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Re: Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

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Post by brailsafe »

speleding wrote: post #330
brailsafe wrote: post #326

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Any other requirements? I noticed this one recently, but 40" is a bit big for my taste: https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-ultrasharp-40-curved-th...

Yeah, I worked on that one. It's passable, but I don't like the aspect ratio very much, it's too wide, I rather have 40" on 16:9

Ya idk what people are getting from ultrawides tbh. They're not great for video, not great for my neck, not enough vertical space, and can be disorienting for gaming. I can certainly imagine scenarios that would make them effective, but I'd just rather have more vertical space

Re: Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

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Post by atonse »

AdamN wrote: post #288
atonse wrote: post #231

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I have two 27" 5k displays (both more than 5 years old, so they're not HDR or 120Hz). I know I'm privileged but my biggest issue with them isn't the HDR or 120Hz. It's that the seam between them causes me to not be able to use that "middle" real estate. So I was side-eyeing a 6k display cuz it would have most of the benefits of a dual 4k but more real estate and more flexibility in windowing. The curved displays also…

Curved displays are polarizing - I definitely am not a fan although some people I know love them. In the olden days of dual monitors when the aspect ratios were more square it made a lot more sense to have them side by side. Now with the aspect ratio so wide it's weird having dual displays side by side. I'm actually tempted to move back to a single 27" display (currently have dual 24" 4k with one oriented vertical an…

Oh sorry I meant having one curved display (two 4k displays), so that there isn't a seam. So you would get more real estate options.

https://www.samsung.com/us/monitors/gaming/57-odyssey-neo-g9...

Re: Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

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Post by dajonker »

brailsafe wrote: post #264
badc0ffee wrote: post #202

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I would love to see examples of this. I have a MBP and a 24" 4K Dell monitor connected via HDMI. I use all kinds of scaled resolutions and I've never noticed anything being jagged or blurry. Meanwhile in Linux the scaling is generally good, but occasionally I'll run into some UI element that doesn't scale properly, or some application that has a tiny mouse cursor. And then Windows has serious problems with old apps -…

I'm more surprised that you're using a 24" display at any resolution. Of course, everyone has different preferences, but that just seems ridiculously small considering how available larger displays are for the same ppi and refresh rate probably. I'm personally on the old 30" 16:10 2560x1600 form factor, and it's wildly better visually than the 27" 1440p screen by the same brand (all of them Dell) I use at the office.

Look at how many people only use their 14 inch laptop screen, it's ridiculous and terribly unergonomic.

Re: Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

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Post by brailsafe »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #292
brailsafe wrote: post #264

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I'm more surprised that you're using a 24" display at any resolution. Of course, everyone has different preferences, but that just seems ridiculously small considering how available larger displays are for the same ppi and refresh rate probably. I'm personally on the old 30" 16:10 2560x1600 form factor, and it's wildly better visually than the 27" 1440p screen by the same brand (all of them Dell) I use at the office.

> I'm more surprised that you're using a 24" display at any resolution I have an 24" 4K Dell I bought when big 4k screen with good (measured) colors were still expensive. It's a very pleasant screen to use. Sure, it has less real estate than a bigger one, but this is somewhat mitigated by the fact that I can keep it closer to my eyes, so I can use smaller text. I find it makes me more "focused" in a way. Can't have m…

> I don't particularly care about refresh rates above 60 Hz (my laptop does 120 Hz, can see the difference, don't care). But I do care about PPI.

I feel basically the same way, and I don't like excessively wide screens or even 16:9. I've always preferred 16:10, and have wavered between 1,2,3 screens over time. 16:9 27" 1440p is not a pleasant form factor, but it's fine in vertical mode.

I tend to prefer PPI, but not at the cost of screen real estate, and I tend to prefer 120hz, but not at the cost of PPI or picture quality. So the Dell Ultrasharp 30" series from years ago, with IPS 60hz and 2560x1600 is perfect for now, and it also lets me run games without investing substantially in brand new gaming PC hardware. The picture quality is great, the price on the used market is great, screen real estate is great, it's just not as sharp or fast as my Mac screen.

I've got my eyes on 32" 6k displays, but since they're so ungodly expensive, I'd really prefer them to have 120hz and good HDR, even though they're not priority attributes for me. I'd keep one of the 30" displays next to it in vertical mode for documentation or log files

Re: Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

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Post by Joe_Boogz »

OneOffAsk wrote: post #322
csjr wrote: post #249

May be an overkill but is anyone using it for coding? How is the experience so far?

I bought one for coding. I no longer can read text for an extended period with lower DPI monitors. There’s a few reasons why. 1. Non integer scaling sucks on Linux. It sucks on all OSs, but it’s just unusable on Linux IMO. 2. Text antialiasing sucks for most OSs except Microsoft ClearType, but I hate Windows. I currently use an old LG UltraFine 5k. It’s physically cracking / falling apart and has atrocious burn in. I…

So how is the blooming while editing code with a dark background?

Im also considering purchasing one of these for codework.

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