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Displays / Monitors
Minimum width: 1280px
- Sites now are being unfriendly to smaller screens
- Or treat smaller screens as mobile devices
Reviews:
My Preference: 38" 3880 x1600
- This is the one I personally use
- Cons:
- Grid does not properly render on vertical oriented desktop
I like to split things into 3 windows.
- Central: main window of focus
- Left: Notes
- Right: Documentation
The center is my focus, left and right are supporting material.
Pros:
- Great for comparing two things, and keeping notes centered
Cons:
- Can be too tall
Options:
- 3x 24" 4K vertically oriented monitors
- Breaks the limit of 1080px width
- 24" when rotated
- Height: 56cm
- Width: 36cm
I tried this, but I like having one main thing in front of me that I can focus on.
I didn't like using 4K for my work (programming, documents).
Using at 4K:
- Fonts are too small for me
- I still reduce size to 2560x1440
MacBook allows me to push at:
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
- 3008x1692
- 3360x1890
- 3840x2160
- Feels like a lot happening at one time in a small space
- Feels very compressed.
- It's very tall, which can be useful.
- Fonts are small.
- Feels like it can be very straining over long period of time.
Resolution | 1/2 | 1/3 | |
3360x1890 | 1680x1890 | 1120x1890 | 1/3 resolution is ok size |
3008x1692 | 1504x1692 | 1002x1682 | 1/3 resolution is awkward size |
Resolution | Pixel Per Inch | Comment |
3840x2160 | 140 | |
3360x1890 | 122.5 | |
| 110 | Ideal |
3008x1692 | 109 | But awkward 1/3 size |
If I can find a 35" 4K monitor. Pixel Per Inch: 109. I can use the full 4K at a comfortable display.
Seems I can fit a lot of vertical ext as well
2160px
vs 1440px
.Ultra Wide Quad High Definition:
3440x1440
Displays:
1146x1440
: if dividing by 3- Cons: Doesn't hit 1280px minimum
Pros:
- Single cable; if going USB-C
- Can tile 3 windows vertically
Alternatives:
- Three vertically oriented displays
- Pros:
- Forces clear delineation between displays
- Cons:
- Bezels (can get smaller displays)
- More cable/power management
Pros:
- Comfortably fit 3x1280 windows
- Vertical height is larger at 1600 (vs 1440)
Models:
- Dell U3818DW
- LG 38WK95C-W
Properties:
- 3x 1280
Display:
- Samsung: 43" CJ890
- Not available in Malaysia
Displays:
- Samsung 49" LC49HG90DMNXZA
- Cons:
- Smaller resolution
Properties:
- 2x 2560x1440
- 4 windows vertically at 1280 x 1440
Pros:
- Vertical window is 1280px
- A little more spacious
Alternatives:
- 2x 27" 2560x1440
- Cons:
- More cables to manage
- Bezel divided in the center
Displays:
- Dell 49" U4919DW
- Not available in Malaysia
- Samsung 49" C49RG90SSU
- HDR10
- 10W Speakers
- Amazon: $1498.98
Divvy:
- Setup an 8x4 grid
Problems:
- 27" displays are too tall
- 14" ideally
- Cannot use 1920x1080 displays, as 1080 for the width would be too small
- 2560x1440 displays, all come in 27" sizes
Likes:
- I like the almost seamless bezels.
Panel Dimensions
- Height: 33.33cm
- Width: 60cm
Dislikes:
- Bezels are big
- Personal for me, I didn't use the 4k
- 4K @ 60hz on MacBook Pro 2017 15" does not work as expected
- Requires a USB-C to DisplayPort cable
- Dongles (USB-HDMI) do not work
- Output at 30hz
Likes:
- USB-C charges my MacBook Pro 2017 15"
- You can push audio to the screen
- Audio is controlled on screen
Dislikes:
- Bottom Bezel has this plastic strip coming out
- Wished the 2 usb ports on the side were on the back
- Screen audio quality is flat, and muffled
- It's a little "tight" when windows are vertically tiled for 3 windows at 1146px per window.
- I think it could it be taller, by an inch or two.
- Add more vertical pixels.
Panel Dimensions
- Height: 33.33cm
My current monitor:
Likes:
- Fits 3x 1280 windows
- Speakers are good
Similar likes and dislikes to Dell U3419W
This is my personal preference. I notice I like it when the Pixel per inch is 109 (or a ratio of it). Anything higher than that is too small for my eyes.
Device | Pixel Per Inch | Pixel Pitch |
MacBook Pro 2017 15" | 220 | |
Dell U2717D: 2560x1440 @ 27" | 109 | 0.233mm |
Dell U3419W: 3440x1440 @ 34" | 109 | 0.233mm |
Dell P2715Q: 4K (3840x2160) @ 27" | 163 | 0.1554mm |
Dell U3219Q: 4K (3840x2160) @ 32" | 140 | 0.182mm |
Macs do not support DisplayPort daisy-chaining (multistream / MST)
Controlling Sound (to HDMI/DisplayPort/USB-C)
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