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Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by hanspeter »

bityard wrote: post #34
piinbinary wrote: post #2

I have a 34" ultrawide and it is huge. I can't imagine a 52" - the edges would be so far away that it must be hard to read text without physically moving left/right

Do you... usually read content in a full-screen window on that thing? I only have a 27" monitor and sit about 2.5 feet away from it and I move my head _slightly_ to focus on different windows. But that's the reason I have a larger monitor, so I can have a bunch of normal-sized windows open at once.

Their point may be about viewing distance.

If the edges of the screen are further from your eyes than the center, the content and text doesn't appear at the same size. If you wear glasses, the edges might even fall out of focus unless you physically move closer.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by swiftcoder »

gouthamve wrote: post #32

I just setup mine today, and I am not sure I recommend it. I went from a 40" to a 52", and I'm just moving my head waaay too much and my shoulders hurt. It is curved, but very little imo, it's almost like it's flat. I'm going to try it for a week before making the call on whether to return it. I feel like this needs a workflow where you do work in the middle and use the fringes for other applications that you rarely…

When I owned a 40" monitor, I had to get a deeper desk and sit pretty far from it. Even then, I couldn't game on it, because games shove the HUD and minimal into the corners, and they were too far to the side to keep an eye on.

Can't picture a 52" being usable as a PC monitor, really.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by JakeStone »

I've got big monitors, that I hook up to my work laptop and my own laptop. I make it work with a kvm hub. It's really sweet, for my use.

I keep a browser, an IDE, and a terminal pretty much side by side on the bottom one. I keep slack, email, and a clock on the top monitor. I also place pullout tabs from my IDEs on the top one.

Thing is, no matter the cost range, I generally have to replace the KVM hub about once a year. I've just come to accept that as a part replacement cost. This thing has its own KVM hub internally. Maybe I'm just rough on my KVM, but if someone puts significant wear and tear on this monitor, I'd imagine that part would wear out, which seems like a potential money sink if you have to keep calling the warranty folks.

For me, it's too much of a risk, but YMMV.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by flyinglizard »

joshstrange wrote: post #99
flyinglizard wrote: post #87

I have the 40" (5K) and it's perfect. Replaced a 27-32-27 setup (the 27"s being portraits, the 32" landscape). For my coding and office work, absolutely no reason to go wider. Highly recommended. Note the 40", and probably this one too. support MST which makes the display appear as two monitors to the OS and is great in terms of window management without going too fancy with custom software.

Interesting, I'm on 3x27" 2K monitor (same setup as you, portrait, landscape, portrait) and while it works very well for me, I'd like to replace it with just 1 screen (or 3x 4-5K monitors but that is less interesting to me). I already have custom window management software that I use so it wouldn't be hard to switch to sub-dividing 1 monitor to get a similar experience (I think). Maybe I should look into the 40" 5K m…

Losing the bezel is great, and the Dell 4025qw that I have has also an IPS Black panel which is a vast improvement over what I had before - Dell U27-something (4K IPS), 3219Q (4K IPS). And it's 120hz. I really enjoy it.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by bdavbdav »

JakeStone wrote: post #103

I've got big monitors, that I hook up to my work laptop and my own laptop. I make it work with a kvm hub. It's really sweet, for my use. I keep a browser, an IDE, and a terminal pretty much side by side on the bottom one. I keep slack, email, and a clock on the top monitor. I also place pullout tabs from my IDEs on the top one. Thing is, no matter the cost range, I generally have to replace the KVM hub about once a y…

If it’s at all representative, I had to replace 2 of the dell ultra sharp super ultra wides due to failing USB C hub / PD parts. I gave up at that point.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by jpalomaki »

usaphp wrote: post #36
lejalv wrote: post #21

This has pixels the size of my hand, and it fully covers my field of view. Not my cup of tea. What I do recommend (having bought one) is the Kuycon G32p, 32 inches @ 6K. Incredible quality and unbelievable value for money ( https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-kuycon-g32p-6k-32-in... ).

Lg has a similar model: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/lg-ultrafineevo-32-6k-nano-i...

Some people are complaining the matte finish on the LG ruins part of the experience.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by swiftcoder »

masklinn wrote: post #38
LtdJorge wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If compared to a smartphone, maybe.

Compared to a smartphone it's not just poor it's complete dreck. Smarphones are in the 400s.

Do you hold your 32" monitor the same distance from your face as you hold your smartphone?

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by toephu2 »

lejalv wrote: post #21

This has pixels the size of my hand, and it fully covers my field of view. Not my cup of tea. What I do recommend (having bought one) is the Kuycon G32p, 32 inches @ 6K. Incredible quality and unbelievable value for money ( https://clickclack.io/products/in-stock-kuycon-g32p-6k-32-in... ).

clickclack?? sounds like a shady referral link. will not click.

Re: Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor

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Post by nixass »

lemoncucumber wrote: post #89
nixass wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Retina pixels what? Pixel is a pixel, density _of pixels_ is what you're looking for

"Retina" is Apple's marketing name for high PPI displays.

Exactly. Retina is not "pixels" though or type of pixel
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