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[speedgoose]

The text looks a lot nicer, without subpixel rendering which can also save computational power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering

[mikae1 → speedgoose]

Anecdotally, I've used HiDPI alongside 1x res monitors since 2015 now, and I can honestly say I don't care much about which one I'm using for reading and writing.

What does matter though is gray uniformity and the size of the color gamut. Especially for the work I do (video and photography).

[int_19h → mikae1]

Anecdotally, I find non-4K displays incredibly uncomfortable to use after using a 4K one for my desktop for 2 years.

[IYasha → speedgoose]

I always disable this crap, fine with pixels %)) OK, I understand pixel interpolation is useful in printed media production, but on displays... Win95 still looks great to me.

[Legogris → IYasha]

It does make a huge difference for readability of Chinese/Japanese/Korean in small sizes (e.g. comparable to reading a normal book or paper).

[IYasha → Legogris]

Now, that makes a good point, thank you!

[atemerev → IYasha]

Well, people have different opinions about it. I personally hate visible pixels with passion. I was an early adopter of HiDPI displays (starting with IBM T221 back in 2007), and I don't understand how anybody could settle for less after they see this gorgeous high resolution.

[Silica6149 → atemerev]

It's probably the fact that most people haven't experienced it. Regular consumers think macbooks have magically "better" displays than most windows laptops but can't name the exact reason. But just getting a high DPI laptop/monitor gets the same effect.