4K monitor for programming?

mattStoor · 23 Aug 2015 at 08:22

Thank you for all the great advice people, I'm leaning towards the 4k Phillips BDM4065UC. Thanks for the heads up squid vicious, I'll just order another cable so I have it in reserve.

Having said that the smaller IPS BENQ is still pretty attractive. Has anyone had any experience trying to dual screen between a larger 4k and a smaller 1080p monitor?

SGTMASON · 23 Aug 2015 at 09:57

I swap between 4k and ultrawide monitors depending on what I'm needing...
I usually just run the one I'm needing at the time though...

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mattStoor · 23 Aug 2015 at 22:00

Looks like the 32" BenQ is the winner for me then. Thanks for all of the advice all.

Cromulent · 23 Aug 2015 at 22:48

I do a lot of programming and currently use one 1440p monitor and a second 1200p monitor. I'm thinking about replacing the 1200p monitor (its from 2007 and so is pretty rubbish compared to modern monitors) with 2 new 1200p monitors giving me 3 monitors to work with.

I don't really find one large monitor acceptable for programming as I have lots of programs open all at the same time and window management with a single monitor is a pain. Much better to have each monitor dedicated to a single task (or maybe 2 tasks since switching each monitors task is quite easy).

For instance I pretty much always have my IDE open, a web browser for reference documentation, another web browser for testing, an IRC chat program, email and Spotify. Having those split between 3 monitors would be a really nice configuration for me.

shamus21 · 24 Aug 2015 at 07:39

For a work only monitor the Phillips 4K is probably the best option it has a similar PPI to a 27in 2560x1440. Where the BenQ BL3201PT is a good all rounder.

mattStoor · 24 Aug 2015 at 20:15

I like the idea of the "all-rounder" BenQ and it will also leave enough room on the desk to keep my 27" monitor in play as a secondary for other windows as Cromulent suggests.

BusError · 26 Aug 2015 at 16:34

I use 2 BenQ here, side by side. /some/ text is too small depending on the application (I tried, but don't use scaling) but for programming it's near perfect, theres a LOT of real estate, and given it's 32" it's still very readable.

mattStoor · 26 Aug 2015 at 22:40

It arrived today and loving it so far, finding the right backgrounds for my slide reel...

I was surprised to only find a mini display cable and no normal sized display cable in the box.