Mac mini m4 monitor

[sour merlin]

Dell S2425HS Monitor - 23.8 Inch, FHD (1920x1080) Display, 100Hz Refresh Rate 1500:1 Contrast Ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort 4 Star, Integrated 2x5W Speaker, Height/Tilt/Swivel/Pivot - Ash White

(130$)

Would this be a good enough monitor for m4 mac mini?
I was told that it would be bad quality with macs unless I go for more high quality displays

[timid vine]

Text on macOS doesn’t look great on a 1080p display, and I would prioritize resolution over refresh rate. So I’d recommend you save a little more money and get at minimum a 4K monitor (3840x2160)

Here is macOS on 1080p:

and now 4k:

You won’t be gaining any more screen real estate going to 4k, but you will gain much higher quality text and images.

Smaller text can look especially bad on 1080p.

[timid vine]

(to actually see the difference, you’ll want to zoom in)

[sour merlin]

https://a.co/d/fWObWf8

[sour merlin]

Is this good?

Also would quad HD also be bad?

[timid vine]

This should be okay. Quad HD is 1440p, which also isn’t great on macOS — so I’d aim for at least UHD (4k/2160p)

[sour merlin]

Okay

[sour merlin]

I only need hdmi cable to connect mac mini to monitor right?

[timid vine]

You should be able to use an HDMI cable, provided the monitor is capable of HDMI.

[sour merlin]

Yup the monitor includes it

[low night]

but you will see a difference side by side

And if you're too used to the "Apple Displays" on macbooks then you'll probably feel weird about it