Looking for 4k monitor experiences ...

[MrFex]

Hi friends ..


As of today I own a 4k monitor. The LG 27UD68-P to be precise, it's a beauty considering the price. Anyway I am looking for some cool desktop enhancement software specifically for UHD resolutions. To clarify I am not scaling my desktop/OS using software so I have a lot of space.

I'm abandoning my 1080-2k-1080 3-monitor setup for this and I could use a few tools to make life a little easier. If you have any suggestions I'd love to know. I'm always on the lookout for desktop enhancement software.

Thanks

[i3oilermaker]

I briefly went to a 4K 24" - I ended up returning it because of a manufacturing flaw, but I was not very happy with the overall experience (on windows 7).  Perhaps on a 27 or 30in this is less of an issue, but I was noticing some applications scale well and some don't.  If you use everything in native its tiny, if you scale that is where you encounter issues.  Chrome was particularly bad because I zoomed in to like 150% on sites, but the tabs and url bar was tiny.  This was about a year ago so perhaps things have gotten better.

[tp4tissue]

NO..  just wait

DO NOT get 4k YET..

it seems the 120hz 144hz 4k monitors are coming within a year..


--they are better regardless of how many fps your graphics card is outputting. --


Given that you can't really watch many 4k movies until at least a year anyway..

4K is not a good investment now,  Especially since there is absolutely NONE with ULMB..



Don't be the person who's not using a ULMB monitor..  Night and Day difference in terms of motion clarity.

[tp4tissue]

whatever you do,   stay away from 2560x1440, or 2560x1600.. I've been using 2560x1600 since year 2007..

These are dead end monitors at this point.. do not buy them..

[MrFex]

I basically traded my Dell U3011 (2560x1600) for the one I am sporting now. 
I'll be down and ready to invest some real money when ultra wide 4k (non of that 1440 rubbish) is coming.

Good points though

[algernon]

I used to use a 4k at a previous workplace, and it was awesome. Granted, there are not many movies to watch, but that wasn't the purpose. MUCH clearer fonts made my eyes very, very happy. Having set my desktop to zoom everything in, including widgets and whatnot, not even the chrome tab ears were small. All comfy.

This post from Jeff Atwood is a good read on the topic.

[rowdy]

4K pfffft.

Just get a 5K 27" iMac - everything scales perfectly.  Lovely display.

[MrFex]

Oh well. Am really happy with it anyway. 

One of the other things that I am happy with, is the Windows 10 virtual desktop features. I haven't used third party apps with that functionality for a while because of the triple monitor setup but the built-in windows feature is really superior. CTRL+WIN+D and CTRL+WIN+Arrows