It's more like 220ppi vs 280ppi (thanks https://www.sven.de/dpi !) and the difference is way, way bigger than I thought.
In fact it is the biggest improvment in text-reading ergonomics I have ever experienced from a monitor upgrade, and that includes 4K → 5K.
I can't even see the pixels at 220ppi on a 5K, so I thought I didn't need any higher.
But in fact, what I see is fuzz. Just a bit, and it's very small and I could live with it... until I saw the 8K at 280ppi.
For a few weeks I had them side by side so I asked serveral non-nerds (no other nerds were available, due to the ongoing pandemic). Every person agreed the 8K monitor "looks clearer".
(Oops looks like the comment I am replying to was deleted, but anyway I will leave this additional info anyway.)
I thought Apple was moving towards 250PPI when they released their M1 MacBook Pro, and ditching 220PPI standards they have been using on Mac for 10+ years.
And the differences are much more dramatic in complex character languages like Chinese and Japanese.
In fact it is the biggest improvment in text-reading ergonomics I have ever experienced from a monitor upgrade, and that includes 4K → 5K.
I can't even see the pixels at 220ppi on a 5K, so I thought I didn't need any higher.
But in fact, what I see is fuzz. Just a bit, and it's very small and I could live with it... until I saw the 8K at 280ppi.
For a few weeks I had them side by side so I asked serveral non-nerds (no other nerds were available, due to the ongoing pandemic). Every person agreed the 8K monitor "looks clearer".
(Oops looks like the comment I am replying to was deleted, but anyway I will leave this additional info anyway.)