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I can't say I've ever been convinced of the "readability" argument.
I use this display purely for coding. I can read it just fine. 3840x2160, with no resizing, lets me view the same content as a 2x2 grid of 4 1920x1080 monitors.
Resizing to 200% would simply mean I'd now be using 4 pixels at 4K to render what any 1080p display can render using 1 pixel. Rescaled 4K might be prettier and crisper, but I'm not going for "pretty". I'm going for more lines of code for the same surface area.
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dandy72 wrote: I can't say I've ever been convinced of the "readability" argument.
It's not about being convinced by an argument.
It's about whether it makes it better for you or not. It's purely a personal thing and no one can convince you otherwise. It either is or isn't.
For me, I find a retina screen far nicer to stare at. I'm sure others feel differently.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Well, I don't think it takes much work to prove it's true. Every time I look at my iPhone display and then at my work monitor that's still DVI, it's pretty darn obvious just how much better the higher res makes things. I swear it's even easier on the eyes.
Jeremy Falcon
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I just grew up at a time where characters were all rendered in an 8x8 grid, and that was perfectly readable at just about any size. To me, making the most of higher resolutions means having the opportunity to display more data, not using more pixels to make the same number of characters look prettier.
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I totally understand, but the world, well she's a changing.
Jeremy Falcon
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Sure, rescaling has its place. So long as I have the option not to rescale anything, I'm happy. My phone rescales at 150% by default and I leave that on, but that's only because 1280x720 is otherwise unreadable at 5".
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40 inch monitor?! And you can watch cash in the attic on it as well?
This is bad news. My 11 year old 30" monitor has always served to demonstrate my superiority over those around me with their lackluster 24" displays, and now I read of those with 40 inches. It's like yachts, someone always has a bigger one.
This won't do. I'm off to the shops...
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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It's not the size; it's what you can do with it. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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That's what people with monitor insecurities always say!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: 40 inch monitor?!
TV, not monitor.
I bought it over a year ago, when $700 was still considered a phenomenal price for a 4K display of any size.
I got it on sale at $600 (an even better price), then if I purchased "some accessory" for it, then the store knocked off another $100. A 9$ cable qualified. So, before taxes, it cost me $509.
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Do you also use a 320/480p phone?  Higher DPIs make well written apps more legible on your computer too.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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When a clock is hungry, does it go back four seconds?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nope, while it has two hands, it has no feet, and is slightly coo coo. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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No need to tick me off!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It didn't toc me long to become alarmed by that idea.
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Ain't nobody got time for this...
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It seems he has a chronic habit of posting these jokes.
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It would have to.
Clocks only get minute portions.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Better than most!  Still, nothing to get wound up about. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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No, it just gets wound up.
EDIT: arrggh! kmoorevs got there first!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
modified 6-Jan-17 4:45am.
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I'm pretty sure it actually goes for gin. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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expertsexchange.com, but POWERGEN ITALIA-[^] also was not bad.
Don't those guys think about the domain names they are registering?
Edit: More![^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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how come i always devide that first word into 3 smaller words 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Once you notice it, you can never unnotice it again.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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