LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
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Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#2Very nice form factor but the DPI is just not there for me. At this resolution and screen size we're talking merely 140PPI. I refuse to work on anything below 200 with 250+ being more in the tolerable range. Fuzzy text bothers me a lot (and no, subpixel aliasing is not the answer to this).
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#3An interesting form factor, but these days, anything that makes me adopt a different posture carries the risk of causing neck or back problems, and it might be difficult to evaluate this risk without buying the monitor in the first place.
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#4Very nice form factor but the DPI is just not there for me. At this resolution and screen size we're talking merely 140PPI. I refuse to work on anything below 200 with 250+ being more in the tolerable range. Fuzzy text bothers me a lot (and no, subpixel aliasing is not the answer to this).
so how much display bandwidth do you think most computers have?
140ppi is fine at 18 inches, isn't it? this isn't a phone you're holding 8" away from your eyes.
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#5Very nice form factor but the DPI is just not there for me. At this resolution and screen size we're talking merely 140PPI. I refuse to work on anything below 200 with 250+ being more in the tolerable range. Fuzzy text bothers me a lot (and no, subpixel aliasing is not the answer to this).
so how much display bandwidth do you think most computers have? 140ppi is fine at 18 inches, isn't it? this isn't a phone you're holding 8" away from your eyes.
MacBooks have between 220 and 250 dpi depending on the model.
Text is noticeably clearer on my Mac than on my external screen (or non Mac laptops)
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#6Has the high-dpi external screens market just died? I haven’t really seen anything that can match iMacs except for the 2 LG Ultrafine that were recently pulled from the Apple store.
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#7Why 16:18? Why not 1:1? Is the shape trademarked by Square or something? Hasselblad used it much earlier, except they called it 6x6.
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#8Has the high-dpi external screens market just died? I haven’t really seen anything that can match iMacs except for the 2 LG Ultrafine that were recently pulled from the Apple store.
Replacements for those LG displays are coming: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/16/apple-displays-24-and-2...
Probably timed to the Apple silicon Mac Pros.
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#9Why 16:18? Why not 1:1? Is the shape trademarked by Square or something? Hasselblad used it much earlier, except they called it 6x6.
"Standard" ratio is 16:9, so calling it "16:18" draws attention to the fact that it's the same size as two monitors stacked vertically.
Re: LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
#10Why 16:18? Why not 1:1? Is the shape trademarked by Square or something? Hasselblad used it much earlier, except they called it 6x6.
"Standard" ratio is 16:9, so calling it "16:18" draws attention to the fact that it's the same size as two monitors stacked vertically.
Yeah that makes sense. I wonder if it's actually built as two 16:9 pieces somehow.