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Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by BoorishBears on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:59AM (#15786145)
I went with Acer’s xr382cqk

Enough screen real estate that you don’t feel pressured to add another monitor, high enough DPI to look good, low enough to not need scaling, connects to USB C MBP with one wire for video, charging, and a USB 3.0 hub.

IMO the perfect monitor.

Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by PhrosTT on Monday November 27, 2017 @10:24AM (#15787983)
Yep got one too - refurb (buydig via ebay) for $799.

Plays nice with my PC and 2015 macbook pro.

Very happy.

Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by timthelion on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:50AM (#15786883)
Why would you be against adding another monitor. When I have two monitors I benefit from angling them so that each one is perpendicular to my face as I turn it to look. The larger the screen, the lower percentage of that screen is perpendicular.
Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by BoorishBears on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:55AM (#15787292)
I mentioned this in a comment below:

>It’s a 38” 21:9

>I had a 34 inch with a second 27”, but a single 38” hits the sweet spot of not needing another monitor.

For a short while I had the second screen with the 38” screen but it was just overkill (the 38” alone is enough to cover a large portion off the usable area of my desk, so the 27” mostly just sat out of view)

Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by rthille on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:12PM (#15793061)
This is why curved computer monitors make sense, and curved TVs don't (multiple viewers in most?/many cases).
Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by stephenr on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:01AM (#15786936)
A quick DDG for "xr382cqk" says that's a 34 inch, 21:9 aspect ratio curved display.
Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by BoorishBears on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:51AM (#15787261)
It’s a 38” 21:9

I had a 34 inch with a second 27” monitor, but a single 38” hits the sweet spot of not needing another monitor

Re:The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV by stephenr on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:09AM (#15787401)
Ah, it seems the copy on https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/UM.TX2AA.001 is incorrect - the specs below do say 37.5", I didn't notice the discrepancy before.