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Because people have switched to larger screens (32+ inch) that they place farther away, lowering the need for pixel density.

I'm on a 4K 27" monitor. That's a PPI of 163. I don't feel it's dismal, and I sit relatively close to my monitor.

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I’m using a 4K 28” (I didn’t think there were any 4K 27” given the geometry), and it’s ok but I would really prefer a 5K 27”, those are just more clear although not incredibly so. But they are so expensive to get outside of an iMac. I recently bought my wife a 24” 4K, which has a similar density to the 27” 5K, and her screen looks much better than my 28” 4K.

Which 24” 4K did you get her? There doesn’t seem to be many on the market?

I have followed this approach as well. I use a larger display from further away. I did get a deeper desk to enable this in my current setup. Previously, I mounted my monitor on the wall and moved the desk out ~10" (~25cm).

Either way gives me a greater range of suitable monitors, and they are all cheaper than going for unicorn displays.

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