Buying a curved monitor

[Sneakytiger]

i already have 2 24" led monitors is it worth me ditching them for a 25" curved monitor?

[RogueTaylor]

That's two very nice screens there. Twisted personally I wanted a curved screen because I only have enough space for one mo iota and I wanted to make it a really good one, after seeing the ones at Lan they really looked awesome. I feel they are a bit more emersive nothing crazy but would love to play arma with one of these and a head tracker to get a fully different experience while playing that game.

[lionheart]

One of the main reasons curved are better is because if you have a large screen the edges of the screen can appear distorted due to the angle you are looking at it. A curve brings the edges in so the pixels remain more equidistant from the eye ( Obviously you need to be right in front of the screen, one of the reasons curved TVs are a bit of a gimmick tbh). Add to that the improved immersion with your peripheral vision and better FOV and its a totally better gaming experience. If the curve is too pronounced; then things like CAD and photo work can be difficult cos straight lines can sometimes appear, well, not straight.

In answer to you question Sneaky I would much rather have one larger screen then two small, must be a good size to appreciate the curve though.

[Tutonic]

Very roughly speaking, two screens will give you more utility where as one curved would give you greater immersion.

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[faust82]

Makes sense for a computer monitor, a single-user device with a fixed viewing distance.
Less so for a television.

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[TeaLeaf]

i already have 2 24" led monitors is it worth me ditching them for a 25" curved monitor?

In addition to the above comments, I'll add 'No' in answer to your question.   There's no way you should replace 48" of monitors with just 25".    

In order to get a mixture of the utility and immersion mentioned above, you need to go for something the 34" size which are typically 3440x1440 (or 2.39:1 ratio) - these are similar to the ones you saw at the LAN.   The sheer resolution and size gives the utility, and the sheer width of the curved screen gives the immersion.  A 25" curve is not really wide enough to give you  that feeling of immersion.  A wider 34" works because it extends your field of view to a level where it starts to feel like it is wrapping around you.

If your two current 24" monitors are 1920x1080, then together they span 3840x1080, which compares to the 3440x1440 of a typical 34" curved monitor.  So a 34" curved would give you a not entirely dissimilar dpi but without the hassle of having two monitors and that annoying bezel in the middle of your view.

If you can find a monitor with a resolution of 3840x1080 packed into a 25" screen then you'll match what you currently have and also lose the bezel - but you might struggle to read the text on the screen as it would be mighty small!

[Sneakytiger]

sorry my bad that was supposed to be 35 not 25 slip of the finger.lol

[Sneakytiger]

thinking of changing one of my 24" monitors for a 28" 4k monitor to get the most out of my 1080 card, or a 35" curved.
i could have the option of the second monitor for viewing ts/webpages with the immersion of either 4k or curved could'nt i.

[TeaLeaf]

You won't get the same immersion from 28".   Contrary to popular female belief, that 6" is important!  Anyway, never mind the length, it's the width that gives the immersion.  :getmecoat:

Widescreen also leaves more a lot more headroom for a second monitor (4.9m pixels for a 3440x1440 widescreen, versus 8.3m pixels for UHD-1 4k monitor).    
You also need to be aware of scalability - Windows 10 has some which works ok now and you'll probably end up going from 1:1 to something like 1.5:1 (i,e, 150%).
But not all programs will be able to scale appropriately, so you need to do a check on compatibility to see if any of your programs/titles/packages won't scale and if they are deal-breakers.  Be prepared to work with some incredibly small windows and text at times if they do not scale on UHD-1.

Read this article to get an idea of what I mean:

https://pcmonitors.info/articles/the-4k-uhd-3840-x-2160-experience/

At the end of the day whether or not you go widescreen or 4K is very much personal preference.  
Go see both and see what you like for what you want to use it for.  
If 4K looks like what you prefer then do your research on which programs will and will not currently work at 4K.
Figure out of any of those are deal-breakers.  
Then choose your monitor.

My 2 cents:
If I were changing my monitor right now I'd be going down the curved widescreen route. :2cents:

And remember, in 2 years time you'll be asking if you should swap out your 4K monitor for an 8K UHD-2 curved monitor running at 7680×4320 with 33.1m pixels! :roflmao:

[albert]

I changed to a 4K G-Sync 27" https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-acer-predator-nvidia-g-sync-ips-3840x2160-4ms-350cd-m2-10001-dp-hdmi-2x-2w-speakers-4x-usb-30-out

If you have a GTX 1080 then it's worth going 4K in my opinion. Even unoptimised games like Star Citizen I can get 35-40 FPS on Very High settings.

[Blunt]

This one looks like a bargain------Aria

£499 from £799

[Twyst]

All the ultra-wides I look at are 2560x1080‎ ..... my standard 16:9 monitor is 2560x1440 ..... I'm not sure dropping res for width is worth it for me.

[RogueTaylor]

All the ultra-wides I look at are 2560x1080‎ ..... my standard 16:9 monitor is 2560x1440 ..... I'm not sure dropping res for width is worth it for me.

You got the same trouble I have twisted and it looks like we need to drop around 800 plus to get a better monitor size wise and resolution wise. I was looking at the apex predator which is 35inchs curved screen and 3560 I think the res was ( well is 3 something) but costs around 999.99 so very expensive for one

[lionheart]

Just pulled the trigger on one of these :https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG348Q/, be here at the end of the week.

I'll let you know if it's worth it..

[Chaosphere]

Look epic man, let us know.

 Agree with u guys rogue and twist.. I'm not interested in losing resolution in either plane with a monitor upgrade. Simple won't do it.