I'm at least cautiously optimistic after giving the article a read. Affordable pricing, reportedly colour-accurate and the mini LED could get me back to desktop PC gaming (I want a flat 24" or 27", 4K-minimum display which also will be used in office work).
Curiously, there's Digital Foundry imagery in the photos, but perhaps that's an oversight (Reece Bithrey was briefly a DF-contributor, still stated so on his blog page).
My last few MSI gaming monitors have KVM built in which is a nice QOL addition as it makes it much easier to plug in my work laptop when picking bits up at home, totally agree that is a great feature.
The one thing I cannot get on with is tiny monitors, I just cannot understand the 24 or 27 inch versions. I and nearly everyone I know ant 32/34 inch and those that do not want the 40inch version rather than anything smaller.
The one thing I cannot get on with is tiny monitors, I just cannot understand the 24 or 27 inch versions. I and nearly everyone I know ant 32/34 inch and those that do not want the 40inch version rather than anything smaller.
The more compact sizes 24" and 27" of course have a higher pixel density, which in particular improves the text clarity (programming and office work), and vector graphics as well, I'm sure.
Following the DF team trends I used my 48" LG C1 as a desktop display for around two months. I felt that the larger size was completely bereft of benefits — I returned to the same OS scaling setting as with my 27-inch monitor and the font edges looked comparable to what my older 24" 1920×1080 screen displays.
I have never had a 30-something inch display at home — perhaps I could see their gains when gaming, in addition to image and video editing. For media I have a larger OLED TV.
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I do a lot of graphics work, most of it Illustrator (vector graphics) and some raster and I have no issues with 4k on a 32/34 inch monitor, though I did look at the monitors in detail before going ahead. I went with the ProArt monitor for the office and think it is great, I would have prefered a 32 and I think for my workflow I am even contemplating 40 inch, but ideally then I would probably want 5k and they do not seem to make any suitable OLED monitors. For gaming I went with the MSI one below which I also find is super sharp when I work at home. https://www.asus.com/uk/displays-desktops/monitors/proart/pro... https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MPG-321URX-QD-OLED
My phone does have a higher pixel density, but my eyes are around 75cm from my monitor, vs 30cm from my phone screen and viewing distance is a key factor relating to how it impacts perceived sharpness with resolution. How far away from the C1 were you?
My phone does have a higher pixel density, but my eyes are around 75cm from my monitor, vs 30cm from my phone screen and viewing distance is a key factor relating to how it impacts perceived sharpness with resolution. How far away from the C1 were you?
Likely at a comparable distance since the C1 was placed on the middle of this larger desk, for balance reasons. I mainly work in the terminal with text files.
But I'm sure that the 40" model would've been far more serviceable to me.
My 27" I keep at an arm's length, which I seem to prefer.
Do you think with the C1 it was because it was a TV sub-pixel structure rather than a monitor one, or that it was just too close for the size/resolution of the display? I have a Bravia OLED 4K TV and I have occasionally used it when video editing, the UI never looks as clear as it does on the monitor, but I do wonder if that is because it is 70 inch and I am sitting closer to it than I would on a distance/size/resolution basis, but I know the subpixel structure on TVs is not the same as on monitors.
@MattGPT Since Linux does not support the HDMI 2.1 I was forced to run the display at 60hz for chroma 4:4:4 (immensely damaged my interest in gaming). I remember that the "colour-coded" text in the terminal had a poor visibility, and/or even the basic colours weren't well-defined. Additionally the anti-burn-in feature which slightly moves the image at regular intervals shifted some windows partially off-screen, in the terminal the first character on a line was frequently cut off.
The display was also harder to use due to its lack of the adjustable stand which may have led to a sub-optimal table height. My monitor arm couldn't carry that screen.
If the larger display leads to more screen-area for some users (such as four or even eight open windows on one 16:9 screen) I can certainly see the appeal — not that I dismissed >27" outright, I just didn't see the benefit in personal use.
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