25 inch ultrawide vs 27 inch vs 24 inch curved monitor

[Nikos K]

I currently have a Samsung T24D390EW (24 inches, 1080p as my main display. It is not bad by any means, but it is basic and kind of boring and I am looking for something less dull and a little more exciting. So my main choices are: Samsung C24F396FHU (24 inches, curved, 1080p, VA, ~140€), Viewsonic VX2757-MHD (27-inch, 1080p, TN, ~162€) and LG 25UM58-P (25 inches, ultrawide, 1080p, IPS, ~165). My main use will be gaming at 1080p and also web browsing, video streaming etc. Which one would be the best choice?

 

[King_V]

I am personally a fan of ultrawides.

That said, I think a 25-inch ultrawide (which will be running 2560x1080p instead of 1920x1080p) might look shorter vertically than the 24-inch monitor you currently have.

On the other hand, I was VERY happy with a 27-inch 1080p for several years until I went to ultrawides (but when I did, at the time, I was able to go with an ultrawide that was much bigger than my 27 was).


I tend to prefer bigger monitors, though, because my eyesight's not the best.

However, if there's a store nearby that has these monitors (or others) on display that you can see in operation in person, I highly recommend going and looking. How does it feel for your eyes? That is the most important question.

 

[Nikos K]

I agree that it's better to see them in person before I make a choice, but there is no electronics store nearby because I live in a village, so I was hoping that someone could help me with their experience with similar monitors. Have you personally ever used a curved monitor?

 

[cryoburner]

A 25 inch ultrawide will actually be smaller than the monitor you have, due to the more elongated aspect ratio being measured diagonally. It will be about 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) wider, but about 1.9 inches (4.7 cm) shorter, resulting in the screen being around 6% smaller in terms of total area.

For an ultrawide, you would need to go up to about 26 inches to match the area of your existing screen, and to match its height (providing the same size for bordered 16:9 content), you would need to go up to around 30 inches.

Here's a good site for comparing the sizes and pixel densities of screens with different resolutions and aspect ratios, that easily allows you to determine the dimensions, area and DPI of a screen based on its resolution and diagonal measurement...

https://www.sven.de/dpi/

 

[King_V]

I agree that it's better to see them in person before I make a choice, but there is no electronics store nearby because I live in a village, so I was hoping that someone could help me with their experience with similar monitors. Have you personally ever used a curved monitor?

I have, but it's a 38 inch Acer monitor running 3840x1600 resolution.

And my son's monitor is a 34 inch LG running 2560x1080.

I love them both. Both are curved - the large size and curvature mean that they are expensive, though.

 

[Nikos K]

So when it comes to gaming, which of those particular 3 would offer the best experience? Also, does the panel type matter?

 

[King_V]

I couldn't guess - I'm not really familiar with those models at all.

I took a brief look at the 27-inch monitor - that it has a VGA port in addition to HDMI suggests it might be an older model.