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I wonder whats the better option for replacing my 2x 24inch Dells (total resolution 3840x1200) 1) Get one 40 inch 4k monitor to have one giant display with abo

by kayoone 13y ago

I wonder whats the better option for replacing my 2x 24inch Dells (total resolution 3840x1200) 1) Get one 40 inch 4k monitor to have one giant display with about the same DPI but more screen real estate and no bezels 2) Get two 28 inch 4K displays for super high DPI but less screen real restate and bezels.

doe88 13y ago
Or maybe also a third alternative could be 1) + keep one of your old screens.
josephlord 13y ago
How far away will they be? How good is your eyesight? How big is your desk? I would probably go for the option (2) provided your eyesight is good and the screens close enough to get some benefit from the higher density.
- kayoone 13y ago
  about an arms length..Eyesight is pretty good, not perfect though. The thing i like most about it would be more vertical space for not so frequently used stuff and no bezels.
  - josephlord 13y ago
    I would go for option (2) but I think I'm less worried about the vertical height and having separate screens on different data works for me so the bezel isn't critical. At the cost of bezels you could go for option (2) with the screens rotated to portrait.
Shivetya 13y ago
How do you separate tasks? If your current setup is 2x then I would suggest staying with it unless you have identified why one display is better, other obvious size. The only issue with two or more monitor setups is I have found that unless they are identical its never possible to color match which can be disconcerting.
- kayoone 13y ago
  should work with a decent window manager, also i dont like bezels and more vertical space to put console/logs on the top end would be good. That and the total scifi looks of it :D
staz 13y ago
I have the same setup and would go with 2) but that's because one of my screen is vertically oriented
mseidl 13y ago
Keep in mind, when the resolution the same, your screen real estate is the same with different sized monitors. If you have a window on a 4k screen taking up 25% of your screen, it'll take up 25% of the screen on a 28 or 40" monitor. But it's physical measurement would be larger on the 40" screen. But you still can't fit more things on the 40". Go for the dual 28" monitors, then you really get 2x the screen real estate, and have the benefit of dual monitors.
- kayoone 13y ago
  How big a window is on a certain resolution depends on the DPI scaling. Screen real estate would be roughly the same, but everything would be much more crisp with higher DPI. So with 2x 4K 28inch screen the screen real estate would be about the same to my current setup but everything would be sharp. Whereas with a single 4K 40inch screen i would get double the vertical space than my current setup and roughly the same DPI on a single monitor. It like 4 of my current Dells melted together into one giant monitor.

by kayoone 13y ago

doe88 13y ago

Or maybe also a third alternative could be 1) + keep one of your old screens.

josephlord 13y ago

How far away will they be? How good is your eyesight? How big is your desk? I would probably go for the option (2) provided your eyesight is good and the screens close enough to get some benefit from the higher density.

kayoone 13y ago
about an arms length..Eyesight is pretty good, not perfect though. The thing i like most about it would be more vertical space for not so frequently used stuff and no bezels.
- josephlord 13y ago
  I would go for option (2) but I think I'm less worried about the vertical height and having separate screens on different data works for me so the bezel isn't critical. At the cost of bezels you could go for option (2) with the screens rotated to portrait.

Shivetya 13y ago

How do you separate tasks? If your current setup is 2x then I would suggest staying with it unless you have identified why one display is better, other obvious size. The only issue with two or more monitor setups is I have found that unless they are identical its never possible to color match which can be disconcerting.

kayoone 13y ago
should work with a decent window manager, also i dont like bezels and more vertical space to put console/logs on the top end would be good. That and the total scifi looks of it :D

staz 13y ago

I have the same setup and would go with 2) but that's because one of my screen is vertically oriented

mseidl 13y ago

Keep in mind, when the resolution the same, your screen real estate is the same with different sized monitors. If you have a window on a 4k screen taking up 25% of your screen, it'll take up 25% of the screen on a 28 or 40" monitor. But it's physical measurement would be larger on the 40" screen. But you still can't fit more things on the 40". Go for the dual 28" monitors, then you really get 2x the screen real estate, and have the benefit of dual monitors.

kayoone 13y ago
How big a window is on a certain resolution depends on the DPI scaling. Screen real estate would be roughly the same, but everything would be much more crisp with higher DPI. So with 2x 4K 28inch screen the screen real estate would be about the same to my current setup but everything would be sharp. Whereas with a single 4K 40inch screen i would get double the vertical space than my current setup and roughly the same DPI on a single monitor. It like 4 of my current Dells melted together into one giant monitor.