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People with multi monitor setups with different DPI, how is your experience?
2 points by Secretmapper on May 16, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
I'm thinking of getting a 43" 4k monitor. The real estate is going to be AMAZING.

The only thing I'm worried about is the DPI. I use a 2017 MBPr w/ a Dell P2415Q, both of which are ~180+ PPI

I used to have a 24" 1080p and side by side, it became unbearably blurry. For those that have the same rough setup, do you think I would find the LG monitor blurry? or do you find putting it further back helps?

On the other hand, anyone here who have experience 32 inch 4k with 24 inch 4k? That would put the PPI at ~150PPI - ~180 PPI.

I'd love to get the 43", but I'm not sure if I'll find it 'blurry'. No retailer in my area has it, and I have to ship it internationally so I really want to know if it's going to be feasible before I jump the gun.



I have an odd monitor setup: main monitor is a 23" 4K, above that is our old HD TV - a 36" screen with 1080p resolution. To the right is an old 19" Mac monitor with the odd resolution of 1680x1050, and on the left is an ultra-wide 2K monitor with 2560x1080 resolution.

The old HD TV is certainly not as crisp as the 3 computer monitors - so I have it located behind and about 3 feet back and up. At that distance the fuzzy pixels are lost, and I can use it as a reference monitor quite well.

I have the funky setup so I can insure the software I write handles layout correctly with the different aspect ratios and pixel scaling factors the OSes throw in.




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