34" UW with a portrait 27" on the left, PC on the right.
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 = 5.616m2
It’s… It’s one room? You live in a place with one room of 5–6 m²?
Dell CRT on the left, HP 4k 60hz center, Acer 1080p 144hz IPS on the right
I can’t believe I’m the first with this setup in this thread: 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, 51200x1440p, 240hz, 1800R curve
It’s rare I need two full 16:9 windows side by side - so for work and for play, 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 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.
And let me tell you - games and anamorphic films look SO GOOD on this thing. LOVE this monitor.
I have a similar setup, great choice, will never go back!
Totally with you there - I could never.
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 used to use a 49" ultrawide too; and let me tell you, with a window manager they are so fucking nice (with a standard desktop like windows; kde or gnome, I hated having to move my mouse that much)
You say USED to, what made you migrate away?
Changed jobs :)
Ohhh, wow. Hell of a monitor for work to provide!
Exactly what I want!
Well it certainly comes highly recommended from me! Never pay full price for it - it’s constantly on sale, and it’s cheaper now than the best sale price I could find a year ago - at $1100 currently. If you find it cheaper than that, you’re in really good shape.
They do have much cheaper versions with the same screen size that are not OLED - but I think it is worth holding out and saving for this one personally.
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.
Primary 27” 1440p 165Hz monitor in the middle, and 27” 1440p 60Hz monitors either side, one in landscape and the other in portrait.
1 x 27", 1440p, OLED, 240 Hz gaming monitor. It’s all I need because I have a proper window manager (i3wm).
40” UW, 5120x2160. It’s all the real estate I need.
That’s what I’m going for next.
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.
2 Asus 27" 1440p monitors center and right. 1 Dell 4k ultrasharp on the left and my laptop display underneath. My own PC connects to the two Asus; my work laptop connects to the Dell and center Asus and depending on if it is work time or play time, I swap the input on the center monitor. Input director provides mouse and keyboard access across both machines and works really really well. I do use all 4 monitors throughout the day; the personal machine isn’t tied into work but with input director the clipboard is shared across for copying and posting information found on searches etc. I work remotely.
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.
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
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.
PC on the floor under the desk, 27" 2k IPS screen (looks great but unfortunately has some tearing issues due to mediocre top-to-bottom refresh speed. Fortunately I’m getting older so I really don’t give a fuck about losing something like .016 seconds of reaction time to vsync), with his 24" ancestor on the side. The even older 24" that used to be my second monitor has been commandeered by my dad for his home office, so no third screen yet. (tbf he did technically buy it back then, since I paid half of it with my allowance and he paid the other half).
Two 27" 1440p, one being straight in front and one angled to the side
Three 21 inch 1080p monitors. Two horizontal and one to the right that’s vertical. All on arms to keep it clean.
