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by turtlebits 1990 days ago
Can you actually see a difference? I have slightly better than 20/20 vision with glasses and don't see a difference between 4k @ 14", 27" or 32".

At this point 32" 4k is perfect for me, the only thing I'd wish for is improved panel. I have not seen the Apple 6k, but just picked up an M1 Macbook Air, it has best display I've seen (quite a bit better than my work 16")
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nlh 1990 days ago
I almost certainly can't see the difference between 4k and 5k (although it depends on the screen resolution - if the 4k screen is using some weird multiplier then everything is blurry and crappy).

But TFA is looking at 1440p screens, which is 2560x1440 and is LoDPI (@1x) on a 27" screen. I can absolutely tell the difference on those and that's what I can't ever go back to.

The LG 5K screen is 5120x2880 - same "size" as 1440p but everything @2x, and that is glooooorious :)

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tshaddox 1989 days ago
The difference between 4K and 5K on the same screen size would just be the amount of screen real estate (essentially, that’s the real estate of 1080p and 1440p respectively) which you can definitely notice.

(If you’re using a non-integer scaling factor, that’s a different story, but I’ve always stuck to integer scaling factors.)

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