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samdixon 11 hours ago

this looks like a rip off of another monitor that I can't quite put my finger on...

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smilebot 11 hours ago | parent [-]

And no extra charge to have an adjustable stand! How do they make money?

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DustinEchoes 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No need to recoup R&D costs.

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joshstrange 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

By having fewer pixels, lower quality screens? Crazy what you can do when you cut corners.

This screen reminds of when I did tech support in high school and I helped a guy who bragged about his computer monitor, it was a TV running at 720p (if not lower) and a massive screen. The windows start bar was hilariously large (as were all UI elements), I had to just smile and nod until I got out of there.

Sure, your screen may be bigger but it's blurry and everything is scaled way too large.

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semi-extrinsic 9 hours ago | parent [-]

> everything is scaled way too large

The HiDPI/Retina bullshit is just bullshit. I've been running a 4K 43" 4:3 display at 100% scaling since 2018. It is neither blurry nor scaled too large. It can, however, comfortably fit 10 A4 pages simultaneously. Or 4 terminals + a browser + a PDF reader.

	▲	ggm 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		My arithmetic nodule is having a konniption fit. Does not compute. If this is 16:9 and you mistook your aspect ratio I can breathe again. √2:1 says 1.41:1 isn't 1.33:1 10 A4 pages do not fill a 4:3 or 3:4 aspect ratio box. They don't fill a 16:9 box either but it's more plausible, the wastage is different.
	▲	joshstrange 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		My comment (or at least that quote) was specifically about someone using a 30"+ TV at 720p as their computer monitor.

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jdc0589 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

its probably a charity, no money there.