4K monitor thoughts

I stared into a Samsung U28D590D (who names these products?). It was nice, but not mind blowing. Is it for me? Well, none of my current computers can run at 3840×2160…

4K images look great on it, although I found the experience less shocking than my first time seeing a Retina display. I had to get close the screen or have my glasses on to make out the fine detail the resolution allows for. Text in some applications (like Google Chrome) is too small to read from a comfortable distance with changing the OS DPI. Could I use it? Well, Windows 7 can’t run different DPI’s on multiple monitors, so I would be out of luck there too.

Until I upgrade my hardware, OS, and my eyeballs, 4K is not a good option for me. I can achieve a similar, good-enough-for-text-editing feeling by lowering the DPI or shrinking text on a 27″ 1440p monitor. Some irrational part of my brain still wants a 4K monitor, probably just because it is new and shiny.

Maybe I’ll hold out until 5K.