Question Curved 4k 43"?

[scottsteesy]

First the "Looking To Buy a Monitor? Start Here!" pinned thread is seriously dated and someone should consider updating it.

Now to the point ... for MANY years I used a pair of 24" 1980x1280 monitors in portrait, and a 17" 1280x1024 in landscape both at home and at work. Two years ago one of the 24" died at work so I replaced the pair of 24"-ers with a 27" 2k monitor and I have been missing the vertical resolution and height ever since, and when I work from home and have it the difference is really reinforced. Recently the 2k monitor has started going blank and I have to unplug it and plug it back in to get the screen back and then it is ok for several days. So I've been considering what would be the best option for me for replacement.

1. I am not a gamer, so anything special for that is not needed.
2. The physical height is important to me because I spend a lot of time looking at computer code so the more lines I can see at once the better, but I've determined that my neck actually prefers something a little shorter than the 20" of my 24" diagonal monitors, so 18" vertical is ideal.
3. My eyes are getting older so a sharper monitor is better both for clarity and because I already zoom Word/Excel and Visual Studio to 120-150% and probably should tell Windows to scale its UI as well.
4. In both my current monitor setups I have , interestingly, 3840 pixels horizontal. The 2k one is 1440 pixels high and too short, the 24" portrait is 1980 pixels high and works well.

Looking at a lot of monitor products online, and using both the resolution and the PPI I think the best solution would be a single 43" 4k monitor because that would give me a 20" vertical screen (the closest to 18" I could seem to get without being way too wide) and be very similar in total width to my 2 (work) and 3 (home) monitor setups. I have always had my monitors' bezels tight together (but still ~1.5" of black between screens) but arranged angled to each other so a flat monitor that big is likely to drive me crazy.

A curved monitor sounds great ... the problem is I can't seem to find a single 43" 4k curved monitor ... seems like everything curved is smaller or lower resolution. The closest I could come in a curved monitor appears to be the wide aspect ones, specifically the so called 5k 2k ones, but they are physically too short unless far too wide.

Does anyone know of a 43" 4k (3840x2160) curved monitor?
If not, can you suggest a monitor setup the would come close to my needs?
Some sites claim refresh rate still causes eye strain at 60Hz and I remember when getting my first 72Hz CRT and going "wow, head aches are gone!", so is the "refresh" rate REALLY a factor with flat panels when video/motion isn't a factor?
I should also say that if I need to get a new video card to drive new monitor(s) then I'm ok with that and happy to take suggestion, just remember I'm not a gamer. My current work computer has a GeForce GTX 760 and Intel UHD 630.

 

[MarsColonist]

Haven't noticed very many curved 4K monitors. I know there are some and have seen them, but I think this screen curve quality tends to be a lot more common among ultrawide monitors. Some of the higher end ultrawides have similarly high resolution to 4K, if not even higher.

 

[scottsteesy]

Ignoring curve for the time being and just looking at monitors period, I haven't found a 5k2k monitor that is actually 2k high when physically wide.
Ex. Phillips 499P9H is 49" wide, but is only 1440 pixels high
But the vertical pixels are there for small monitors.
Ex. LG 27MD5K-B is 27" wide and 2880 pixels high.
So the problem for me is physical size ... packing all those pixels into a small space is nice for sharpness, but to show the quantity of text (lines of code) I want to see at once, it is too small to read.
Thus the reason I want a physically large monitor so it will at least 16"tall.

 

[geofelt]

For some time, I looked for that, without success.

But, I found the LG OLED 48" 4k TV.
The image is outstanding.
It connects via hdmi @60hz. If you have a hdmi 2.1 capable graphics card, you can go 120hz.
https://www.newegg.com/lg-c1-48/p/N82E16889007770

The image is so crisp that a curve is not needed.
I use the Microsoft ergonomic 4000 keyboard which has a handy knob to increase/decrease the resolution .

 

[MarsColonist]

Here are a couple monitors with horizontal resolution approximately 5K and vertical resolution approximately 2K:

https://www.newegg.com/msi-prestige-ps341wu-34/p/N82E16824475058?Item=9SIA575DT91510&quicklink=true

Are you a human?

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