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Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by Terretta »

cpr wrote: post #52

I use a 32" 4K monitor (LG UltraFine 32UL950-W) directly in front (landscape), and an identical 32" 4K monitor to the right (portrait) off a rMBP 2016, which gives me the best of both worlds. (Both running Retina mode at logical 1900x1080.) The landscape monitor is for the usual tasks, and the portrait monitor for coding (100 visible code lines in 15pt Operator Mono in VScode). A fantastic combination.

By running 2 x 4K screens, you have a multiple of MP (megapixels) compared to the UW fans in this thread who are essentially just running two mid-2000s resolution screens without a seam — I don’t get it.

If monitors were sold by MP like cameras, all this ‘resolution’ stuff would stop confusing buyers.

Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by Terretta »

sz4kerto wrote: post #17
teruakohatu wrote: post #6

I am considering upgrading to a 4k moniter or a less-than-4k resolution ultra wide screen. Can anyone with experience in both tell me which you found to be better?

I did this. (32" 4K -> 38" curved 3840x1600) The pixel density of the curved ultrawide is annoyingly worse than the 4K. Otherwise it's better, more usable, but the low pixel density makes me want to go back. I'd really like a similar form factor with 5K horizontal resolution.

Yes, these UWs are a marketing trick compared to two 4Ks side by side. They can run old low resolution panel manufacturing line and cut it in longer strips, charge more than two 4K screens.

The antidote is to calculate your megapixels, and decide accordingly. You would with a camera sensor, so do the same for your displays.

Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by Terretta »

kogir wrote: post #41

All the "ultrawide" monitors I've seen are just cropped 4k or 5k screens. Having used full-size versions (3840x2160@32" and 7680x4320@32") I'd never voluntarily give up the vertical space. If you can find yourself a good deal on a 16:9 27-32" 4k screen, you'll appreciate the extra usable space.

> 7680x4320@32

Any models that you like? That’s 33 megapixels, fantastic!

Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by cpr »

Terretta wrote: post #61
cpr wrote: post #52

I use a 32" 4K monitor (LG UltraFine 32UL950-W) directly in front (landscape), and an identical 32" 4K monitor to the right (portrait) off a rMBP 2016, which gives me the best of both worlds. (Both running Retina mode at logical 1900x1080.) The landscape monitor is for the usual tasks, and the portrait monitor for coding (100 visible code lines in 15pt Operator Mono in VScode). A fantastic combination.

By running 2 x 4K screens, you have a multiple of MP (megapixels) compared to the UW fans in this thread who are essentially just running two mid-2000s resolution screens without a seam — I don’t get it. If monitors were sold by MP like cameras, all this ‘resolution’ stuff would stop confusing buyers.

I should have expanded my answer a bit and said that I had tried some UW screens, and they didn't have the vertical dimensions that the 4K screens have, even in landscape mode.

Thus my hybrid solution.

Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by mekane8 »

I use a 34" 21:9 Dell monitor at work and I love it. As other have mentioned, you can get two super wide or three reasonable windows side-by-side, which is great. And I like the option to have a super wide terminal for the overly-verbose Java console output I get to debug.

Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by kogir »

Terretta wrote: post #63
kogir wrote: post #41

All the "ultrawide" monitors I've seen are just cropped 4k or 5k screens. Having used full-size versions (3840x2160@32" and 7680x4320@32") I'd never voluntarily give up the vertical space. If you can find yourself a good deal on a 16:9 27-32" 4k screen, you'll appreciate the extra usable space.

> 7680x4320@32 Any models that you like? That’s 33 megapixels, fantastic!

As far as I know Dell is still the only game in town with the UP3218K. You'll want to run it scaled though for it to be usable (I use 150% or 200%), and I've only seen it work on PC. Maybe the new Mac Pro can handle it?

Re: Ask HN: Ultrawide monitors, what's your experience been like?

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Post by tuananh »

phunkter wrote: post #15

I have a 49" with a native Res of 5120x1440 and can't use it with my MacBook Pro on MacOS. Works fine in Windows but can't go past 4096x1440@70hz in MacOS...

are you using hdmi by any chance? if so, switch to display port. make sure it's dp 1.4
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