<html><head></head><body><div>I'm using an XPS-15 with a 4K OLED on a dock with a Dell S3221QS curved 4K and the experiences is pretty good once I worked out the magic xrandr incantation to scale them correctly (this was a 32" flat Dell 4K but that was stolen by my daughter).</div><div><br></div><div>I've done the same thing with an XPS-13 using wayland which also works well, but not enough stuff runs properly with wayland yet to use it for my daily drive.</div><div><br></div><div>Wayland is MUCH easier to set up, and I think does the scaling better (seems to be a it crisper) though so I often switch back and froward on the 15 as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Getting two hdi monitors working at different scale on linux is still an interesting exercise that's for sure.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, 2022-06-01 at 10:39 +1000, Colin Fee via linux-aus wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 at 09:33, Info via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au" target="_blank">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>55"<br></div><div><br>Useful for editing videos then seeing them as the viewer sees them.<br></div><div><br>I found a big screen useful when working on something on a table. Hang the big screen on the wall at <br>the other end of the table.<br></div><div><br>For everything else, it was too big. I use a 32" and would look at something slightly bigger but not <br>much. For people using reading glasses, there is a working visual range which limits the useful size <br>of the screen.<br></div><div><br>For writing, two vertical screens gives you one for your novel or program and the other at the side <br>for email, todo lists, and code tests.<br></div><div><br>Peter</div><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yep, agree with Peter here re the glasses. I'm long sighted so I need to wear my glasses to work at my computer etc. </div><div><br></div><div>I bought a Dell 32" 4k curved monitor during a sale early last year but had to return it as the ppi at 139 was under a sweet spot that meant everything looked just slightly fuzzy to me. My eyes were constantly trying to focus it into sharpness and it gave me headaches. I think the magic number is about 160 ppi, any less and I find them difficult to use. Right now I'm sitting in front of my HP Z27 27" 4k that has 163 ppi. I can't see the pixels, everything is smooth and crisp. c.f with Apple retina displays that are crica 220 ppi.</div><div><br></div><div>I found overtime when using 2 x 24" monitors I was never using the full real estate of the individual monitors i.e. the outer 1/3 was unused, so I switched to a single 27" of higher resolution and adjust app window sizes to suit so I can have 2 - 3 things open and work effectively.</div><div><br></div><div>My 27" sits just out of arm's length and fill most of my FoV. I have my laptop sitting on a custom stand I made as a 2nd screen for things that don't require my attention.</div></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>linux-aus mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus">http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to<br></div><div><a href="mailto:linux-aus-unsubscribe@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus-unsubscribe@lists.linux.org.au</a></div></div></blockquote></body></html>