27 to 32 1440p experience

sybaris · 14 Jul 2021 at 07:10

Has anyone gone from a 27” at 1440p to a 32” at 1440p and what was windows and other productivity text like?
Did you like it or did you have any regrets?

RussZS · 14 Jul 2021 at 07:58

I went from a 34" UW Acer X34P to a 27" Acer (XBHU1?) then to Samung Odyssey G7 32" and I'm not seeing a huge reduction in clarity/sharpness going from 27 to 32. I'm sat about 55cm away from it though

sybaris · 14 Jul 2021 at 08:17

Im sitting about 50cm from it. All the reviews I have seen talk about ppi and theoretical differences but nobody has actually said how they find it in the real world

alec · 14 Jul 2021 at 08:46

27 1440p to Samsung G7 32 1440p
no regrets
If I'm not mistaken ppi should be close to 24" 1080p? Which is also completely fine.

sybaris · 14 Jul 2021 at 09:07

If you don't mind me asking, if you open a word doc on the 32, can you get more of a page on a screen than the 27 or is it the same but scaled up a bit for the bigger screen size?

RussZS · 14 Jul 2021 at 09:21

It’s the same but scaled as the resolution and pixel count is the same - just fewer PPI

JohnG7 · 14 Jul 2021 at 09:38

32" 1440p basically exactly the same PPI as so called ideal 24" 1080p (back in the day) and most 32" panels are actually 31.5" so a little bit less "blocky" as some will claim 32" 1440p is.

I had 27" 1440p back in 2013 and it was too small for many things so used scaling, I imagine 32" 4k would be similar, for me for gaming 1440p+high HZ to try get CRT/Plasma motion on poor LCD tech.

Again some will disagree but for me curves start to benefit at 27" and really benefit at 32", I had a 27" curve and then the 32" G7 and now a flat 32" and it was a strange feeling in my eyes to move them to see edges for weeks and I am still aware of it now.

pp111 · 14 Jul 2021 at 14:03

sybaris said:
Im sitting about 50cm from it. All the reviews I have seen talk about ppi and theoretical differences but nobody has actually said how they find it in the real world

Honestly it depends on so many things, not least of all how good your eyesight is. I find the "ideal ppi" a little fine so I have no problem moving to a lower ppi. I have monitor at the moment that runs at the so called "ideal ppi" and I use windows scaling because I find all the text too small. To give you some idea ( if this even helps ) I scale it so the text is the same size as a 22" 1920x1080 screen.
I also agree that curves start to benefit at about 30". Below that they are pointless but above that and screens look weird if they are flat because the sides are too far away.

sybaris · 14 Jul 2021 at 15:50

I put my monitor in to 1080p and the text looked ok. I know its not accurate but its a pretty good indicator.