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Does anyone here use 8k display for work? Does it make sense over 4k? I was always wondering where that breaking point for cost/peformance is for displays. I u

Does anyone here use 8k display for work? Does it make sense over 4k? I was always wondering where that breaking point for cost/peformance is for displays. I use 4K 27” and it’s noticeably much better for text than 1440p@27 but no idea if the next/ and final stop is 6k or 8k?

zozbot234 5mo ago
Even 4k turns out to be overkill if you're looking at the whole screen and a pixel-perfect display. By human visual acuity, 1440p ought to be enough, and even that's taking a safety margin over 1080p to account for the crispness of typical text.
- solenoid0937 5mo ago
  1440p is enough if you haven't experienced anything else. Even the jump from 4k to 5-6k is quite noticeable on a 27" monitor. I switched to the Studio Display XDR and it is noticeably better than my 4k displays and my 1440p displays feel positively ancient and near unusable for text.
  - zozbot234 5mo ago
    That's great for contrast, color fidelity and compatibility with the Apple Mac. But the resolution is quite overkill.