27" vs 34" ultrawide, aspect ratio?

[kol12]

Quite like the look of the Utrawide's. Will a 27" have a higher vertical viewing area compared to a 34" ultrawide? Is this referred to as the aspect ratio? Does this differ from make/brand?

I currently have a Dell U2412M 24" 1920x1200. This has more vertical viewing distance than a 1080 24" monitor. What is that referred to?

 

[tvhse_123]

The "graininess" is a result of having pixels which are too large. You can determine this with a PPI (pixels per inch) calculator.

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

The general rule of thumb (from way back in the print photography days) is that 100 PPI is the minimum acceptable resolution for viewing from a handheld distance. A 27" 1080p monitor is only 85 PPI. A 24" is 92 PPI, so below the standard but close enough that most people don't mind (and we tend to sit a bit further than handheld distance from the monitor). A 27" 2560x1440 is 109 PPI

150 PPI is considered adequate resolution. 300 PPI is considered the limit the human eye can see (at hand-held distances). That's why most printers target 300 PPI as a minimum. (Higher PPI printers exist to make half-toning less noticeable. Toner and ink is either on or off, there is no in-between. So a 600 PPI printer can use half-toning to make 4 greyscales at 300 PPI. A 1200 PPI printer can make 16 greyscales at 300 PPI.)

The names for the different resolutions are pretty stupid, and I've stopped trying to learn them except the most common ones. FHD (full high definition) is the most important one today - 1920x1080. In the old days, VGA (640x480) was the important ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution

Thanks for the website help me calculate PPI.

Do you think 3840 x 2160 32" 4K monitor with 137 PPI is good enough for using daily without scaling above 100%? Does it cause too much eye strains and make me have to keep the eyes close to the screen? Because I've used the Dell P2415Q 4K monitor and cannot use without scaling to 200% because text and icon too much small.

Currenly I'm using Dell U2515H 2560x1440 but text still small and sometime I have to lean forward the screen to see clear. Distance between my eyes and screen is about 70cm.

 

[Solandri]

2560x1080 and 2560x1440 are different aspect ratios. The first one gives you an ultra-wide display. The second one gives you higher PPI. Which is better depends on your needs and preferences. We can't tell you which one to get.

Keep in mind that you're not limited to a single monitor. Modern video cards can drive 2, sometimes 3 monitors simultaneously. Many gamers use 2 or 3 monitors as a poor man's way to get an extremely large or high resolution display.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-set-up-triple-monitors-for-super-widescreen-gami-1680863770