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I have a 34" LG ultra wide. If you are working with Windows, there are built in shortcuts that help.
<Windows Key>+ <right arrow> will make an application take the right side of the screen. +<left arrow> left side. <up arrow> top half, taking the full width.
I usually run application side-by-side using left and right arrow shortcuts, thus have two nice sized windows on the screen at once.
Ok so if someone be so kind to entertain me here for a moment, please.
Wife and I are buying a home which will be completed in the near future. Huge bonus is that I get the study room to be my man cave (woohoo!)
I, of course, will be gaming in there pretty frequently. Only thing is, I've only gamed with console (PlayStation exclusively) and have always gamed on large screen TVs. Our current TV I use to game on is a 55" inch Sony Bravia UHD 4K and I love it. But We plan on keeping that in the family room, of course so I'll need something for my man cave.
For someone who's always gamed on large screen TVs be satisfied with something such as this? Or should I just go ahead and hook up another 4k sony Bravia in the study?
It'll show your screen wide and skinny in their screen. You might be able to change aspect ratio when presenting though . I haven't figured that out yet, I have a 29 inch and it's wide and skinny when screen sharing
You shouldn't be sharing your whole screen. Generally, you should share specific apps unless you are bouncing between apps. It would be nice to Window+Left an app on the left side of the monitor and share it and leave the right side unshared. Then it could be a true replacement for dual screen.
I like my Sceptre 35" and purchased it for the same $379 price 2 weeks ago. Exactly the same picture quality as replaced Acer IPS 1440p monitor I had. I am very pleased with it, all aspects. Sitting in front of it right now. I generally don't like VA and prefer IPS but this time it was a charm. My first curved panel and I love that part too.
I purchased this monitor 2 months ago from Amazon for $363 before tax. It's a great monitor for WFH setup. From my research a curve would have been nicer but I use it for office work and don't have any issues with it not being curved. It's been great to snap windows to both sides of the screen for multitasking.
Keep in mind there are no built in speakers.
I don't think anyone would be the least bit disappointed for this price and if you've been using a 24" monitor this whole time your mind is gonna be blown by the real estate on this thing.
I am a programmer...does anyone know if you are to maximize say notepad, or word pad, etc does the application go all 34" wide?
Or, can you The maximum width an app would take up since it is all one monitor?
Yes, you can snap to sceen edges with shift arrow key to half / half, but an even handier option is to hook it up to the computer using 2 video cables and use the picture by picture option and then you have "2" monitors in one, side by side. You end up with 2x 1720x1440 "separate" screens basically. You can still span across them but for some work it's more efficient to have the monitor act as 2 separate screens.
In win 10 for instance if you have the menu bar configured to put the apps tabs on the bottom of the screen for which it resides, it makes switching between apps / tabs really easy / fast.
How does this work with Zoom screen share. If the other party doesn't have an ultrawide, would it show up as tiny? That would be a deal breaker for me.
There is an option in Zoom to share only a selected screen area. I usually just make the area the left half of the screen and put there whatever I need to share. Useful when sharing multiple apps at same time.
I paid $400 for this a month or so ago and would pay it again. I also purchased an Asus 34" and MSI 32" 4k curved, both were really bad color-wise and returned. I'm a programmer and don't use it for gaming or like the curve.
This monitor is straight poop compared to both of those.
Nah. Curved is a gimmick. I prefer lack of distortion in my images. Thank god the curved tv trend is all but over. Curved only really makes sense if you're in an imax theatre
Wrong. When sitting close to a monitor, a curve helps bring the far sides closer to your eyes so that the whole panel is equidistant. Additionally, with a VA panel which has narrow viewing angles, a curve helps to limit the color shift inherent with an ultrawide aspect ratio. The person you quoted was right.
I bought this monitor and returned it. Costco has an excellent return policy. I could not stand the color shift on this. A good test I tried was to take a picture of an orange and move it from the center of the screen to the far left or right. By the time it got to either side, it looked like a lemon.
I will say that for the price, this monitor is a good value. I have an RX 580 and was able to use the Radeon settings to overclock this panel to 96 Hz. I'm not aware of any other 34" panels capable of 96 Hz at this price. Also, the monitor has a power brick instead of a built in power supply. This make it lightweight and easy to handle, and probably allows it to work with a wider variety of mounts.
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Nah. Curved is a gimmick. I prefer lack of distortion in my images. Thank god the curved tv trend is all but over. Curved only really makes sense if you're in an imax theatre
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<Windows Key>+ <right arrow> will make an application take the right side of the screen. +<left arrow> left side. <up arrow> top half, taking the full width.
I usually run application side-by-side using left and right arrow shortcuts, thus have two nice sized windows on the screen at once.
VA panels also have image degradation at large angles. Curved VA panels negate this.
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Wife and I are buying a home which will be completed in the near future. Huge bonus is that I get the study room to be my man cave (woohoo!)
I, of course, will be gaming in there pretty frequently. Only thing is, I've only gamed with console (PlayStation exclusively) and have always gamed on large screen TVs. Our current TV I use to game on is a 55" inch Sony Bravia UHD 4K and I love it. But We plan on keeping that in the family room, of course so I'll need something for my man cave.
For someone who's always gamed on large screen TVs be satisfied with something such as this? Or should I just go ahead and hook up another 4k sony Bravia in the study?
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Keep in mind there are no built in speakers.
I don't think anyone would be the least bit disappointed for this price and if you've been using a 24" monitor this whole time your mind is gonna be blown by the real estate on this thing.
Or, can you The maximum width an app would take up since it is all one monitor?
In win 10 for instance if you have the menu bar configured to put the apps tabs on the bottom of the screen for which it resides, it makes switching between apps / tabs really easy / fast.
I bought this monitor and returned it. Costco has an excellent return policy. I could not stand the color shift on this. A good test I tried was to take a picture of an orange and move it from the center of the screen to the far left or right. By the time it got to either side, it looked like a lemon.
I will say that for the price, this monitor is a good value. I have an RX 580 and was able to use the Radeon settings to overclock this panel to 96 Hz. I'm not aware of any other 34" panels capable of 96 Hz at this price. Also, the monitor has a power brick instead of a built in power supply. This make it lightweight and easy to handle, and probably allows it to work with a wider variety of mounts.
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