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LG 31" Digital Cinema 4K Display 31MU97C-B

Jun 24, 2015

this is silly guys, just get yourself one of these http://www.digitaltrends.com/monitor-reviews/dell-ultrasharp-u3415w-review/ (a 34-inch curved ips - got mine for around 1k at Fry's)

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PandaSPUR

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Jun 24, 2015

mrom85Completely different categories... This is a standard ratio 4k monitor, that is a 21:9 ultra wide.
While I liked the curved screen, I honestly would rather keep the current ratio. I was already annoyed when monitors shifted from 16:10 to 16:9 :\
Also, that screen has 4,953,600 pixels. This screen has 8,847,360.

Anzial

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Jun 24, 2015

PandaSPUR8mln pixels stuffed on a smaller screen than those 5mln. I don't think that's a good work monitor. Movies, games, sure, but office use or programming I don't think so.

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PandaSPUR

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Jun 24, 2015

AnzialAll of the programs I use on a daily basis for work have adjustable font and zoom capabilities... even the command prompt. lol
I don't see it as a problem, personally anyway.
EDIT: where as with an ultrawide screen, if I make the font the same physical size as it'd be on this screen, I still fit more text at a time due to the extra vertical space.

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Anzial

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Jun 24, 2015

PandaSPURYou missed the point. Yes, you have more pixels, but by enlarging everything, you are wasting the extra resolution and only see the same amount of info, as on a smaller-density screen. For argument sake, lets say you have a 31" 1920x1080 screen on which you can see with comfort 3 windows side-by-side. You move to 4k screen and the same screen size, but you can still see the same 3 windows which you had to enlarge 4x times because they would be too small to discern otherwise. The benefit of the 4k monitor is completely lost, and that's what I'm talking about here.

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GokieKS

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Jun 24, 2015

AnzialIt's only a waste if you don't consider the higher DPI and increased sharpness and clarity an advantage.

Anzial

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Jun 24, 2015

GokieKSsharpness of what? text? It matters little. There are diminishing returns with reduced dot pitch for office work or programmers. This is a Cinema display, and that's all what it's good for. In office work, you are not feasting your eyes, you want as much info as possible on the screen at the same time, and for that this monitor is a fail.

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PandaSPUR

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Jun 24, 2015

AnzialIf all you're doing is text, then go stick to a standard 1080p resolution TN panel.
I tend to use my monitors for multiple things. Work, photography, gaming, and videos. My point was that this monitor works for all of my purposes, while being potentially amazing for certain purposes.
With that said, I'm still wondering if I should jump in this buy or not...

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ssimmons

Jun 24, 2015

PandaSPURActually text looks great on higher resolutions since it's vector based. This guy anzial has no idea what the fuck he's talking about. Maybe older versions of Windows didn't handle high res monitors well, but that doesn't mean higher resolutions are bad. What an idiot

GokieKS

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Jun 24, 2015

AnzialThere's going to be a very noticeable difference in sharpness of text between a (hypothetical) 31" 1080p display and a 31" 4K display running in HiDPI mode. Also, your hypothetical situation is rather pointless, because nobody sane is actually going to run a screen this big in 1080p (or rather, 2048x1080) effective. While perfect multiple scaling is ideal, it's not necessary, and on OSes with proper DPI scaling support (i.e. OS X), you can pick a higher effective resolution and still retain most of the gains in sharpness (e.g. a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with a 2880x1880 display running at 1920x1200 effective).
This particular display is aimed at pro workstation market, there's no question about that. But to say it's not useful for office work, price tag aside, is silly.

jevs

Jun 24, 2015

GokieKSI agree with gokiekS, Providing you use a monitors native resolution and scale accordingly you should never have a problem with sharpness. If anything in my experience it gets far better.