while I just set them down to half their resolution usually (i.e. I do not use the 200% scaling from the OS, rather set them to be 1440p (or lower on 13inch laptops)). I have not seen an advantage to retina displays.

EnPissant10mo ago

Text on 1440p looks great with full hinting and subpixel rendering. Unfortunately, macOS does neither, so the jump to retina feels more significant than it is.

MonstraG10mo ago

Native 1440p, never used retina nor 4k.

(not parent commenter, but hold same opinion)

silon4210mo ago

Same here... 1440p 32" is optimal for me, the only improvement I'd consider right now is 1600p equivalent.

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maleldil10mo ago

How big is your screen? At 27", I can clearly see pixels on 1440p. A 4k display with 150% scaling (effectively 1440p) looks much better. Maybe you haven't used a higher resolution? If so, you might not know what you're missing.

skydhash10mo ago

Not GP. But I have a 24" 4k (close to retina), the MBA screen and while they're nicer than the 27" 1440p I have, the latter is essentially worthless on macOS. With Linux, it's more than fine. Not super sharp, but quite readable. On macOS, the blurred text is headache inducing.

krastanovOP10mo ago

(cross-posting on both subthreads): I have native 1440p 120Hz on my main screen which is more than 30inches across (ultrawide). I can see pixels if I look close enough, but I do not see any pixels at usual reading distance.

askonomm10mo ago

I mean the last time I saw anyone have a 1440p display was back in the early 2010's, so ... nowadays most people that I know buy 4k 27"/32" displays at minimum, with 5k displays gaining popularity as the price for them goes down. Macbooks for example come with a very high resolution display, and so do most high-end PC laptops, too.

sapiogram10mo ago

Yes yes, all your friends are rich, good for you.

askonomm10mo ago

4k displays are available at just a few hundred bucks these days, I'd hardly call that being rich.

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krastanovOP10mo ago

You are misremembering things. Macbooks in early 2010 had only 800 rows of pixels: https://support.apple.com/en-us/111958

Xiol3210mo ago

Great sample size

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trevorhinesley10mo ago

Are you using enlarged text or native 1440p? If the latter, have you used 4k or retina displays in the past? It’s hard to go back after that.

thfuran10mo ago

Look, you can insist that a 1440p monitor can only show blurry text all you like, but the problem that people are talking about is that the text is even blurrier than that.

trevorhinesley10mo ago

I didn't insist that. Understood, but specifically, I was talking to the comment I replied to, which was about 1440p monitors in particular.

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krastanovOP10mo ago

I have native 1440p 120Hz on my main screen which is more than 30inches across (ultrawide). I can see pixels if I look close enough, but I do not see any pixels at usual reading distance.

EnPissant10mo ago

Text on 1440p looks great with full hinting and subpixel rendering. Unfortunately, macOS does neither, so the jump to retina feels more significant than it is.

MonstraG10mo ago

Native 1440p, never used retina nor 4k.

(not parent commenter, but hold same opinion)

silon4210mo ago

Same here... 1440p 32" is optimal for me, the only improvement I'd consider right now is 1600p equivalent.

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maleldil10mo ago

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krastanovOP10mo ago

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sapiogram10mo ago

Yes yes, all your friends are rich, good for you.