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by wellthisisgreat 57 days ago
Does anyone here use 8k display for work? Does it make sense over 4k?

I was always wondering where that breaking point for cost/peformance is for displays. I use 4K 27” and it’s noticeably much better for text than 1440p@27 but no idea if the next/ and final stop is 6k or 8k?

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Even 4k turns out to be overkill if you're looking at the whole screen and a pixel-perfect display. By human visual acuity, 1440p ought to be enough, and even that's taking a safety margin over 1080p to account for the crispness of typical text.
1440p is enough if you haven't experienced anything else. Even the jump from 4k to 5-6k is quite noticeable on a 27" monitor.

I switched to the Studio Display XDR and it is noticeably better than my 4k displays and my 1440p displays feel positively ancient and near unusable for text.

That's great for contrast, color fidelity and compatibility with the Apple Mac. But the resolution is quite overkill.