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Do you use a Retina/HiDPI screen?

AstonJ

AstonJ

Do you use a Retina/HiDPI screen?

Do you use (or does your dev machine have) a Retina or HiDPI screen?

  • Yes
  • No
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Here’s an explanation of what HiDPI is - from Steve Jobs when Apple brought out their first Retina products:

And this article goes into further detail: Confused about HiDPI and Retina display? ― Understanding pixel density in the age of 4K | EIZO

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dimitarvp

dimitarvp

iMac Pro here, “5K” screen: 5120x2880.

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NobbZ

NobbZ

When is a display “high DPI” and when is it “low DPI”?

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NobbZ

NobbZ

I never do any explicit scaling.

I just use screens on their native resolution…

My screens at home probably count as LoDPI, as both of them predate the first retina, and therefore the HiDPI hype.

My screens at work ar both 4k, 19". Don’t want to count actual dots per inch now :smiley:

Though as far as I understood you @OvermindDL1, my mobile counts as HiDPI then, as I use a Pixel 4 XL as you do.

There is also a “fallback” screen I sometimes use, Its a 32" 1080p device from ~2005… Its regular use is as a screen for our home-media setup. (Its a plain old dumb-but-“flat”-TV)

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