Regards the 5K display, much as having "newer, more, better, blah blah blah ..." sounds, I really don't see the point. It's not going to make my prints any better than they already are. It's not going to make the photos I post to the internet any sharper either. Yeah, it might make imaging on my image processing workstation a tiny bit sharper and clearer.
But i have no problem with my existing Thunderbolt Display 27" and see no point to 5K displays. Most of the 4K video I've seen doesn't impress me either.
Call me an old curmudgeon, but there's a limit to how many pixels actually make a difference which is an advantage...
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Tell me more … sounds a lot less expensive …:ROTFL:
Actually, way back when I made the dual 30" Mac Cinema decision it was as much for client presentations as for working acuity. Easier to sell a lot more work with them.
I don't evaluate anything on the basis of web showing, but I do make prints all the time. So, I wonder why such a gain in screen resolution wouldn't be of some advantage in the editing attributes that Bob touts as showing up with his profitable monitors?
Frankly, I've paid no attention to this stuff for a long time and now feel like a dummy.
BTW, what's the difference between all the HD4K TV screens and these 4K computer monitors just coming out? Lack of Calibration? Different rendering characteristics? Pixel structure?
Right now I was thinking of a new 5K iMac and temporarily using a larger TV as a secondary screen to make presentations on, and to use as a holding area while I do PP on the iMac screen. Then get a 4K computer monitor that can be profiled later when (and if) it is doable.
The room this is all going in is totally dark, so I was also considering that a Plasma would be good there … since I need a TV in the room anyway.
Way to much info to digest … nothing ever seems to just fall together easily.
- Marc