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15" 4K legibility?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by designrama, Jan 3, 2016.

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    designrama Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sadly, my aging eyes are having hard time reading the menus and icons in programs like Solidworks and photoshop CS5 on M4400's WUXGA (1920x1200). Is there a downscaling function in the Precision 15" with 4K display for UI legibility?
     
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    LouieAtienza Notebook Consultant

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    I use Illustrator and Photoshop CS5 and it looks fine to me. In many ways text and graphics look sharper. I go back to my M6500 and the text looks fuzzy next to my 7510.
     
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    Normally on a 4K display, you'd run everything with Windows DPI scaling set to 200% --- everything gets sharper instead of smaller, and you have the same amount of working space as on a 1080p display. Of course, you can adjust the scaling percentage as you see fit to make things smaller (allowing more working space) or larger (easier to read).

    Not all programs handle scaling well, but it's becoming the norm, so big names like Adobe and Solidworks should be supporting it (with newer versions of their software anyway).
     
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    Newer SolidWorks versions have scaling support, and options for larger sized buttons too.
     
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    designrama Notebook Enthusiast

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    Very cool! But I can't stand the glossy screen. I just chatted with a Dell rep, he says anti-glare 4k screen option for 7510 is in the pipeline. But he has no ETD on it. The waiting game goes on :).

    NVM, 4K anti-glare option is already there or it has always been there. lol
     
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    I was trying to find out if the 15.6" UltraSharp™ UHD IGZO (3840x2160) Wide View Anti-Glare is ISP or TN and its color gamut range, but it seems the Dell rep I was talking to didn't know much about screen technology. Do you guys know the specs? Thanks in advance.
     
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    Also still considering the UHD screen. I was wondering how the laptop handles starting up and playing an old (Grand Prix 4, 3D racegame around 2000) game... Considering how old it is, it might be playable in 4K res, but more likely it simply doesn't support that resolution. So I was wondering how the laptop/OS behaves when the game is configured with for example Full HD res. Will it automatically scale to fill the screen without problems?
     
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    I made a calibration, look at the owners review thread
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/dell-precision-5510-owners-review.784464/page-4
     
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    IGZO refers to a different technology than TN or IPS. Material for circuitry of each pixel is made of a compound of Iridium, Gallium, Zinc, and Oxygen. With higher res screens the circuitry within each pixel takes up more space, requiring higher backlight. As opposed to IPS screens the IGZO circuitry is much smaller, letting more light through, and also less "screen door" effect with lower res screens. So IGZO should be brighter using less power than IPS or TN. But in the near future OLED will likely take over.
     
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    Is the I in IGZO for iridium or indium?


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