[wmf]

I use a 38" ultrawide and I'm happy with it.

[3oH2y869]

What do you mean by normal vs medium DPI? Which ultrawide are you using?

[wmf]

All 38" monitors are the same panel with different ports. I had good luck with the Dell one but some sleep/wake problems with an LG model.

[I_am_tiberius]

With an M1/2 macbook?

[wmf]

No, with an Intel MacBook Pro.

[I_am_tiberius]

Ok, as far as I know the DPI problem starts with M1 macs, meaning the text rendering looks terrible if DPI is < 150.

[stephenr]

AFAIK it’s nothing to do with Intel/Arm swap over.

macOS in recent years dropped support for antialiasing because Apple (+ the UltraFines they sold) displays are all[1] high dpi.

The other issue with a PPI of 150 is you’ll likely end up needing to use a non-evenly scaled resolution to get things “sized” right, so even basic things like a 1px line won’t be crisp, because it won’t be rendered as 1 solid pixel.

1: Yes I know the 24” 4K isn’t quite the same “high dpi”.

[3oH2y869]

Is there any fundamental guidelines one can follow as far as PPI goes so that the monitor doesn't look miserable? I am looking for something reasonably large and quality that doesn't break the bank.

[wmf]

You want 100-130 dpi or over 200 dpi. Avoid the bad zone in between (which includes most monitors on the market).

[I_am_tiberius]

ok thanks. makes sense.