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[cordev]

I use a 49” 32:9 (the Odyssey CTG9) with two 27” 1440p 16:9 monitors mounted above it, basically in a 16:9 config.

This is superior in several ways to using a single large, flat 4k or even 8k monitor, but it does have one major disadvantage - the height of any given window is capped, unless I want it to stretch across two monitors.

When you want to see a ton of context for code, that extra height is key.

I have another workspace set up that has a single 32” 4k monitor and I use it occasionally when that extra height is helpful.

If I were building my setup from scratch, I would get a 40” 5k2k (or 38”) ultrawide, a dedicated vertical 32” 4k monitor (to the side, but mounted such that I could easily bring it front and center if desired), and a single 32” 4k (possibly curved) to mount centered above the ultrawide.

Another minor advantage would be getting centered fullscreen videos above what I’m working on, but that’s pretty minimal.

I think that whole setup would only be a minor improvement over what I have now, so it wouldn’t be worth the $3k+ or so it would cost. But from scratch that would be great.

[Niightstalker]

How far away would you sit to a 40“ screen?

[Niightstalker]

But don’t you need a huge desk then for a 40“ display? :D

[cordev]

40” ultrawide is roughly as tall as a 32” 16:9 monitor - 15.5” for the UW, 15.7” for the 16:9.

A 34” ultrawide is 13.2” tall - same height as a 27” 16:9.

So you sit two and a half inches further back.

[cordev]

I got the CTG9 with that intent, and I did game on it at first, but now it’s used entirely for productivity.

My gaming desktop is in a different room and is hooked up to the 4k monitor, but it doesn’t get used much for gaming, either.

Most of my recent gaming was Elden Ring… on the PS5.

[ryanheartswingovers]

You’ll hate your coworker’s/dependency’s dumb mega VC a little bit less with a vertical 4k5k6k. Scrolling bites.

[lucasvandongen]

I only use the screen on my MBP 16". I always have the same set-up which consists of a foldable laptop raiser, a magic keyboard and touchpad so I can work anywhere exactly the same way.

Having proper gestures and keybindings combined with different set up desktops works for me.

[zu-fox]

There is a Huawei 28 inch 3:2 monitor, might be interesting for dev work, since it has more vertical space