LG Introduces New Ultrafine 5K Display

[xorbe]

Even at 4k I don't turn AA off. To be honest, higher resolution seems to just make blocky edges turn more into straight edges, but they're still overly sharp. AA still helps smooth out things that feel too sharp at higher resolutions (in my opinion.) Although with that said, I usually don't need more than 2x or 4x.

This here, I have to agree with this. There's just no replacement for AA until ridiculous levels of extra pixels. It's related to audio filtering vs ringing, except in the visual domain.

 

[bug]

This here, I have to agree with this. There's just no replacement for AA until ridiculous levels of extra pixels. It's related to audio filtering vs ringing, except in the visual domain.

Wouldn't you agree 4k on a phone is already in that ridiculous territory?

 

[Aquinus]

Make up your mind

There are certain things you do notice and things you don't when you have higher pixel density, that's my point. Hence the addendum.

What you probably won't see is if I made it two pixels wide instead of 1.

 

[bug]

There are certain things you do notice and things you don't when you have higher pixel density, that's my point. Hence the addendum.

Fair enough. So you do agree with me that at least some things are already unnoticeable. Thus, the day when all things will become unnoticeable and we can do away with AA is coming. (Of course, good luck finding a card to push all those pixels in the next 5 years, but that's another story.)

 

[timta2]

The tired and ignorant lines about PC users being poor and/or cheap are exactly that and are as old and ignorant as the tired lines about how Apple users are wealthy and pound-foolish people, who don't know anything about computers. They also say more about you than you realize.

 

[Aquinus]

So you do agree with me that at least some things are already unnoticeable.

Of course. It would be dumb to say that we can perceive every pixel regardless of its state, that's absurd.

Thus, the day when all things will become unnoticeable and we can do away with AA is coming.

We could have 16k and I still don't think it would eliminate the need for AA. We might not need 8 samples (because more than 2 or 4 and you won't notice it,) but it will still be useful. Edges can still be too sharp on a high resolution display because of how the scene is rendered. We might need less of it, but if 4k is any indicator, it won't work that way.

The tired and ignorant lines about PC users being poor and/or cheap are exactly that and are as old and ignorant as the tired lines about how Apple users are wealthy and pound-foolish people, who don't know anything about computers. They also say more about you than you realize.

I'm sure that professional developers know nothing about computers.

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#development-environments-and-tools

 

[xorbe]

Wouldn't you agree 4k on a phone is already in that ridiculous territory?

Seems like it. My Pixel 2 has 1920x1080 on a 5", and it is really sharp.