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LG 38UC99-W 38-Inch 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD+ IPS Monitor with Bluetooth Speakers http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01LW54S4U/donhosek http://www.amazon.

by dhosek 5y ago

LG 38UC99-W 38-Inch 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD+ IPS Monitor with Bluetooth Speakers http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01LW54S4U/donhosek http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01LW54S4U/donhosek It's amazing how much the extra screen real estate helps. Other than that, I've bought surprisingly little in the last two years other than food, clothing and gifts.

lhball 5y ago
$1K - Hard pass. I'll take two crappy IPS 24 inch monitors before I drop that kinda cash on a monitor. Thing is I've seen co-workers with these, and buy call accounts they love them, but I've never really been blown away by them. The 144hz refresh rate is nice, but wasted on someone who just writes code all day.
- dmd 5y ago
  Anything you're gonna interact with more than half your waking hours is worth spending lots of money on, to me. Over 4 years of daily use a monitor like that is something like 20 cents an hour. Seems worth it to me.
- speedgoose 5y ago
  It looks to be 60Hz. I think 144Hz is nice even if you only write code. Everything is more smooth, like scrolling code or documents.
- Hroble 5y ago
  There are much cheaper curved widescreen monitors as well, I bought a 100hz AOC monitor for 360 dollars or so. That was more than worth it.
TacticalCoder 5y ago
Oh yes. That's the screen I'm rocking. It's pure bliss. For gamers I'm sure there's better but the 38UC99 is quite something. Now it's already three years old (or even older?) so there's probably better at the same price point now?
oftenwrong 5y ago
I switched from a 38UC99 to a 43" 4K (16:9) display. For me, the extra vertical space (35% more) makes it much more useful for programming-type work. For example, showing many lines of code or logs at once.
pugworthy 5y ago
Also got an ultra-wide curved. Work bought it. HP brand, 43”. Not my first choice but it’s where I work so that’s what we get. I can say unequivocal that when I eventually have to take it back to the office, a) my non software developer team members will drool, b) I will buy myself something because gaming (and everything else) is fantastic on it.
baby 5y ago
That price! Omg

by dhosek 5y ago

lhball 5y ago

$1K - Hard pass. I'll take two crappy IPS 24 inch monitors before I drop that kinda cash on a monitor. Thing is I've seen co-workers with these, and buy call accounts they love them, but I've never really been blown away by them. The 144hz refresh rate is nice, but wasted on someone who just writes code all day.

dmd 5y ago
Anything you're gonna interact with more than half your waking hours is worth spending lots of money on, to me. Over 4 years of daily use a monitor like that is something like 20 cents an hour. Seems worth it to me.
speedgoose 5y ago
It looks to be 60Hz. I think 144Hz is nice even if you only write code. Everything is more smooth, like scrolling code or documents.
Hroble 5y ago
There are much cheaper curved widescreen monitors as well, I bought a 100hz AOC monitor for 360 dollars or so. That was more than worth it.

TacticalCoder 5y ago

Oh yes. That's the screen I'm rocking. It's pure bliss. For gamers I'm sure there's better but the 38UC99 is quite something. Now it's already three years old (or even older?) so there's probably better at the same price point now?

oftenwrong 5y ago

I switched from a 38UC99 to a 43" 4K (16:9) display. For me, the extra vertical space (35% more) makes it much more useful for programming-type work. For example, showing many lines of code or logs at once.

pugworthy 5y ago

Also got an ultra-wide curved. Work bought it. HP brand, 43”. Not my first choice but it’s where I work so that’s what we get. I can say unequivocal that when I eventually have to take it back to the office, a) my non software developer team members will drool, b) I will buy myself something because gaming (and everything else) is fantastic on it.

baby 5y ago

That price! Omg