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I went from 2 wide screens to a single ultra wide, and I'm never going back. It's like you have two screens (well, more like 1.5), but they are optimally positi

I went from 2 wide screens to a single ultra wide, and I'm never going back. It's like you have two screens (well, more like 1.5), but they are optimally positioned, and there's no bevel in the middle. It's worth mentioning that I use i3, which helps a lot organising all that screen real state. I can see how obnoxious it could be to use it with other desktop environments. Bonus: It's awesome for gaming. Most games support it nowadays, and it's very immersive. Edit: The monitor -> https://www.techadvisor.com/review/aoc-agon-ag352ucg6-3690414/ https://www.techadvisor.com/review/aoc-agon-ag352ucg6-369041... Edit 2: Got it at a Black Friday for £550, which was a pretty good deal. I would probably not buy it at full price.

searchableguy 5y ago
Which ultrawide and what size? I'm confused between getting 2 27 inch 4k monitors vs a QHD (low res) 34-38 inch ultrawide.
- rigelbm 5y ago
  AOC Agon AG352UCG6, 35", Curved, VA, 1440p, 120Hz https://www.techadvisor.com/review/aoc-agon-ag352ucg6-3690414/ https://www.techadvisor.com/review/aoc-agon-ag352ucg6-369041...
- TacticalCoder 5y ago
  38" 3840x1600 (109ppi) curved ultra-wide here (since five years now). It's an old monitor so by now there are better 38". I love it for software development.
beebmam 5y ago
It depends on the game. I much prefer 24" 240Hz+ monitors for competitive reaction-based games. But yes, ultra-wide monitors are incredible for productive tasks.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > ultra-wide monitors are incredible for productive tasks But they always seem really short? The wider they get the shorter they seem to get. Not sure why that is. Doesn't work for viewing code or text does it?
  - cehrlich 5y ago
    34" and 49" ultrawides are the same height as a 27" 16:9. 38" ultrawides are the same height as a 30" 16:9. If you want something taller than that, there's also 43" 16:9 monitors, which I guess are basically just TV panels put in a different body / with different firmware.
  - phkahler 5y ago
    Just use a large TV - curved.
  - beebmam 5y ago
    What do you mean by "short"? Do you mean like, the monitor support structure is short? You can put ultra-wide monitors on monitor arms; just make sure the monitor arm supports the weight of the device.
    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      When I look on Amazon for ultra-wide, I find monitors that are for example 3840 pixels wide... which is ok... but only 1080 pixels tall?! And the wider they get the fewer rows of pixels they seem to have. My 14-inch mid-range laptop is 1964 pixels tall. My ancient standard-format monitor is 2160 pixels tall. Why are these brand-new, fully mains-powered, desktop monitors so stupidly low on pixel rows? 1080 rows isn't enough for a good amount of code or text at a reasonable resolution.
      - fomine3 5y ago
        U4021QW is the only option that is wide and enough tall (and not too tall). I wish I could get 120Hz version of this.
      - 5y ago
howinteresting 5y ago
Agreed, ultrawide monitors really just "heighten the contradictions" of non-tiling window managers, and show how unfit for purpose they are.

searchableguy 5y ago

Which ultrawide and what size? I'm confused between getting 2 27 inch 4k monitors vs a QHD (low res) 34-38 inch ultrawide.

rigelbm 5y ago
AOC Agon AG352UCG6, 35", Curved, VA, 1440p, 120Hz https://www.techadvisor.com/review/aoc-agon-ag352ucg6-3690414/ https://www.techadvisor.com/review/aoc-agon-ag352ucg6-369041...
TacticalCoder 5y ago
38" 3840x1600 (109ppi) curved ultra-wide here (since five years now). It's an old monitor so by now there are better 38". I love it for software development.

beebmam 5y ago

It depends on the game. I much prefer 24" 240Hz+ monitors for competitive reaction-based games. But yes, ultra-wide monitors are incredible for productive tasks.

chrisseaton 5y ago
> ultra-wide monitors are incredible for productive tasks But they always seem really short? The wider they get the shorter they seem to get. Not sure why that is. Doesn't work for viewing code or text does it?
- cehrlich 5y ago
  34" and 49" ultrawides are the same height as a 27" 16:9. 38" ultrawides are the same height as a 30" 16:9. If you want something taller than that, there's also 43" 16:9 monitors, which I guess are basically just TV panels put in a different body / with different firmware.
- phkahler 5y ago
  Just use a large TV - curved.
- beebmam 5y ago
  What do you mean by "short"? Do you mean like, the monitor support structure is short? You can put ultra-wide monitors on monitor arms; just make sure the monitor arm supports the weight of the device.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    When I look on Amazon for ultra-wide, I find monitors that are for example 3840 pixels wide... which is ok... but only 1080 pixels tall?! And the wider they get the fewer rows of pixels they seem to have. My 14-inch mid-range laptop is 1964 pixels tall. My ancient standard-format monitor is 2160 pixels tall. Why are these brand-new, fully mains-powered, desktop monitors so stupidly low on pixel rows? 1080 rows isn't enough for a good amount of code or text at a reasonable resolution.
    - fomine3 5y ago
      U4021QW is the only option that is wide and enough tall (and not too tall). I wish I could get 120Hz version of this.
    - 5y ago

howinteresting 5y ago

Agreed, ultrawide monitors really just "heighten the contradictions" of non-tiling window managers, and show how unfit for purpose they are.