Ultrawide Monitor for Productivity

Why would you want to replace the 3 monitor setup?

I got the Alienware 38” AW3821DW and it’s fantastic… it’s not oled so no risk if burn in and good text clarity.

Do you notice any issues with text clarity with the 49” 5210x1440p? I might jump on the 57” if it goes on sale for Black Friday

Maybe so, just going off of complaints I’ve been reading about those 49” monitors

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I think you're confused with how resolution works

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If I had to guess, I think he's referring to larger pixel size for extremely large monitors below 4k. I wouldn't be terribly concerned at 1440p, but it's not an unreasonable concern.

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Do you notice any issues with text clarity with the 49” 5210x1440p?

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Vs other 27” 1440p monitors, no.


Vs a 32” 2160p monitor, again, no. But if I were using large (many cells) spreadsheets, I would want 2160p.


I will probably own the Samsung one once I wear the wife down with talking about how cool it is.


They have a 55” that’s more TV dimensions that’s a fair bit cheaper, but I like 32:9>>>16:9



ETA: just to be crystal clear here: if you don’t stick with an ultra wide 49 + 1 of your current monitors, you’re losing 1/3 of your workspace. I am unclear whether you realize that- you very well may. If you’re a one up high, two across guy it may work, but most the 49 are curved and may sort of screw up the aesthetic if you’re leaving one up high. And, of course, be sure they’re VESA compatible. I never bothered to look on mine or at this feature (I have a nook it sits in. No way to go wider or higher, so no real point in a different stand).

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Samsung Odyssey 49” (Neo G9)

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Macbook

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Assuming you have a modern MacBook (anything in the silicon range), you picked the worst of the 49” for the purpose. You’ll need an additional dock and multiple connectors.


The Phillips and LG offerings (and probably others, but I’m a little lazy right now as I’m soldering my c9 pixels to go up on my house while a few beers deep) have a single-connector USB-c with power delivery + video.


IE- you have keyboard, mouse, (and whatever) on the desk. They’re connected to the monitor and look somewhat “neat.”
You leave a USB-c hanging/loose. Walk up with MacBook, plug in, and voila! Everything is connected (and there are quite a few windows laptops that have USB-C docking as well. XPS and Surface at a minimum are capable of receiving power over their USB-C and being used in this manner).

Again, is it a big deal to buy a little adapter to do this? No. It’s not. But if you’re spending $800-1200 (side note. I actually found my Philips on sale for like $750, dropped it when installing it, and was able to exchange it for like $300), I’d get the one that fits the use case.



Other plus for Phillips, especially if using a MacBook- it’s got an integrated camera and mic that are very passable. We FaceTime the grands from ours quite often, and the little ones have no problem fighting for screen space. May not fit the use case, and another $100 solves it with 30+ options, but was super useful for me.


Just since I’m mentioning options and you’re mentioning more or less docking a laptop- you can pass an Ethernet connection through the Phillips (only one I know of with Ethernet on board, but that’s hardly a plus in today’s day and age. But it may be something useful in your scenario), but mine acted funny when the wifi on my Mac mini wasn’t shut off (it got turned on for some weird feature I was using at one point, so I had wifi there + backfeeding Ethernet over USB and then Ethernet directly into its rj45 port. May not be a big deal with a MacBook that’s being docked, but I had some unexpected behavior on the desktop with it).


The cable management on most of them isn’t great, but I like the stand on mine. Cables are visible but easily velcroed to the metal legs. The LG stand is my 2nd favorite.


The Samsung ones have better refresh rates, but I’m not a gamer, so KVM + Camera, mic (though I use condenser mics through a Presonus audio station 99% of the time) won me over.

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I currently have three 27” monitors

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I want to replace these with a single 49” ultrawide monitor.

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I did this with the Dell 49". I prefer the look and feel of the new monitor. However, there is one drawback for me... I didn't realize until after the swap that my middle monitor was used so much more than the other two. It seems obvious, but I used all three, all the time. So now that I have the 49", it is divided into two spaces as if it is 2 - 27" monitors. I don't have that 'middle' monitor that I would pull whatever I was most focused on at the moment. Either way, I won't go back. I'm learning to treat my 'left side' as the primary.

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I did this with the Dell 49". I prefer the look and feel of the new monitor. However, there is one drawback for me... I didn't realize until after the swap that my middle monitor was used so much more than the other two. It seems obvious, but I used all three, all the time. So now that I have the 49", it is divided into two spaces as if it is 2 - 27" monitors. I don't have that 'middle' monitor that I would pull whatever I was most focused on at the moment. Either way, I won't go back. I'm learning to treat my 'left side' as the primary.

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As Doc alluded to, for anyone on Windows 11, all you have to do is hover over the "maximize" icon in the top right of the window to bring up these options:

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Would it be possible for most monitors to display both operating systems

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Most have Picture in Picture/Picture By Picture, but make sure you read the features list. Some have software that will let you use one mouse/keyboard for both (I don’t use this).