LG Expands its 21:9 UltraWide Monitor Lineup

[exfileme]

LG is launching three additional UltraWide monitors.

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[expl0itfinder]

I love these ultrawide monitors. In the games that do support the resolution, they make for an amazingly immersive experience, similar to a multi-monitor setup, without the annoying black lines where the monitors intersect. Also, they are pretty good for content creation, however I think multiple monitors would still be better for that.

 

[smeezekitty]

Honestly I still like 4:3 and 5:4. I don't really care for widescreen because you have plenty of resolution horizontally but it seems lacking in vertical resolution.

21:9 is really too wide except for maybe people that use their system primarily for gaming or certain editing tasks that require lots of items side by side.

 

[lamorpa]

smeezekitty,

This is probably not the monitor for you, it being 21:9, and as such, probably being for people who use their system primarily for gaming or certain editing tasks that require lots of items side by side.

You would likely do better with a monitor with an aspect ratio of 4:3 and 5:4, if you don't really care for widescreen because you only have resolution horizontally but lack vertical resolution.

 

[InvalidError]

You would likely do better with a monitor with an aspect ratio of 4:3 and 5:4

Easy to say but much more difficult to do.

Reasonably priced 4:3 or 5:4 displays are practically extinct and the few models that are available have less than 1080p resolution. The next best thing on the market these days are 1200p displays but the cheapest 1200p screens are ~$300 while the cheapest 1080p screens start around $100... that's a ~$200 or 200% premium for trying to get away from 16:9; much too steep for most people to consider.

I like 1200p: when watching widescreen videos, it leaves just enough space for the tool/control bar and menu bar without having to resize the video or overlap it.

 

[jdlobb]

smeezekitty,

I for one couldn't care less about vertical resolution. For any kind of mutli-tasking/productivity solution wider is simply the way to go. It's a fact of human anatomy that our eyes are better suited for panning horizontally, rather than vertically. I actually just made the switch from 2 "square" monitors at work to 2 1080p wide monitors and I couldn't be happier.

I still primarily work in a "square" section of one of the monitors, but the additional vertical space gives me places to put things like Messenger windows, widgets, reference material, etc. that is quickly visible and accessible.

I would LOVE to have one or even 2!! of these babies at work or home.

 

[InvalidError]

I for one couldn't care less about vertical resolution. For any kind of mutli-tasking/productivity solution wider is simply the way to go.

Not programming much?

When I'm programming or reading/writing stuff, I use my widescreen displays in portrait mode. No point in having more horizontal pixels than necessary to display a typical line of text/code and having twice as many lines on-screen is usually far more useful than having them twice as wide or splitting the screen with other stuff. If I need extra windows visible, I have a second display for that.

Another thing that bugs me about widescreen for productivity is the ridiculous amount of vertical space wasted on under-filled tool bars, menu bars, title bars, task bars, etc.

Widescreen is fine for AV, CAD/CAM, gaming and a few other things but for working mostly with text, it sucks.

 

[Shawna593767]

I could put this in portrait and see an entire page of Reddit!

 

[InvalidError]

I could put this in portrait and see an entire page of Reddit!

My main pet peeve with 1080p displays in portrait mode is the number of applications and web sites that end up with horizontal scrolling. 1280x2560 would be great since most software and sites is designed for screens at least 1200 wide these days.

 

[smeezekitty]

My primary display is 1280x1024.
It works good for programming and web browsing without excessive vertical scrolling.

 

[BranFlake5]

LG is kinda leading the Ultra-wide market, but I can't get into it because even with a regular 1080p monitor, webpages are so un-optimized.

 

[master9716]

I own 3 asus 1ms 27" monitors since they are around 200 in my area . The only way I would swap all 3 for one of these would be if they came in 34" so I wouldn't lose any height in the upgrade.