The screen size matters significantly. More specifically, what humans care about is pixel density. A 24 inch 1080p screen does not look the same as a 27 inch 1080p, which does not look the same as a 32 inch 1080p.
A 24 inch 1080p screen is perfectly fine. A 27 inch 1080p, you can start to see the pixels more clearly. A 32 inch 1080p IMO is unacceptably bad.
I would say the standard should be 1080p for 24 inch or under, 1440p for 24-27 inch, 4K for 27 inch or above
I personally run a 24 inch 1440p screen because I'm pretty picky with pixel density, and the monitor was relatively good deal.
My experience has been that 1440p is noticeable jump in quality on desktop monitors but less so laptops. On desktop 4K is virtually unnoticeable, a high refresh rate, HDR, and OLED are far more noticeable.
For TV, I’ve found that it depends more on distance from the screen and resolution and bit rate of the media. I sit about 8’ from a 65” 4K tv and the difference between Blu-ray quality at 1080p and 4K is night and day.
i needed more pixels/room, so i got me a 4k 55" (139cm) tv for a display and it's basically like four 1080p displays seamlessly fused together. of course, you can also sit far away and upscale everything and things will look slightly smoother, like pixels will be even less noticeable.
some details in fullscreen pictures become visible that would require zooming in on 1080p, because on 4k fullscreen basically is like 1080p already zoomed in.
a problem are color gradients: without HDR on 4k you can now see there's not enough colors in 24bit colorspace (000000 - FFFFFF 8bit per channel without alpha/transparency) to fill large areas with gradients. you have to spread/dither to get a smooth gradient on a 24bit 4k wallpaper, but it's a small price to pay for more room.
From my experience, I could only tell the difference if monitor was bigger than 27" like a 32" monitor but it wasn't something that I couldn't live without, well I think it's cuz I run with 3 monitors so you are always looking at different things
I've been on 1080p since highschool, over 15 years, works perfectly for me. I value high frame rate over resolution/fidelity. Luckily for me, even mid-tier hardware is so powerful now, AAA games on ultra at 1080p can easily hit 160+
I have an AMD 6700XT and a 5800X3D with a 240Hz 1080p monitor, it's wonderful for me.
I had a 1440p monitor and "downgraded" back to 1080p when it broke because I could barely tell the difference when gaming and I get a significantly higher framerate in most games at 1080p, which does make a big difference for me.
This! My 32” 4K display is great for the screen estate. I’ve learned I can work much better with one large display than with 2-3 separate 1080p/1200p displays.
But on my 40” TV I couldn’t care less about it being “only” 1080p. That’s more than enough.
On a 27" monitor, it makes a huge deal for things like web-browsing, spreadsheets, etc. For video games, its not something I generally notice the difference in with a notable exception being Terraria. Having smaller UI (but still clear) to give more usable space is the main benefits imo.
I have some older laptops that are 1080p, which was great at the time, but they are now obviously inferior at displaying text, etc. 4k can be overkill, 1440p (or 1600, or thereabouts) is usually fine (for me).
It only matters when you are watching on something like a projector screen which is large enough that pixels are not dense enough, thats when more resolution improves quality. For a daily use 23 inch monitor 4k is not worth the cost over 1080p in my opinion.
I have a 4k TV and don't get it either. Watched the odd video in 4k and the colors are maybe a bit crisper, but that's about it. I'd have to compare movies side by side to actually spot the difference.
Not worth it IMHO.
Can't tell for screens though, I don't even know whether mine does 4k or not. Was part of the home-office package from my company. I'll have to check that tomorrow, only returning from a business trip tonight.
I have a 4k TV and don't get it either. Watched the odd video in 4k and the colors are maybe a bit crisper, but that's about it. I'd have to compare movies side by side to actually spot the difference.
The point of 4k is that you can have a TV twice as large as your 1080p TV before it without losing sharpness.
I can definitely tell the difference on my 77” OLED.
You should see a clear difference at that distance. You may want to get your eyes checked, your eyes get worse as you get older and it can really creep up on you without noticing.
“When Web Summit started, it attracted an overwhelmingly European and North American audience, but the changes over the past five years have been stark with the rise of participation from the Arab world,” Cosgrave said.
What kind of participation have we seen from the Arab world? Do they only cater to Arabs or are we using apps, websites, services, and devices of Arab origin without knowing it?
Cosgrave was critical of the US and European countries, saying they “find it difficult when companies from elsewhere in the world outcompete them”.
This is definitely true. The US's favorite move to any kind of Chinese success is to try and ban it. Best example is how they forced the Netherlands to stop their golden goose ASML from sending lithography machines to China, then being completely surprised that China could make chips of their own with unexpected precision. Sure, they are a generation behind right now, but they are quickly catching up and then suddenly the West will have to actually compete with better products, instead of relying on market dominance.
What about for users who only have local accounts?
How would they provide the bit locker code? Its normally linked to your Microsoft account no?
Maybe there is a local place to find it and its up to you to back it up just in case.
Me personally I have my 2TB ssd split into two partitions with windows on one and all my steam and bnet games on the other.
If I ever lose my bit-locker code or it locks up I guess I can just reinstall.
I use my laptop with Linux on it for any personal data, my desktop is exclusively for gaming.
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