Alright guys, I finally need a new monitor and decided to go

Enjoy buyers remorse, neck pain, returning it several times because of fault issues and much more.

You're buying into arguably the worst meme since Bulldozer.

im still waiting for widespread oled monitors. my laptop is led and its fantastic.
i now hate all lcd panels

>>61639324
laptop is oled my bad

>>61639300
>Enjoy buyers remorse, neck pain, returning it several times because of fault issues and much more.

How's that? I actually thought ultrawide would be a lot more ergonomical than dual 4K as you can have you main window centered (=>not twist the head to one side all the time)

>>61639324
>i now hate all lcd panels

Is there any ultrawide oled stuff announced yet? I'll need that new monitor latest end of this year.

>>61638883
I got an Acer E43k or something ET43k I believe from Microcenter for $540 USD after tax, 43 inch 4k monitor.

>>61638883
>productivity is the only criterion
4k nigga, it's the only non-meme big resolution. there is some very well reviewed philips 43" monitor, get it

>I don't game
But that's the ONLY advantage of ultrawides: Large screens with high refresh rates.

Get a 4k 40"+. Ultrawide is meme to make you pay more for a smaller monitor. A larger 16:9 screen is not only better, has more pixels, it's also cheaper.

>>61639725
>>61639939
>>61639985

Well, I'm honestly a bit scared that >40" 16:9 will just be overwhelming in height. I'm currently using a dual 22" 1080p setup and no really missing vertical resolution.
42" would be like... twice as high physically.

>>61638883

As someone who has an ultrawide, the very reason you'd consider one is if you want a better gaming and movie watching experience. For productivity, multiple monitors are better and also cheaper.

>>61640091
It was for me at first, just a little uncomfortable. The uncomfortable-ness passed after few days of use and I use my PC a lot. 12h+ when I don't work. And I have a kinda sensitive neck, this weekend I was at a event with crowds and trying to look over them made my neck ache.

Vertical resolution is extremely useful for productivity. Less scrolling. But what exactly do you do now, and what do you have?

Also, I have 2x 21" monitors next to my 43". They are ~2-3" taller than my 43" because of the middle bezels.

>>61640480
>. But what exactly do you do now, and what do you have?

Currently I have two cheap 22" 1080p Dell IPS monitors.

I do a pretty equal amount of coding and circuit design and a little less devops.

During coding the main window will typically be an IDE (currently filling one screen) and references, results etc. on the other one.

For circuit design, the main window will be – well, the circuit, others might be simulation stuff, curves and references.

Finally devops, that's just a terminal (one screen) and docs on the other.

>>61640603
For more complex circuits 4k should be great, being able to see the entire circuit.

More vertical space should be good for both coding and references as well, you could view twice as much of both the reference and IDE if you have them side by side.

For anything productive a larger 16:9 will be better than a ultrawide, but just more smaller screens is a viable option too imo.

>>61640091
>22" 1080p
>not missing vertical resolution
What? 1080 lines is ridiculously restrictive. GTFO

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>>61639300
stock sitting close to your fucking monitor if you don't want neck pain.

>>61638883
don't listen to poor people buy one OP

As everyone seems to be recommending multiple screens/one full UHD, here's something against that:

There's also the thing that too much real estate can greatly decrease your ability to focus.
I personally think that I was more productive on good old 80x24 terminals than on today's resolution monsters.

Here's a pretty good article OP should consider:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/technology/personaltech/surviving-and-thriving-in-a-one-monitor-world.html

>>61641066
>stock
>stop

don't drink kids

>>61638883

3440x1440p at 34"
Those are two big full HD monitors with additional vertical resolution.

But I can't tell you if 38" is better.
I would think it's maybe a bit too tall

>>61641169
>everyone is saying 34"/38" are too big for them

feels really good to be tall, i'm going to replace >>61641066
with a 38" in 2018.

>>61641067
>links bullshit article with zero citations and whose main point "email popping up on the second screen is a distraction" is really nonsense
As if people don't have a notification that pops up when email is received even on a single-screen configuration.

If you're literally an artist (novelist, musician, etc) then sure you want to minimize distraction and MAYBE a small single screen could help that. Otherwise look at the real studies and science done on multi-monitor and many of the points they make apply just as well to simulated multi-monitor with one large screen.

I'm on a LG 43UD79, would not want to ever go back to anything smaller.

However the tech is not perfect yet, the edges (last cm or so) turn black when you sit too close.

>>61640989
1080 is not restrictive, at least for coding (which I'm doing 99% of the time). If your blocks are longer than that, your code is bad. Period.

>>61641907
Even for the 90s 1080 lines was restrictive. Professionals in IT were on 1600x1200.

You may be coding '99%' of the time, thought I doubt it, but are you really saying you don't have a web browser open at all?

>>61641066
>half of screen wasted

>>61641067
Well then he should get rid of one of his current screens and just use a one small monitor...?

>>61641517
philips bdm4350uc doesnt have this problem

I have a LG 3440x1440 and couldn't be happier. Great display.

Just buy a large high resolution television and set the resolution to an ultra wide resolution, cutting out some of the top and bottom of the screen. Wow, you just saved $800

Get a CRT

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>>61642101

>>61641988
>philips bdm4350uc doesnt have this problem

Sure? Mind that these monitors come with an overscan option that removes that problem by basically turning the border ~1cm black but at the rather steep price that the 4k resolution is rendered on the "cropped" area, which means no 1:1 pixel mapping, ergo blurriness.

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>>61641988
>half of screen wasted
yeah just browsing this shithole

>>61641224
has nothing to do with being tall you idiot

But I'm tall.

>>61642697
How did you get the UI to look somewhat normal? Mine's all stretched out like porn stars asshole.

>>61642697
but it would be shit for 16:9 video

>>61638883
Smaller is better because of pixel density

>>61641066
clean up your room you doubles faggot