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MVP

Mar 08, 2017

Experiences with SRS/Logitech SmartDock

David Phillips asked me to share out experience with the Logitech SmartDock and SRSv2 in another thread, I thought I would start a new post to collect other people's experience. We are refurbishi...

MVP

Oct 28, 2017

Most of our screens are 1080p, we have one 84" monster that is capable of 4K but the SRS drives it at 1080p.

Skype video calls are at best 720p, and the video ingest is 1080p, so I can't really see what the 4K pixels would do for you. Add on to that if it did ingest at 4K how many laptops would struggle?

Bronze Contributor

Oct 28, 2017

i dont really want 4K ingest or video, but getting a screen without 4K in that size is getting hatder every year. I was more wondering if there is any noticable visual degradation when sharing a presentation or spreadsheet?

Steven Collier
MVP
Oct 28, 2017
No, it looks perfect driving a 4K display.
- Ivan54
  Bronze Contributor
  Oct 31, 2017
  Interesting, I wonder why though? Is the screen itself possibly doing some upscaling?
  
  Since the SmartDock only outputs (officially) 1080p and the screens native resolution is 4K (4 times of 1080p), every single original pixel should be blown to 4 times the normal size, and the picture shouldn't look sharp.
  - Steven Collier
    MVP
    Oct 31, 2017
    Screens do the upscaling from 1080p to 4K. It's not going to look any worse than a 2K monitor of that size, same number of pixels per inch, if the upscaling is smart it might even look a little better. Sure there are 4x the pixels, but there's no reason that would look fuzzier.
    
    Everything is scalled pretty much all the time, Skype video is only 720p or less in the first instance, if you share a screen it's scalled down to fit in next to the incoming video feeds etc. etc. In practice users don't notice anything, and tell us they all look good.

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