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Venator@lemmy.nz 1 week agoWhile it is pretty subtle, and colour depth and frame rate are easily way more important, I can easily tell the difference between an 8k and a 4k computer monitor from usual seating position. I mean it’s definitely not enough of a difference for me to bother upgrading my 2k monitor 😂, but it’s there. Maybe I have above average vision though, dunno, though I’ve never done an eye test.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Well, i have +1.2 with glasses (which is a lot) and i do not see a difference between FHD (1980) and 4k on a 30" laptop. What i did notice though, background was a space image, the stars got flatter while switching to FHD. My guess is, the Windows driver of Nvidia tweaks Gamma & light, to encourage buying 4k devices, because they needed exterbal GPU back then. The colleague later reported that he switched to FHD, because the laptop got too hot 😅. Well, that was 5 years ago.
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
30 inch laptop? Is that a typo or does somebody actually make one that big?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Right, brainfart. I didn’t measure it but it was largeish but not giant. Let’s say 15".
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
We’re bringing back briefcase computers!
Venator@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Interesting: in that sense 4k would have slightly better brightness gradiation: if you average the brightness of 4 pixels there’s a lot more different levels of brightness that can be represented by 4 pixels vs 1, which might explain the difference perceived even when you can’t see the individual pixels.