Decent Large or ultra wide screens

[James Blonde]

I'd like to upgrade my monitor setup from a 27" dell UP2716D (which IIRC was the photographers go-to at one point) and 35" ultrawide acer monitor to either a single 49" QHD OLED or maybe a couple of >32" QHD OLEDs that will go on desk mounts.

I use the monitors for everything - general home / browsing / video watching, gaming, KVMd for work, and obviously photography / video (at the moment I'm using the Dell screen as the more colour accurate of my current 2, and do calibrate it)

Anyone using 49" ultrawides for photography? Any good??

Or what 32"+ monitors would you recommend?

 

[LancsMak]

Your main challenge will be a decent ppi and also managing the OLED burn in risk (this is rapidly improving and nearly all monitors have some built in procedures to mitigate it, although it can't result in screen flicker every few minutes).

 

[LongLensPhotography]

there can't be anything worse than curved low resolution monitors for editing work

There is a very good chance I'm getting a QD OLED this year in a form of a nice flat matte 32" 4K this year, just want to see the new Samsung M9 (I think) released and hopefully some decent offers and discounts to soften the blow.

 

[James Blonde]

Now I've got my desk set up, any more thoughts on this?

2 x 32"+ s going to get me more screen real estate (height as well) at a higher quality than a single 49" ultrawide (which I think is essentially what Ive got.

However a single Ultrawide might be better for immersion (especially in gaming) as I'm not distracted by what's going on in the other monitor / I don't have a line down the middle, but I guess resolution just isn't going to be there.

Though one side effect of rearranging my room / desk is that the monitors now have to sit closer go me to stop the dual monitor mount arms smacking into the wall. Wouldn't have that problem with a single monitor

Any models you'd suggest looking at? LLP you mentioned a new Samsung which looks intriguing but really need to see what the impact of the AI features might have on graphics use - AI upscaling being one that could be problematical?

 

[vtsy]

Super Ultrawides aren't great for gaming tbh! They're aimed at productivity work, so you won't find a 49" with a good enough panel to handle visual content at the level you'd probably want.

Many games are poorly optimised for the wide screen - so if you're looking for immersion, I'd only go as wide as 34" with a QLED or OLED panel. QLED if your rooms gets bright and you need brighter peak nits to see the screen. OLED if peak visual awesomeness if that's what you want. OLED technology these days (latest gen) are far less likely to get burn ins - but just know that you might need to do a little pixel refresh once a year.

OLED is also obviously much more expensive. Samsung makes the best OLED panels on the market by far. The Alienware OLEDs have been phenomenal in terms of visual clarity and responsiveness. For gaming priority - I'd go with 34" OLED screen with min 144hz (for smoothness during gaming). For work priority, QLED these days look absolutely fantastic with HDR on - plus you don't have to worry about burn in over time.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Any models you'd suggest looking at? LLP you mentioned a new Samsung which looks intriguing but really need to see what the impact of the AI features might have on graphics use - AI upscaling being one that could be problematical?

I agree they need to be seen in store. There is the current g80sd model available right now at full whack, and the new M9 is coming some time later. Hopefully this is cheaper because it has lesser refresh rate, etc. it is still far more than anyone will need in the next 5 years unless you are buying 5090 or two of them. I'm not sure about ai "features"; hopefully this will be just a marketing gimmick that can be disabled and should not affect full resolution content anyway.

The old S9 IPS model is pretty f***ed with postprocessing no matter what you do and this is concerning. There is either sharpening or softening going on without a neutral point.

I would like to see some third party options without the dreaded glossy coat, which is also super thin and fragile. This is absolutely no go.

 

[gman]

Now I've got my desk set up, any more thoughts on this?

2 x 32"+ s going to get me more screen real estate (height as well) at a higher quality than a single 49" ultrawide (which I think is essentially what Ive got.

However a single Ultrawide might be better for immersion (especially in gaming) as I'm not distracted by what's going on in the other monitor / I don't have a line down the middle, but I guess resolution just isn't going to be there.

Though one side effect of rearranging my room / desk is that the monitors now have to sit closer go me to stop the dual monitor mount arms smacking into the wall. Wouldn't have that problem with a single monitor

Any models you'd suggest looking at? LLP you mentioned a new Samsung which looks intriguing but really need to see what the impact of the AI features might have on graphics use - AI upscaling being one that could be problematical?

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My first thought to the bit in bold is to add a third identical monitor in the middle?