On 07/07/2019 11:20, A. Dumas wrote:
> James Harris  wrote:
>> On 06/07/2019 20:59, Pancho wrote:
>>> Have you considered using a 4k TV as a monitor?
>>
>> I have a 4k TV I can try but no computer with 4k output. Why I went into
>> PC World was in the hope of seeing two things:
>>
>> 1. What a 4k desktop was like in practice on different size screens.
>>
>> 2. What, if any, curvature would be best.
>>
>> Unfortunately, as I said, they didn't just lack a /selection/ of options
>> to view but had no 4k desktop on display whatsoever.
>
> I have a 43" or 108 cm 4k tv and tried native resolution from my computer.
> Despite the large diagonal compared to mainstream computer monitors, still
> tiny tiny text. Had to sit at about a metre from the screen, and swivel my
> head up down left right. Not ideal. And scaling rather defeats the purpose,
> for me (mainly coding, so text). I'll stick to my 27" 2560x1440 on the
> desktop.

That's what I wondered. Also for programming (and reading and writing
documentation) I find my current setup limiting. I sit about 80cm from a
24" 1920x1200 monitor which I bought in 2008. Whether I use a Raspberry
Pi or an IA PC an upgrade is due.

Notwithstanding what you said about scaling, in your case couldn't the
size of the text be increased such that you got more on the screen than
you do now but it was still comfortable to read? And wouldn't a curved
screen help? After all, people use two monitors side by side and have to
turn their heads to do so.


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James Harris

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