Primary 27” 1440p 165Hz monitor in the middle, and 27” 1440p 60Hz monitors either side, one in landscape and the other in portrait.
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Both 27", diagonal
Do you stand up for the second one? Or maybe you have an extendable neck?
I just...look up?
Do you wish your setup was different? Because this seems like an ergonomic nightmare to me.
Yes but unfortunately I live in Hong Kong and horizontal floor space is too precious
Ah I see. Would you mind sharing how many m² your floor plan is? I'm just curious.
I just measured my room. About 2.88 x 1.95 = 5.616m^2^
It's... It's one room? You live in a place with one room of 5–6 m²?
No, but I do limit my things to 1 room because I have other family members.
Oh okay! 😅 Because I heard of these coffin apartments, like in Tokyo or something, so I thought maybe you had a similar situation. Good, good!
Those do exist in Hong Kong as well. They are called subdivided apartments, and the apartment size is about the size of my room so you are not wrong to assume that.
Definitely unsuitable for a family 😅
40” UW, 5120x2160. It’s all the real estate I need.
That's what I'm going for next.
Just a single 49" 32:9 ultra wide - effectively 2x 1440p 27" monitors side by side. It's a MASSIVE improvement over having two bezels lined up straight ahead and always having my head turned to one side or the other, or having my desk set up asymmetrically with a single monitor head on and one off to the side.
Samsung G95SC - OLED, 5120x1440p, 240hz, 1800R curve
It's rare I need two full 16:9 windows side by side - so for work, 90% of the time I've got a 16:9 frame centered, and extra content on the sides (outlook and teams for instance). Window snapping via Microsoft Powertoys - Fancyzones makes this so dead simple, so it's a quick keystroke to change the snapping zones and then I can do 2 windows side by side when I need it, 2 side by side+my teams, or 3 side by side.
And for play, let me tell you - games and anamorphic films look SO GOOD on this thing. Absolutely LOVE this monitor.
Not gonna lie, this is tempting.
I have "just" two 27"s where one is primary (240hz) im front of me and other is a secondary on the right side for stuff like discord or documentation etc.
Though I am very unsure about the curve. My primary is curved and it kind of sucks for media.
Also how do you game on something like this?
The curve is very slight - it really just brings the corners around a bit so they're closer to facing you, but they're not really. I haven't used a curved screen before this one, I think I wish it was a tighter 1000R curve but I hear people gripe about those.
Some games just support ultrawide resolutions natively out of the box - Balatro, It Takes Two, Tomb Raider 2013 trilogy. Others don't - and there are good mods in those situations by the community. Flawless Widescreen has worked, well, flawlessly for me on games like FFVIIR and Elden Ring. I got FFXV working I just don't remember how. And to really drive it, you'll want a decent GPU - I happen to be using a 3090 and it obviously does the trick.
I'm a digital artist who works from home so I have a Alienware AW3425DW and a Cintiq Pro 27 with a custom built pc in the middle.
AW3423DWF as main monitor and a 22" BenQ as secondary to the side
AW3423DWF
Ah, that one...
Monitors and TVs always have the catchiest names. Those marketing people are just geniuses.
1 27" in the middle and 2 24" on either side.
1 x 27", 1440p, OLED, 240 Hz gaming monitor. It's all I need because I have a proper window manager (i3wm).
Same pair as you (34” curved and 27” portrait), but with the 27 on the right, and my laptop below the 34.
I use a pair of 27” curved monitors and a 65” OLED
How do you arrange those?
the monitors are on independent monitor arms (I usually have them together like a big ultra wide), and the OLED is connected on a TV stand next to the desk. I use the OLED from the couch, but I can see it from the desk, too.
I use the OLED from the couch
That makes sense - at first I pictured it as the primary monitor and the issue with that is usually the PPI of TVs can really struggle up close with text and such, but being able to throw content over to it and sit back on the couch seems like a SOLID strat.
yeah it’s great, all the single monitor things that are mentioned are true, it’s a workflow. But when I work from home I’m usually on a couple more screens (a macbook and an iPad) so it’s helpful to have the flexibility
One 7" 800p display.
I only game on my Deck nowadays...
I love that this is where we're at - that a single handheld computer can do it all. We're in the middle of a move and I packed up my entertainment center, short of the TV and Chromecast - so a few weeks ago I used my mobile dock to play my Steamdeck on the TV and it was excellent. Love the versatility of that thing - just wish I had the OLED version, but guess I can hold out for the sequel for now.
Single 27" 180hz mini-led which will eventually get swapped for an OLED (waiting until I have more space so I can go back to a single 42" 16:9) Also a 14" secondary display that gets moved between my desk and bedside Pi for Kodi. Everything is offset due to a wall next to my chair, I can't sit any farther to the right lol.
Two LG DualUps. That's 5120 x 2880 of Sway tiled functionality. My concern was finding big enough wallpapers; ended up writing a script that upscales and splits any image to fill them.
Might be a little out of control...
Can easily be a flight sim setup.
I love FTL.
Also your chats 😂.
Literally the only time you need to take your hands off...
Lol, think I was gushing about Hyprland there.
A 27" LG 1920x1080 LCD with a 3" vertical gouge in one side and a wrinkly backlight diffuser sheet. To the left, a 22" LCD of some sort, and further left, the 15" LCD of the ten+ year old Toshiba laptop that's running the show.
But I'm lazy and mostly just use a 17" FHD laptop to Rustdesk into the Toshiba from the lounge.
32" with 27" on the side.
Barely using the 2nd monitor.
Tried using double 27" but it didnt work for me (I just focus on one monitor).
I tried a curved ultra wide once. I loved it for work and gaming, but i am so used to having 4k that I experienced it as blurry, and 4k curved monitors are €€€.
Moral of the story: dont get used to 4k, it will spoil you.
Went back to a single monitor: 32" 1440p at home, 24" 1080p at work. The 32" is big enough to have two windows side-by-side, so I rarely miss having two screens.
A single 42 inch TV. I have no space in my apartment for my desk. So my actual monitors just sit unused in the closet, and my corner desk is disassembled in its box, stored in another closet. My PC sits on the TV stand behind the TV.
Hella games need better UI scaling options, man. So much shit I can't really play anymore because there's no option to make the text bigger without lowering the resolution. They all expect you to be using a normal monitor, a foot or less from the screen. 😩