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Two LG DualUps. That's 5120 x 2880 of Sway tiled functionality. My concern was finding big enough wallpapers; ended up writing a script that upscales and splits any image to fill them.
2x32"@4k@60hz. They are for work primarily so I want a ton of real estate and use Sway to manage that for me.
I would love to upgrade to the same size and number but OLED with a higher refresh rate, may be next year.
Gaming rig: 32" 1440p monitor, Ryzen 7 5800x, 32 gigs DDR4, RX 6600xt, 4 TB NVME storage
Laptop/WFH desk: 2x 24" Lenovo Tiny in One monitors I got for free, Dell Docking station gotten for free (I mostly spend time here)
Server: EPYC 7302P, 109 GB DDR4 ECC memory, RTX 5060ti, RTX 3060 12gb, 40 TB of HDD storage, 8 TB of SATA SSD storage
PC on the floor under the desk, 27" 2k IPS screen (looks great but unfortunately has some tearing issues due to mediocre top-to-bottom refresh speed. Fortunately I'm getting older so I really don't give a fuck about losing something like .016 seconds of reaction time to vsync), with his 24" ancestor on the side. The even older 24" that used to be my second monitor has been commandeered by my dad for his home office, so no third screen yet. (tbf he did technically buy it back then, since I paid half of it with my allowance and he paid the other half).
One shitty 2K monitor with a pair of Edifier speakers plugged into a DAC/amp right next to it.
A single 42 inch TV. I have no space in my apartment for my desk. So my actual monitors just sit unused in the closet, and my corner desk is disassembled in its box, stored in another closet. My PC sits on the TV stand behind the TV.
Hella games need better UI scaling options, man. So much shit I can't really play anymore because there's no option to make the text bigger without lowering the resolution. They all expect you to be using a normal monitor, a foot or less from the screen. 😩
Three 21 inch 1080p monitors. Two horizontal and one to the right that's vertical. All on arms to keep it clean.
I'm a digital artist who works from home so I have a Alienware AW3425DW and a Cintiq Pro 27 with a custom built pc in the middle.
34UW, 27in left. Perfection.
A single 65" 4K 120Hz LG C1 OLED.
I also occasionally use and old 19" 1600x900 TN as a secondary display, mainly to use as a clock because I'm too lazy/ADHD to set up some widgets to display system vitals.
Left- old 1600x1200 dell
Center- 32" 4k monitor
Right- 27" 2k in portrait mode
Just a single 49" 32:9 ultra wide - effectively 2x 1440p 27" monitors side by side. It's a MASSIVE improvement over having two bezels lined up straight ahead and always having my head turned to one side or the other, or having my desk set up asymmetrically with a single monitor head on and one off to the side.
Samsung G95SC - OLED, 5120x1440p, 240hz, 1800R curve
It's rare I need two full 16:9 windows side by side - so for work, 90% of the time I've got a 16:9 frame centered, and extra content on the sides (outlook and teams for instance). Window snapping via Microsoft Powertoys - Fancyzones makes this so dead simple, so it's a quick keystroke to change the snapping zones and then I can do 2 windows side by side when I need it, 2 side by side+my teams, or 3 side by side.
And for play, let me tell you - games and anamorphic films look SO GOOD on this thing. Absolutely LOVE this monitor.
Exactly what I want!
Well it certainly comes highly recommended from me! Never pay full price for it - it's constantly on sale, and it's cheaper now than the best sale price I could find a year ago - at $1100 currently. If you find it cheaper than that, you're in really good shape.
They do have much cheaper versions with the same screen size that are not OLED - but I think it is worth holding out and saving for this one personally.
I have a similar setup, great choice, will never go back!
Totally with you there - I could never.
I used to use a 49" ultrawide too; and let me tell you, with a window manager they are so fucking nice (with a standard desktop like windows; kde or gnome, I hated having to move my mouse that much)
You say USED to, what made you migrate away?
Changed jobs :)
Ohhh, wow. Hell of a monitor for work to provide!
Not gonna lie, this is tempting.
I have "just" two 27"s where one is primary (240hz) im front of me and other is a secondary on the right side for stuff like discord or documentation etc.
Though I am very unsure about the curve. My primary is curved and it kind of sucks for media.
Also how do you game on something like this?
The curve is very slight - it really just brings the corners around a bit so they're closer to facing you, but they're not really. I haven't used a curved screen before this one, I think I wish it was a tighter 1000R curve but I hear people gripe about those.
Some games just support ultrawide resolutions natively out of the box - Balatro, It Takes Two, Tomb Raider 2013 trilogy. Others don't - and there are good mods in those situations by the community. Flawless Widescreen has worked, well, flawlessly for me on games like FFVIIR and Elden Ring. I got FFXV working I just don't remember how. And to really drive it, you'll want a decent GPU - I happen to be using a 3090 and it obviously does the trick.
One 7" 800p display.
I only game on my Deck nowadays...
I love that this is where we're at - that a single handheld computer can do it all. We're in the middle of a move and I packed up my entertainment center, short of the TV and Chromecast - so a few weeks ago I used my mobile dock to play my Steamdeck on the TV and it was excellent. Love the versatility of that thing - just wish I had the OLED version, but guess I can hold out for the sequel for now.
Single 27" 180hz mini-led which will eventually get swapped for an OLED (waiting until I have more space so I can go back to a single 42" 16:9) Also a 14" secondary display that gets moved between my desk and bedside Pi for Kodi. Everything is offset due to a wall next to my chair, I can't sit any farther to the right lol.
Both 27", diagonal
Do you stand up for the second one? Or maybe you have an extendable neck?
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Primary 27” 1440p 165Hz monitor in the middle, and 27” 1440p 60Hz monitors either side, one in landscape and the other in portrait.
A 27" LG 1920x1080 LCD with a 3" vertical gouge in one side and a wrinkly backlight diffuser sheet. To the left, a 22" LCD of some sort, and further left, the 15" LCD of the ten+ year old Toshiba laptop that's running the show.
But I'm lazy and mostly just use a 17" FHD laptop to Rustdesk into the Toshiba from the lounge.
1 x 27", 1440p, OLED, 240 Hz gaming monitor. It's all I need because I have a proper window manager (i3wm).
lg 55" 4k 120hz oled tv
This is the way. LG OLEDs make great gaming displays. Using a 65" LG C1 myself. I love computing from the couch; mouse on armrest, keyboard in lap.
(That said, I wish 120" OLEDs were affordable cause I prefer a theater experience. I used to be into projectors but once you go true black, you don't go back. Plus they generate too much heat and you eventually have to replace the bulb.)
AW3423DWF as main monitor and a 22" BenQ as secondary to the side
AW3423DWF
Ah, that one...
Monitors and TVs always have the catchiest names. Those marketing people are just geniuses.
Same pair as you (34” curved and 27” portrait), but with the 27 on the right, and my laptop below the 34.
Currently just one 27" 1440p, eventually I hope to add an OLED as my primary display and put the current one off to the side in portrait
1 27" in the middle and 2 24" on either side.
Gotta have that third monitor to see your desktop background at all times. ✨👌
I'm just kidding
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Went back to a single monitor: 32" 1440p at home, 24" 1080p at work. The 32" is big enough to have two windows side-by-side, so I rarely miss having two screens.
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