For context - this 51" monitor has 22% less pixels than the 32" Apple Pro Display XDR.

PunchyHamster 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

good deal considering it's much smaller and twice the price

wmf 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not really. The Dell is 6144x2560 @ 1x while the Apple is effectively 3008x1692. The Dell can fit much more content on the screen.

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FireBeyond 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

macOS can specify regions of the screen to be 1x. If I'm using Capture One or Lightroom, my photos are at normal resolution while the UI elements are "retina/2x".

	▲	wmf 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So you can see more detail but you aren't fitting more photos on the screen.

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madeofpalk 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes really. A pixel is a pixel. This dell monitor has pixels the size of boulders. Apple Pro Display XDR has 4.6m more pixels in a significantly smaller area creating a much denser display.

	▲	wmf 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Denser pixels are worth less because you can't see them; in this case 3x-4x less.

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adamnemecek 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But those are retina pixels right? Like what is the max resolution of that display?

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nixass 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Retina pixels what? Pixel is a pixel, density _of pixels_ is what you're looking for

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lemoncucumber 9 hours ago | parent [-]

"Retina" is Apple's marketing name for high PPI displays.

	▲	nixass 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly. Retina is not "pixels" though or type of pixel

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gffrd 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

6016 x 3384.

Dell monitor is twice the surface area with 3/4 the pixels … or in reverse: Apple display is half the size with 30% more pixels.

(edit: corrected dell pixel %)

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zuminator an hour ago | parent [-]

What is going on here? Why is everyone in this thread using 'pixels" to mean ppi? It seems unnecessarily confusing or even misleading. I mean blatantly a 6K monitor has more pixels than a 5K or 4K one, regardless of the pixel density.

	▲	gffrd an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, nobody’s saying a 5k monitor has more pixels than a 6k. I think what people are trying to communicate, but struggling to, is that high pixel count on a huge display can be deceptive. I think grandparent was trying to say “comparing a low-poi display to a high-ppi display is not a direct comparison.”