very very unimpressed... should i be? VA panal, 60hz, 109ppi, high response times 800 DOLLARS?! HELLO? someone please tell me where this makes since :).
I don't understand in what way "productivity" and "ultrawide" are at all compatible concepts... It's one, or the other; it can't be both: for productivity, vertical headroom is far more valuable than horizontal space.
My company exclusively uses ultrawide (21:9) monitors, either 34" 3440x1440 or 29" 2560x1080. My company is in the finance industry and we perform a lot of analysis and modeling, and need to summarize that data for internal/external use. They are a godsend for what we do, as I can snap one program to the left and one to the right.
We also have an "open office" concept where there is no assigned seating. It'd be a nightmare to have two monitors are each seat if there's someone different sitting there each day. With one monitor on an arm it's very easy to adjust the screen to your preference, two independent monitors would be a pain to constantly adjust. But really the main benefit is just having two applications open side by side with no plastic bezel going down the middle.
I should also point out that the datasets I work with can have 30 or more columns in a spreadsheet, so sometimes I'll just have the Excel spreadsheet taking up the entire monitor space. Here vertical space isn't nearly as important as horizontal space. Plus I can very quickly scroll up and down with the mouse wheel to view more rows, but moving left to right to see more columns is not nearly as quickly/naturally done.
Once you get _enough_ vertical space (like 27" 1440p or bigger/higher resolution) more horizontal space is extremely useful for productivity with multiple open windows etc. Not everyone is a programmer needing to see 300 lines of code at once.
>> Not everyone is a programmer needing to see 300 lines of code at once.
I'm a programmer and I love my ultrawide. It does a fantastic job displaying two or even three panes of code all side by side. I know some programmers like to do the 90 degree vertical monitors but I dislike it, tbh.
Everyone at work always asks what I think of it and my answer is always that they make great productivity displays.
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austinsguitar - Friday, January 3, 2020 - link
very very unimpressed... should i be? VA panal, 60hz, 109ppi, high response times 800 DOLLARS?! HELLO? someone please tell me where this makes since :).boeush - Friday, January 3, 2020 - link
I don't understand in what way "productivity" and "ultrawide" are at all compatible concepts... It's one, or the other; it can't be both: for productivity, vertical headroom is far more valuable than horizontal space.Mccaula718 - Friday, January 3, 2020 - link
I disagree. I have dual 30" 1600p Dell's at work and I wish I could swap them out for the 34" uw's I use at home. To each their own I suppose.Kakti - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
My company exclusively uses ultrawide (21:9) monitors, either 34" 3440x1440 or 29" 2560x1080. My company is in the finance industry and we perform a lot of analysis and modeling, and need to summarize that data for internal/external use. They are a godsend for what we do, as I can snap one program to the left and one to the right.We also have an "open office" concept where there is no assigned seating. It'd be a nightmare to have two monitors are each seat if there's someone different sitting there each day. With one monitor on an arm it's very easy to adjust the screen to your preference, two independent monitors would be a pain to constantly adjust. But really the main benefit is just having two applications open side by side with no plastic bezel going down the middle.
Kakti - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
I should also point out that the datasets I work with can have 30 or more columns in a spreadsheet, so sometimes I'll just have the Excel spreadsheet taking up the entire monitor space. Here vertical space isn't nearly as important as horizontal space. Plus I can very quickly scroll up and down with the mouse wheel to view more rows, but moving left to right to see more columns is not nearly as quickly/naturally done.Flunk - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
Sounds like your employer is trying to see how much you will put up with before everyone quits on mass.Valantar - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
Once you get _enough_ vertical space (like 27" 1440p or bigger/higher resolution) more horizontal space is extremely useful for productivity with multiple open windows etc. Not everyone is a programmer needing to see 300 lines of code at once.inighthawki - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
>> Not everyone is a programmer needing to see 300 lines of code at once.I'm a programmer and I love my ultrawide. It does a fantastic job displaying two or even three panes of code all side by side. I know some programmers like to do the 90 degree vertical monitors but I dislike it, tbh.
Everyone at work always asks what I think of it and my answer is always that they make great productivity displays.
Arnulf - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
This is also true for programmers - once you have enough vertical space you want to go wide.300 line block of code = crappy code.
khanikun - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
Flip the monitor sideways, viola. Massive vertical headroom. Granted in the case of this monitor, you'll need a different stand for it.HideOut - Saturday, January 4, 2020 - link
With this announcement I hear loud crickets a chirping...lilkwarrior - Sunday, January 5, 2020 - link
HDR is definitely something appreciated by ALL markets. $800 dollars for this is a GTFO value proposition.