I disappointed that this was about monitors and not something that I could clip on my glasses that would project onto my retinas.
The state of external retina displays
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Re: The state of external retina displays
#22If you care about HDR, ironically enough there are only 4 options for a decent monitor as well- And almost all of them are nearly impossible to buy new. Some of these monitors are also years old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCcSK3R8HcM
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27" 3840x2160 ASUS PG27UQ / ACER PREDATOR X27 (same panel in both monitors)
32" 3840x2160 ASUS PG32UQX
35" 3440x1440 ASUS PG35VQ
49" 5120x1440 Samsung Neo G9
Re: The state of external retina displays
#23The only currently acceptable external display is the LG 27-inch 5K. Sadly the firmware is flaky, the webcam sucks, it has huge bezels, and is very thick. Rumor is apple might have a new consumer priced external display next year. Let’s hope it’s true.
How is the contrast and BLB on that panel? The other LG panels in this area seem to have sacrificed basically everything for low reaction times. Also, just one input, and that being Thunderbolt on top, won't work for a lot of people.
Edit: Oh I see, that's one of the LG-but-really-for-Apple-only displays.
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#24Get an iPad Pro. Problem solved.
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#25Yep, having the same problem. I'd love an Ultrawide with comparable pixel density as the 14" Macbook Pro. I'm sitting on a very large database of monitor data coming from Lunar's diagnostics and error reporting ( https://lunar.fyi ) Maybe I should organize it into Postgres and then search for monitors with the PPI I want. Or is there any easier solution than Postgres for fast ingesting some JSONs and filtering by arb…
Depending on what you mean by large, you can go very far with SQLite. It even has a JSON extension if you want to drop blobs into there.
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#26Don't even get me started on brightness... good luck finding anything that's higher than 350 nits.
Why do you need so much brightness in an indoor environment? Personally I've more frequently had the opposite problem, i.e. minimum brightness only going down to the 30-50 nits level, which is quite bright in dark-ish environments.
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#27The computer monitor market is at the mercy of gamers who want 1080p-1440p if it means getting 600fps in a game rather than 150fps at higher resolutions. It's why since 2015 there has been an arms race of refresh rates rather than of resolution. We had 4-5k panels at retina in 2015, market conditions could have had us with much higher quality panels if the entire thing wasn't catered to young, cash-strapped gamers wh…
Although you make an ok point, you're greatly exaggerating FPS. I'm on a beautiful 1440p 144hz LG and I really only need 150fps. This still often requires less-than-ultra video settings even with a 3080 ti. There is a very small niche of competitive gamers who want 240hz at 1080p and the fps that justifies it.
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#28By defining Retina as 220PPI most options are excluded as 4K at 27" or 32" is common but more isn't. A look at what Apple calls Retina though shows that angular density is a much better definition. The initial presentation by Jobs was about angular resolution and the actual screens follow it. PPI ranges from 218 to 476 but angular density only between 57 to 92.
So if you set a 27" or 32" screen at a decent distance you get "Retina" quality. If you want the screen closer maybe not. Unfortunately the market for more than 4K isn't really yet here for various reasons. Maybe if 8K catches on as a media format we take the next step. At that point only if you want to set the screen so close you can't view it all at once will it be worth it to go higher.
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#29I also found it difficult to shop for a monitor in the past couple of years I ended up going for this: https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/AORUS-FV43U#kf
My constraints were proper 4k (no compromised height resolution) -- the 4:3 ratio is nice but I was happy with most ratios. Overall at 43 inches it's big probably more suited for console gaming than PC but the 165Hz refresh rate makes it suitable for gaming.
Re: The state of external retina displays
#30Yep, having the same problem. I'd love an Ultrawide with comparable pixel density as the 14" Macbook Pro. I'm sitting on a very large database of monitor data coming from Lunar's diagnostics and error reporting ( https://lunar.fyi ) Maybe I should organize it into Postgres and then search for monitors with the PPI I want. Or is there any easier solution than Postgres for fast ingesting some JSONs and filtering by arb…
If you know sqlite there is also a json extension for filtering. Here a link to the example section: https://www.sqlite.org/json1.html#examples_using_json_each_a...