Monitors (2020)
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- cannonball1978
In the market for a pc monitor for design stuff. $500-$800. Whatchoo all rockin these days on the desk?
- thumb_screws1
I just bought one of these a week ago after a bit of research and some recommendations from colleagues.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/…
Really like it so far. Still need to calibrate it properly though.
It's paired with a 27-inch iMac and it makes that feel clunky.
I used to only go for Eizo's but I'm not doing as much colour critical stuff anymore, couldn't justify the price on an Eizo.- got the same one and agree, it shits on the iMac displaysausages
- I must also agree.MrT
- Even with lower resolution?monospaced
- yepsausages
- raf1
Don't you lose pixel resolution coming down from a 2560px 27" or 30" wide screen to a 4K 27" wide screen?
Isn't 5K better suited for Mac in that regard?
- Yes the iMac 5k screen is superior in resolution and color than the Dell. But the Dell is hard to beat in price and good luck finding a 5k monitormonospaced
- Weighed up getting a 5k but not worth it for the work I’m doing.thumb_screws
- ok_not_ok0
This is what they gave us at work hooked up to a macbook Pro. Decent resolution and gets the job done.
- autoflavour1
Samsung 48inch 4K tv..
best thing i ever did
- raf0
So just to be sure, what is the highest resolution that 27" 4K display can be used comfortably at?
Non-retina 27" displays are 2560x1440 — can you use those 4K ones at this resolution?
Going 1920x1080 kind of defeats the purpose of having a 27"screen, doesn't it?
It kind of looks like iMac is still the most cost-effective 5K display available, right? You get a great 5K display and a very cheap computer bundled with it.
- raf0
This review nails it down, weird the situation hasn't changed much in 4 years. We thought we'd have plenty of reasonably priced 5K displays available by now, but that just isn't happening.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/custom…
"Most users will instead choose an in-between resolution: 2560x1440, or 1440p, because at that resolution, with the Mac OS interface, a 27" canvas looks just right. The problem is, if you set your resolution to "looks like 2560x1440" you lose all the advantage of having purchased a 4k monitor, force your graphics card to do nasty scaling, and may see some artifacts or blurry fonts. I cannot stress this enough: if you are running a 4k monitor as a 2560x1440, you are wasting your money. You should have bought a (good quality) 2560x1440 monitor instead.
Let's say it plainly: for a Mac, the "correct" resolution for a 27"-32" monitor is 2560x1440, or 4x that for 'retina', which is a 5K display: 5120x2880.
The correct resolution for a 20-24" monitor is 1980x1080, or 4x that for 'retina'. That is a 4K display."- So the 5k is worth it then?robotron3k
- I'm staying on my old 30" Cinema Display having read that and some articles. Will likely get a 21-24" display when going 4K.raf
- nocomply2
Highly recommend the Dell UltraSharp line.
Anything from there should be good, at least by my standards.
I've had such good luck with UltraSharps over the past 15 years, I really wouldn't buy anything else.
