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Hands-On With Dell's Massive 49-Inch 5K Ultrawide Display
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i just can not go back to non retina.
double the vert rez and I will buy.
double the vert rez and I will buy.
Then you would have to scale the display. I have the 34 inch version and the dpi is as high as it could get without having to scale. The 15-inch MacBook Pro is 2800x1800, but most users scale to 1920x1200 or less to be able to read the text.
The Samsung has a significantly lower resolution (3,840 x 1080, vs 5,120 x 1440). Costs less, displays less, for a different market.
1. They really need to start describing monitor resolution either by ppi or vertical pixel count. With the widely varying aspect ratios of monitors these days, horizontal pixel count is the least useful description.
2. It’s great this monitor exists, but the impractical aspects of it really make me hope AR monitors get here soon.
2. It’s great this monitor exists, but the impractical aspects of it really make me hope AR monitors get here soon.
It’s yuge!
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It wouldn’t be any clearer if they referred to it as a 1440p monitor. You’d need both horizontal and vertical resolutions, or one plus aspect ratio.
Unfortunately I don't think there's any porn that is shot in the 21:9 ratio so you would have black bars on the side.
By knowing the vertical resolution, the pixel density would be clearer because the vertical height of monitors doesn’t vary greatly.
Come on. It's twice the area and half the pixels of an iMac or iMac Pro. I have terrible eyes and I can tell the improved quality of retina iMacs...
I think if you're willing to accept this pixel density, you've already given up on visual quality.
“We control the horizontal; we control the vertical“ - Outer Limits
Oh yeah I was thinking of my LG Ultrawide, which is 21:9 and great for watching Hollywood cinema movies but not so much for TV shows (16:9). But this Dell 32:9 display would be cool for multitasking.
I looked it up on the dell website, it’s true IPS at 60hz max.
It's Dell. It will never be class leading or revolutionary. Simply garbage to mediocre like all they make.
Not really. But that may be your priority. Perhaps you don't work with anything that colour critical, and that's fine, but you can't just assume that will apply to everyone.
Interesting but ultimately wouldn’t work for me since at my job we swivel the monitors back and forth to the people beside us to show what we have on the screen.
LOL, please. Are you saying that because it doesn't have an Apple logo on it? Dell makes some really good monitors. Check out the Dell U2717D... solid monitor for real work (only thing it's missing is a faster refresh rate for gaming).
Stop lying.
I already pointed out how misleading it is to call this kind of resolution / aspect ratio "ultrawide 5K" when LG released their version last year. Even Dell doesn't seem to call it a 5K monitor, but rather "dual QHD"...