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megabait1207yNice! Not too large? It's ridiculous that 1080p monitors still exists, I had a monitor in like '04 with 1600x1200
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penguin20197y@megabait I don't find it too large but any bigger and you would have to start moving your head around which is when it becomes too big for me.
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penguin20197y@jlave215 It is actually a TV, but I'm using it solely as a monitor. Did my research on the model beforehand, so no typical issues like slow response time that TV's tend to have.
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penguin20197y@jlave215 40PUK6400 I think they only sell this specific model in a few European countries.
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xios16487y@gedankennebel one biggish. The size that gives the possibility to concentrate on one thing at a time.
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penguin20197y@gedankennebel yeah the bigger monitor has twice the resolution of dual 1080p monitors. So the bigger one is better since you see more code or whatever you want at once.
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penguin20197y@tankmohit11 Well thats all one needs for coding. Do you use workspaces? I use them all the time on my laptop which is a older low res thinkpad and it works great.
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@penguin i am using arch + i3. And it works great. I can't live without workspaces.
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penguin20197y@dev-ant I do a lot of python programming and if you follow the pep8 guidelines, lines shouldn't exceed 80char in length which fits in 800x600. So unless the monitor has a larger physical area for multiple windows it wouldn't really make a difference to me.
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@gedankennebel one big screen OR two smaller ones?
You mean one big screen AND two smaller ones.
The first rule of displays: You always need one more.
The second rule of displays: Once you upgrade in resolution or display count, you will never be able to go back.
I need at least 3x1440p displays now. -
tirrorex2517yThe screen i liked the most fort coding was my 21:9 3440x1440 screen, it's a 34" screen, with the lg software you can cut it in 4 windows which i found awesome.
Got a fat 55" tv for gaming at home though, couldn't stand light bleed anymore so i took an oled panel, would like it to be only 40" but no model on the market -
@penguin Oh, so it's it a monitor. And here I was thinking I was missing out on some cool new technology.
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@penguin Oh, ok. I mainly use other brands. I saw a 43" Dell just now on Amazon. I really have to search around more for monitors.
I wanted to get a 4k one, but I don't see that well. I don't know if I would be able to program on a resolution like that. -
penguin20197y@Codebeard I believe a 43" 16:9 4k monitor has about the same pixel density as a 24" 16:9 1080p monitor.
With this tv that i'm using, everything is still readable. I'm not using scaling. -
@Codebeard Depending on your OS & apps, you could use UI scaling -- awesome for images & video editing, but for code that kind of defeats the purpose though.
For me personally, 120 pixels per inch unscaled is a perfect balance between spaciousness and readability, so around 25" for 1440p and 36" for 4K.
For laptops it's great to go with 15-17" with a 4K screen, because you can easily apply a 2x UI scaling factor there.
It's a very personal thing though, and depends greatly on your eyesight and how comfortable you are with tiny text & buttons.
Use https://www.sven.de/dpi/ to calculate size/resolution ratios, so you can decide where your sweet spot is. -
darxor4137yI still use 1440x900 at home, VGA ftw :D but I will upgrade to at least two 1080p when I get money
Upgraded to a 40" 4k Monitor at home and now my dual 24" 1080p monitors at work feel like toys.
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