Windows 10: Purchased New Monitor - LG-27UD69P-W - good for upscaling?

My biggest use of my computer is research, reading web articles and working with text documents. I also do some photo editing.

I understand windows 10 has font scaling and that with the native resolution of these 4K monitors, I will want to increase font and icon size for viewing and working comfort.

I currently use Windows7Pro with a 24 inch LCD HD 1920 x 1200 monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 245bw) and I even upscale my fonts and icons for viewing on this monitor (old eyes). I use Clear Type text and upscale @ 125%. This monitor still performs beautifully for me in windows 7Pro but is so old, I'm not certain if the drivers would even install on a new computer.

My main purpose for purchasing a new monitor is a larger screen.

My question is, for my purposes, would I be better off to go with a monitor with a smaller native resolution? I need crisp, clear text.

I've searched the forum but most monitor discussions I've found concern gaming. The same for monitor reviews and YouTube video reviews. All seem to discuss gaming. I hate to open and install this monitor and then find it's not a good choice for my intended purpose.

If you do a lot of work with documents, what type of monitor do you suggest?

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Windows Phone Marketplace - Can't complete purchase error

Have the same problem. Wife and I both have LG Quantum and am not able to purchase apps. No problem with free apps. Both phones started having this problem after mango update. Will monitor this forum and hope someone has a solution. W

 

Windows 10 LG 29UM57 HDMI

I recently purchased an LG 29UM57 ultrawide monitor. I had previously had dual dell monitors hooked up via the VGA until one burnt out. The LG monitor has an HDMI hookup but my computer will not detect it. I have tried restarting the computer with only
the LG plugged in hoping the computer would detect new hardware. I have downloaded the Device Manager from the LG website/CD with no luck.

 

The main consideration is deciding on the Display Panel technology the main two being TN and IPS(PLS).
IPS being a lot less angular dependent.
Read up on the relative merits.

I always stick with approx 100 dpi for a screen, for me there is no gain going higher. Your example of the Samsung 245bw is roughly that dpi.
Thus the larger the screen the higher the pixels required. I always work out what the dpi is for a given screen.
If you stick with the same dpi number then it should be OK.

You don't need a monitor driver. The modern monitor connections are HDMI and DisplayPort. EDID is used for monitor data back to the video source.

I don't care for jargon like a "4K monitor".