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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by bitexploder on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:08PM (#23556778)
I have a 49" curved monitor. It is effectively two 27" 1440p monitors stapled together (5120x1440). It is the best monitor I have ever had. 1440p has a very decent [higher than typical] pixel density but is not "retina". Fonts look pretty smooth, but you can still see pixels if you try really hard. Overall, I do think high density screens look amazing, but the software has not quite caught up to them. The benefits are on the softer side, and if I could just have magical mega-high-DPI displays with no side effects, sure why not? As it stands, 49" curved monitor is pretty fine. It fits four windows side by side at reasonable resolutions.

Primary apps go in the middle, such as code editor, etc.. Tertiary windows, such as documentation go on the outer edges. Still quite usable, but a little out of the way for extended reading.

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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by abnercoimbre on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:24PM (#23556954)
Hey, do you mind sharing more info. on how to get the monitor? I'm looking to invest in a curved one since it's an experience I've never had. And are there retina models out there, or is it not worth it, in your view?
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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by bitexploder on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:27PM (#23558486)
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-ultrasharp-49-curv...

I like Retina DPI, but this is good enough. It’s not very curved, but it has some curvature. I don’t think it’s worth it. 1440p is good enough for me.

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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by CaptainMarvel on Thursday June 18, 2020 @08:42AM (#23562528)
I couldn’t agree more with this. A 49” 5120x1440 curved monitor is brilliant for productivity. It’s better than two or three separate monitors. I do miss high DPI but I wouldn’t trade this type of monitor for the current batch of smaller high DPI ones.

There’s only two or three things that would make this better. A high DPI variant, more vertical space and a greater refresh rate. Given those two things, I think that’s the endgame for monitors (in a productivity context).

(I think that’s 8x the bandwidth so it’s a while away!)

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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by monting on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @07:28PM (#23558065)
I have a 49” curved too! But it’s a UHD TV so it’s four 24” 1080p screen in one! Three/two portrait windows is great for reading, reducing scrolling.
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