Same price in-store at my Microcenter. Presumably other Microcenters too.
LINK [microcenter.com]
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In my one instance of using a 27" 1080p monitor for work, the picture felt a bit fuzzy. I assumed it was because I had hit the breaking point. 24" 1080p monitors look plenty sharp to me.
At the same time, a 32" 4k display is too pixel dense for work. I have to scale the screen in Windows to 150%. This has some benefits. When done properly, it results in what's essentially "Ultra sharp 1440p". You get 1440p space to work with, but things like text can end up extra sharp. This does require good app and OS support. And it does require your GPU to work harder than native 1440p, though.
All that being said, I think that 3440x1440 is an ideal, practical resolution for a 34" UW monitor. At least for productivity like office work. Anything higher will result in the price going up much quicker than the benefits. Not only the cost of the monitor itself, but also the additional load on your PC and electrical costs.
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In my one instance of using a 27" 1080p monitor for work, the picture felt a bit fuzzy. I assumed it was because I had hit the breaking point. 24" 1080p monitors look plenty sharp to me.
At the same time, a 32" 4k display is too pixel dense for work. I have to scale the screen in Windows to 150%. This has some benefits. When done properly, it results in what's essentially "Ultra sharp 1440p". You get 1440p space to work with, but things like text can end up extra sharp. This does require good app and OS support. And it does require your GPU to work harder than native 1440p, though.
All that being said, I think that 3440x1440 is an ideal, practical resolution for a 34" UW monitor. At least for productivity like office work. Anything higher will result in the price going up much quicker than the benefits. Not only the cost of the monitor itself, but also the additional load on your PC and electrical costs.
Windows 11 offers window snapping which helps with alignment and organization, but I do find left aligned content on the far-left of the desktop to be a little inconvenient to read.
My only qualm is that, when my PC goes to sleep, the monitor wants to continuously search for a signal, visibly alternating between a screen off state, and the display port state. So, I manually turn off-and-on the monitor as needed.
But that's besides the point of the original question. There are 5120 x 2160 (5k x 2k) monitors that are the same resolution and pixel density at a given vertical hight as 16:9 4k monitors.
The comment I was replying to above stating that there were no "4k" ultrawide monitors was implying that the best you're going to get is 1440p. That's not true.
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But that's besides the point of the original question. There are 5120 x 2160 (5k x 2k) monitors that are the same resolution and pixel density at a given vertical hight as 16:9 4k monitors.
The comment I was replying to above stating that there were no "4k" ultrawide monitors was implying that the best you're going to get is 1440p. That's not true.
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