Recommend an ultrawide monitor please

[anonymous-user]

Hi all,

For no apparent reason, work have offered me a new monitor for my home office. They have asked me to choose one on Amazon, and I was hoping someone could recommend one that was good value.

I only use my monitor for documents and the occasional Lightroom stuff.

For size, I currently have 2 x 24" monitors, which appear to have a combined diagonal size of 43", but it seems that most ultrawide monitors are 34" and to go larger than that seems to cause a big jump in price. Is this typical?

What do you find a decent option for documents, spreadsheets etc?

Cheers

[AndrewGP]

I have a 34” ultrawide with another 29” ultrawide on top. They’re mounted on a very sturdy desk clamp and it allows me to have a lot of monitor space for multiple documents. It’s especially useful for Excel. If I don’t need both monitors, I just turn the 29” off.

Could you do something similar ie keep one or both of your 24” screens and add the 34” ultrawide in? You could have one above or both in portrait mode at the sides (space and graphics card permitting of course). Or you could just go for broke and get a 43” ultrawide

[anonymous-user]

AndrewGP said:

I have a 34” ultrawide with another 29” ultrawide on top. They’re mounted on a very sturdy desk clamp and it allows me to have a lot of monitor space for multiple documents. It’s especially useful for Excel. If I don’t need both monitors, I just turn the 29” off.

Could you do something similar ie keep one or both of your 24” screens and add the 34” ultrawide in? You could have one above or both in portrait mode at the sides (space and graphics card permitting of course). Or you could just go for broke and get a 43” ultrawide

Well at the moment I'm struggling to see if an ultrawide will be an upgrade. I have both my 24" 'zero bezel' Dell IPS monitors side by side on a desk clamp, and it means my desk space is totally free, and I do get a lot of screen space to work with.

I was hoping I could just replace my two screens with one ultrawide which gave roughly the same screen size, but price of a 43"/49" seems totally disproportionate over a 34".

I was thinking that a single ultrawide monitor would be better for my electricity bill than 2 x monitors!

[Taff107]

I bought one of these last year and for working on (opening multiple windows etc), I love it.

(Dont think it was as expensive as it is now - I'm sure I only paid about £550 (ish) for it though..)

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/electriq-49-qled-d...

[untakenname]

I've been using this 34" Samsung for a while now with no issues, tried a larger monitor at work but it strained my eyes staring at the other edges of the screen.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors/high-resolutio...

[Whoozit]

Dell curved monitor here, it's brilliant. Plus it has a built in KVM if that's important to you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-UltraSharp-3440x1440...

[somouk]

I use a Samsung ultrawide on an arm and it's excellent. You won't gain much screen estate compared to two 24 inch monitors but you will gain in other areas such as using it as a dock or other features newer monitors might have.

[Sporky]

I keep looking at ultra wides, but my pair of 27-inch UHD Dells give me double the pixels of any ultrawide I've seen, and more window-snapping options.

[sgrimshaw]

OP, couldn't see a budget. For sub £400 I can happily recommend this LG 34":

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-Electronics-34WN750-B-...

[the-norseman]

Anybody know of anything sub 400 with KVM built in? would like to tidy up my current setup.

[annodomini2]

Super ultra wide, typically 49" and equivalent of 2 27" screens.