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Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by Dylan16807 »

lambdaba wrote: post #158
vehemenz wrote: post #123

It's nice to see large manufacturers break out of the 16:9 mold, although I think 4:3, 3:2, or 5:4 would be better for most users. Unfortunately, LG is letting the supply chain dictate panel size for their product team, instead of the other way around. This is no doubt a byproduct of their decision to stop building their own panels in 2020.

3:2 is ideal, Microsoft's Surface Book series have it

It's a good baseline, but for big setups I think there's a point where you want the width to grow faster than the height.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by JackGreyhat »

Kudos wrote: post #10
seanp2k2 wrote: post #6

Wake me up when they make one with the resolution of 2x 4K 16:10 screens. 8K 55” TVs are hard to beat as monitors too.

I tried a 49" 4k, and it gave me neck pains unless I only used the middle half of it.

I've been wanting to buy a 49inch curved to avoid neck pain...do you recommend against it? I wanted to buy this one: https://www.samsung.com/ca/monitors/gaming/odyssey-neo-g9-g9...

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by JackGreyhat »

maximus-decimus wrote: post #59

It makes me laugh how this is literally the opposite of my 5120x1440 neo g9. Larger avoid having to stretch your neck as much, but I have to admit this 16:18 would save a lot of desk space.

Do you like your monitor? I've been wanting to buy it, but I've been reading mixed things about text clarity or sharpness. What's your experience?

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by Kudos »

JackGreyhat wrote: post #242
Kudos wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried a 49" 4k, and it gave me neck pains unless I only used the middle half of it.

I've been wanting to buy a 49inch curved to avoid neck pain...do you recommend against it? I wanted to buy this one: https://www.samsung.com/ca/monitors/gaming/odyssey-neo-g9-g9...

To be clear, I actually do have that actual 49" utrawide now, and it's been great. The 49" I mentioned was just a TV I used as a monitor.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by NelsonMinar »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #68
chrisseaton wrote: post #57

Wow these are the worst possible product photos - does it have a bezel in the middle or not?

I think it's pretty evident from this photo that it does not: https://www.lg.com/us/images/features/mnt-dualup-ergo-28mq78... It should also be obvious given that it is not 2 monitors but a single 16:18 monitor...

Even that image is a little confusing; the strong red/blue line in the middle made me wonder if there was a seam between two panels. The red sugar packet on the left is the only thing that unambiguously indicates it's a single continuous panel.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by djcollier »

kposehn wrote: post #222
JimRoepcke wrote: post #157

I received one last week. Works great on my M1 MBP. I have a 16:9 monitor above the MBP and the LG to the right of it, but now I want to get a keyboard, trackpad and webcam so I can swap the positions of the monitors and have the LG as my main monitor. My only complaint is it’s not as wide as a 27” monitor despite having the same resolution as Thunderbolt Displays / 27” iMacs. So the pixels are smaller. The width is…

Were you able to get proper hidpi scaling on it without artifacts/blurriness or are you just letting it run at native scaling?

My solution has been to use it as a second monitor, run it at native resolution, and only use it for apps where I can reliablably increase the font size (terminals, web apps/pages with good zoom support). I keep VSCode on my high DPI main monitor.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by saaaaaam »

nextos wrote: post #130
saaaaaam wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Huawei Mateview is exceptional. I was bothered by the price but eventually got one on sale. It’s so good I’m buying another at full price. (Unless it comes on sale again!)

Can you comment a bit more on it? I heard some criticism about bleeding. It's reasonably easy to buy it in EU, and price is not too far from usual suspects like Dell UltraSharp or cheap Eizo/Nec models.

Not sure what you mean by bleeding - can you be more specific?

I find it an absolute joy to use. When I am at my desk I spend a lot of time in front of the screen and compared to the Samsung 4k I was using previously I find far less eye strain, much crisper image, and just generally more pleasant. I feel the investment was very worthwhile.

It’s also very beautifully designed which was definitely a consideration for me, as my office has a very cheaper defined aesthetic.

Happy to answer specific questions but understand that I’m not a monitor expert :)

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by tom_ »

nopcode wrote: post #239
tom_ wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always been the opposite - not a big fan of having to turn my head much when I'm working. At home I've got 2 x 27" 9:16 monitors, one in front and one to my right (total display width ~68 cm), then my little laptop on the left (~30 cm wide) - and that's about far left or right as I can be bothered to look. At work I've got 1 x 27" 9:16 monitor in front, and 1 x 27" 16:9 monitor on my left. The left hand side of…

why dont you turn the left monitor vertically?

Partly because I work in video games, so at work I benefit from having one landscape monitor for testing the game at a realistic resolution and/or using the tools, almost all of which are always designed for use in landscape orientation.

(I could probably work around all of that, and indeed when I work at home I just suck it up and/or have things stretch across two screens. But the other part is that the monitor stand I have at work is a bit limited, so if I have both monitors in portrait orientation and move them so they're adjacent, they end up too close to me.)

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by nickthesick »

nextos wrote: post #130
saaaaaam wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Huawei Mateview is exceptional. I was bothered by the price but eventually got one on sale. It’s so good I’m buying another at full price. (Unless it comes on sale again!)

Can you comment a bit more on it? I heard some criticism about bleeding. It's reasonably easy to buy it in EU, and price is not too far from usual suspects like Dell UltraSharp or cheap Eizo/Nec models.

I have one as well and definitely can recommend it. The only thing is that if you are running macOS you really need to have SwitchResX for it to not look terrible.

I have it next to my studio display and it honestly does not even compare in terms of clarity. I’m sure it’ll run better on windows.

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