I've replaced my older 27" iMac (5K) with a MacBook Pro + a Dell 4K monitor.
The Dell monitor is better than I expected it would be, and as soon as I set it up, I could basically just forget that I wasn't using my iMac.
But, after using the monitor for a while, I feel like I'm developing some eyestrain because I can't quite focus on the text.
With "low DPI" resolutions (e.g., a native 1440p panel), everything looks pixelly and bad, but at least I can focus my eyes on the individual pixels.
With the 5K iMac monitor, everything looked super-sharp and in-focus all the time.
I'm starting to feel like 4K is an "uncanny valley" resolution where the pixels are too small to really be noticeable, but everything looks just blurry and out-of-focus enough to annoy a person.
Does anybody else feel this way, or am I basically just inventing problems for myself?
The Dell monitor is better than I expected it would be, and as soon as I set it up, I could basically just forget that I wasn't using my iMac.
But, after using the monitor for a while, I feel like I'm developing some eyestrain because I can't quite focus on the text.
With "low DPI" resolutions (e.g., a native 1440p panel), everything looks pixelly and bad, but at least I can focus my eyes on the individual pixels.
With the 5K iMac monitor, everything looked super-sharp and in-focus all the time.
I'm starting to feel like 4K is an "uncanny valley" resolution where the pixels are too small to really be noticeable, but everything looks just blurry and out-of-focus enough to annoy a person.
Does anybody else feel this way, or am I basically just inventing problems for myself?