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Have you tried an ultrawide? I have this one [1] at work, and it's a lot like having two monitors. (It's wasted on me, though. I like looking straight ahead, s

Have you tried an ultrawide? I have this one [1] at work, and it's a lot like having two monitors. (It's wasted on me, though. I like looking straight ahead, so I keep everything visually centered, and I find that putting stuff in the margins is just distracting clutter. I've never understood the appeal of tiling window managers or of filling a screen with lots of noisy background activity. It's nice if you need to display something super wide, however, like a diff or some complex log output.) [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PXYRMPE https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PXYRMPE

roryisok 10y ago
Nah, I don't want to have to turn my head that much
- lobster_johnson 10y ago
  Why are you considering dual monitors, then? The ultrawides are not as wide as two monitors.
  - citruspi 10y ago
    To give you an idea of the difference, two 27" Dell U2715Hs[0] would take up 48.24 inches if placed side by side, while a single 34" Dell U3417W[1] would only take up 34.03 inches. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P0EQD1Q https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P0EQD1Q [1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IOO4TIM https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IOO4TIM
  - roryisok 10y ago
    hmmm... fair point
citruspi 10y ago
How do you like it? Also, any chance you do any photo editing on it? On Thursday I almost bought a Dell U3417W[0] but I chickened at the last minute because I haven't been able to find much information on curved monitors and photo editing. Some people claim it's an issue, others claim that it's a fine and that it doesn't skew images. The other one that I was looking at was the LG-34UC98-W (because Thunderbolt 2.0) but I read several reviews mentioning severe ghosting issues. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-FR3PK-34-Inch-Led-Lit-Monitor/dp/B01IOO4TIM https://www.amazon.com/Dell-FR3PK-34-Inch-Led-Lit-Monitor/dp... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/LG-34UC98-W-34-Inch-UltraWide-Thunderbolt/dp/B019O78DPS https://www.amazon.com/LG-34UC98-W-34-Inch-UltraWide-Thunder...
- lobster_johnson 10y ago
  It's a good monitor, although it's not as bright as the Apple Cinema Display (which I have at home). I occasionally find myself wanting to increase the brightness when the room itself is bright. I don't do photo editing on it, and I doubt that the curvature (which is very slight and almost unnoticeeable) is a problem; but I imagine the lack of brightness might be. The width provides almost no utility for development (for me); I keep windows centered and only very rarely do I put stuff in the periphery. In apps like Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom do I find that there's a large benefit. With Chrome it's also wide enough that you can keep the browser side by side with the dev tools, which is nice. I'd much rather have a "Retina Display" monitor. The Dell 5K looks great.

roryisok 10y ago

Nah, I don't want to have to turn my head that much

lobster_johnson 10y ago
Why are you considering dual monitors, then? The ultrawides are not as wide as two monitors.
- citruspi 10y ago
  To give you an idea of the difference, two 27" Dell U2715Hs[0] would take up 48.24 inches if placed side by side, while a single 34" Dell U3417W[1] would only take up 34.03 inches. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P0EQD1Q https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P0EQD1Q [1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IOO4TIM https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IOO4TIM
- roryisok 10y ago
  hmmm... fair point

citruspi 10y ago

How do you like it? Also, any chance you do any photo editing on it? On Thursday I almost bought a Dell U3417W[0] but I chickened at the last minute because I haven't been able to find much information on curved monitors and photo editing. Some people claim it's an issue, others claim that it's a fine and that it doesn't skew images. The other one that I was looking at was the LG-34UC98-W (because Thunderbolt 2.0) but I read several reviews mentioning severe ghosting issues. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-FR3PK-34-Inch-Led-Lit-Monitor/dp/B01IOO4TIM https://www.amazon.com/Dell-FR3PK-34-Inch-Led-Lit-Monitor/dp... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/LG-34UC98-W-34-Inch-UltraWide-Thunderbolt/dp/B019O78DPS https://www.amazon.com/LG-34UC98-W-34-Inch-UltraWide-Thunder...

lobster_johnson 10y ago
It's a good monitor, although it's not as bright as the Apple Cinema Display (which I have at home). I occasionally find myself wanting to increase the brightness when the room itself is bright. I don't do photo editing on it, and I doubt that the curvature (which is very slight and almost unnoticeeable) is a problem; but I imagine the lack of brightness might be. The width provides almost no utility for development (for me); I keep windows centered and only very rarely do I put stuff in the periphery. In apps like Photoshop, Illustrator and Lightroom do I find that there's a large benefit. With Chrome it's also wide enough that you can keep the browser side by side with the dev tools, which is nice. I'd much rather have a "Retina Display" monitor. The Dell 5K looks great.