I was disappointed with the new desktop monitors at CES. There was nothing new that is affordable for most people (or you could persuade your employer to buy). The Samsung 5K will be >$1000, and the Dell 6K is basically the same idea but an even larger panel. Also, I can never get used to 27" displays. On a normal 30" depth desk, you end up with too much fatiguing side-to-side movement of your head. IMO 24"-25" is the sweet spot.
The current options are:
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It has great colour accuracy (10 bit), the highest brightness I've seen for a small panel (400 nits), and the first time I've ever seen 90Hz on a desktop monitor. It's like somebody made a modern laptop screen bigger!
The resolution is only QHD (2560x1440) so 123 ppi, but I used a similar Dell monitor for many years and found it very satisfactory. There's even a hack to get HiDPI. I ran mine at equivalent of 2048x1152 which was sharp and gave good desktop real estate.
www.macworld.com
I wonder if the experience of running at 90Hz on a bright panel with great contrast and colour would outweigh the lack of 4K. There are 2.25x more pixels-in-space in 4K vs 2K, but 1.5x more pixels-in-time for 90Hz vs 60Hz. Does anyone have one?
Of course, if Apple made the 23.5" 4480x2520 iMac into a Studio Display Mini that would be the perfect monitor, but I think it will never happen as they wouldn't make enough money out if it. The majority of consumers think bigger is better these days.
The current options are:
- LG Ultrafine 4K - expensive, poor reflection handling, poor reliability, fan, PWM dimming, 60Hz
- LG 24" 4K - poor contrast, dim (250nits), 60Hz
HP monitor’s built-in 5 MP webcam keeps you in frame
The Z40m targets professionals who don't need 4K or use more than one monitor.
It has great colour accuracy (10 bit), the highest brightness I've seen for a small panel (400 nits), and the first time I've ever seen 90Hz on a desktop monitor. It's like somebody made a modern laptop screen bigger!
The resolution is only QHD (2560x1440) so 123 ppi, but I used a similar Dell monitor for many years and found it very satisfactory. There's even a hack to get HiDPI. I ran mine at equivalent of 2048x1152 which was sharp and gave good desktop real estate.
This M1 Mac display hack is a must for 1440p monitors
On M1 Macs, Apple doesn't provide proper Retina scaling options for 1440p monitors. BetterDummy provides a workaround.
www.macworld.com
I wonder if the experience of running at 90Hz on a bright panel with great contrast and colour would outweigh the lack of 4K. There are 2.25x more pixels-in-space in 4K vs 2K, but 1.5x more pixels-in-time for 90Hz vs 60Hz. Does anyone have one?
Of course, if Apple made the 23.5" 4480x2520 iMac into a Studio Display Mini that would be the perfect monitor, but I think it will never happen as they wouldn't make enough money out if it. The majority of consumers think bigger is better these days.
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