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Comment by MBCook

16 hours ago

The company I work at gives all new developers a pair of 1080p displays that could have come right out of 2010.

It amazes me, and it’s so sad. They have no idea what they’re missing. I’m sure high PPI would pay off fast in eye strain. And it’s not like monitors need replacement yearly. Tons of time to recoup that small cost.

I’m not arguing for $2k 37” monitors, just better than $200 ones.

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bostonfinance  4 minutes ago

I work for a white-shoe law firm in Boston. I and most of my peers have total compensation approaching $500k.

And we have 1280x1024 monitors from the 00s, and we're not allowed to have anything better, even out of our own pockets, because "that's what we use here".

wolvoleo  15 hours ago

Even $200 will already buy a 4K 27" (LG). Which aren't even bad. I swear by HiDPI as well but my work is the same. 1080p displays and really bad contrast screens too. Definitely not TN (they're not that bad) and not VA (they tend to have way better contrast than IPS). Probably just bottom barrel IPS.

indemnity  6 hours ago

So you work at the same company I do? They just “upgraded” us to curved Dell UltraWides with a PPI of 110.

Unsurprisingly this is not a motivating factor to come back to the office, given I have a 220 PPI 6K at home.

hulitu  7 hours ago

> I’m sure high PPI would pay off fast in eye strain.

But we have gray on gray, to compensate. One even has a choice. Do you want light or dark eye strain ?