[krisroadruck]

I haven't bought a non-4K monitor in over 6 years. I honestly don't know anyone who is still using 1080p monitors as daily drivers if they are also using the machine for productivity or media work. But your point is not invalid.

[pprotas]

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...

> 60% of Steam users have a 1080p monitor as their primary display

[alyandon]

Apparently, I'm a real oddball with my dual 2408WFP setup:

  1920 x 1200  0.70%   +0.01%

[ClumsyPilot]

I was rocking that for many years.

[alyandon]

I'm really going to be unhappy when one of them finally gives out and I have to replace them - amazing S-PVA panels. :(

[interstice]

How recently have they upgraded

[Nullabillity]

What motivation is there to upgrade? Even if you're replacing the PC itself completely there's not much of a reason to not just reuse the old screen.

[thfuran]

How about not wanting to be able to see the pixels anymore?

[cma]

Users on cheap internet cafe PCs get counted per user instead of per computer.

[bryanlarsen]

Modern games let you set separate rendering and display resolutions so you can get most of the benefit of a 4k display without requiring a video card that can render every pixel. The new upscaling techs address really good.

[goosedragons]

1440p monitors aren't that expensive either and for a lot of people 4K at 100% scaling is too small to be comfortable at a typical 27" size. For PC gaming a high refresh rate 1080p or 1440p display is a better buy than a 60Hz 4K one at roughly the same price.

[ClumsyPilot]

High refresh rate displays are very pleasant to use even if you are just doing non-gaming. They are legitimate conoetition to 4K

[scarface74]

This is so out of touch with reality it might as well be “do people still watch TV? I haven’t owned a TV in 10 years”

[IntelMiner]

Hi, I use a pair of 1080p monitors on my primary machine. Both for work, leisure and my hobby of video editing for youtube videos

[TaylorAlexander]

Still using my old Dell 1440p 27" monitor to edit my 4k youtube videos. I briefly considered buying a 4k monitor this year but I spent my money on a NAS instead. I use three monitors on my desktop, the other two being 1080p. I use the 27" for my main monitor and the others are for docs and videos. I haven't bought a monitor in like 10 years because these things just keep on going. I do have a 4k monitor and work and its nice but does not feel significantly different from my old 1440p monitor. If I had more money I probably wouldn't think much about an upgrade but I work for a tech non profit and live in the Bay Area so I am not out buying new stuff that often. The NAS was a long needed upgrade to serve as a backup for my important media!

[ChuckNorris89]

At my job we all got 1080p monitors for dev work.

[qayxc]

You poor souls. I couldn't imagine going back to 1080p for dev work.

[ChuckNorris89]

That's how cheap European tech companies are.

[tbrownaw]

On in-office days I'm stuck with a pair of 1080p (at home, yes it's a pair of 4k). It's kind of annoying.

[ClumsyPilot]

I understand when people sont want to spend their own money on displays, but as a business you wre literally loosing money by using substandard equipment, research shows its around 10% of salary, much more than a monitor costs

[lazide]

Different budget line items. Silly huh?

[cammikebrown]

144Hz is way more important to me than resolution. I have a 4K TV I can hook my computer up to if I really want.

[Gigachad]

These days 4k 144hz screens are pretty affordable and good. I picked one up recently because I couldn't stand less than 4k to use while programming. But I agree in games it's not the biggest difference.

[anthomtb]

I am on a pair of 1080p’s. I stare at text all day. What is the benefit of upgrading to 4K?

[giantrobot]

Your text can be much sharper and easier on the eyes. Newer displays also can have much better dynamic range which also improves text readability.

[tbrownaw]

I tend to have most of my things half-maximized, so the same width as a 1080 but twice the vertical space. Generally three half-screens like that with vs code or a browser or whatever, and then the last half has a bunch of smaller overlapping utilities (terminal, notes, chat, etc).

I don't generally maximize windows across a whole screen except for word (~8 document pages on-screen at once) and visio.

[FpUser]

I run single 30" 4K monitor at 100% scaling. Main reason for 4K is - I usually have 2-3 editing windows arranged side by side when coding. It fits a lot of text vertically and I like that.

As an extra benefit: I am a sucker for good photos and viewing those on large 4K is way better in my opinion. 4K Youtube and Netflix also looks better.

[acdha]

The text isn’t fuzzy? I have a work-provided 1080p display and it’s really noticeable switching between that and a Retina display unless I’m across the room, even without my glasses.

[anthomtb]

Nope, not at all.

Maybe it is one of those things where, once you switch to 4K, you can’t got back.

[acdha]

Quite possibly. I do this multiple times a week and it’s quite noticeable but that’s definitely after training my baseline expectations.

I have found it seems to be better for eye strain but that’s a single anecdote, not science.

[E39M5S62]

I was on ~100dpi monitors for years. I just picked up a 26" 4k Dell for a steal - it's noticably more crisp than my 1440p screens. I'm not getting rid of my 1200p and 1440p screens on my workstation, but ... 4k is nice.

[dvngnt_]

1440p gang

[krisroadruck]

@ChuckNorris89 man... why do they hate their devs? That's just mean =/ Hopefully they don't have you all on a bunch of $400 dell optiplexes too. Pouring one out for you brother.