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Currently on a ~5yr old Iiyama 24" (bought from these lovely forums themselves!) but looking to go a little bigger. Part of me wants to jump to QHD. Part of me thinks my video editing would massively benefit from a 21:9 screen. But I worry that general web browsing/YouTube (which I also do a LOT...!) will suffer from a wide aspect screen....?
I went back and forth on the 2K/4K debate for a while and right now I'm at the point now where I'm thinking of just sticking at current 'Full HD' (1080) resolution but trying a super wide screen, either a 29" or a 34". I figure, not working with any +1080 resolution media (yet!) I wouldn't really appreciate the jump to QHD or more yet, but I might upgrade again in another couple of years.
Anyway, a 34" would be massive compared to my current 24", but people have said that once you go past 29" on ultra wides you may miss the higher resolution and wish you'd sprung for a 1440.... But then I measured my current 24" and even jumping up another 5" to a 29" ultra wide doesn't seem like it'd be that much bigger....??
Oh, and I'm almost dead-against curved screens due to my OCD about 'straight lines' and also the fact that I do a lot of video editing/a bit of graphic design and I fear it would totally throw me off not to have straight monitor edges to go against....!
I'm just so confused
Anyone care to weigh in?
To re-iterate, my monitor uses in (almost) rank order are:
Anyone got any suggestions? For reference, been looking at:
LG 29UM68-P 29"
and
LG 34UM68 34"
Also, anyone know OcUK returns policy off the top of their heads? i.e. could I try the smaller one and if it's not big enough for me return it and buy the bigger one?!
I went back and forth on the 2K/4K debate for a while and right now I'm at the point now where I'm thinking of just sticking at current 'Full HD' (1080) resolution but trying a super wide screen, either a 29" or a 34". I figure, not working with any +1080 resolution media (yet!) I wouldn't really appreciate the jump to QHD or more yet, but I might upgrade again in another couple of years.
Anyway, a 34" would be massive compared to my current 24", but people have said that once you go past 29" on ultra wides you may miss the higher resolution and wish you'd sprung for a 1440.... But then I measured my current 24" and even jumping up another 5" to a 29" ultra wide doesn't seem like it'd be that much bigger....??
Oh, and I'm almost dead-against curved screens due to my OCD about 'straight lines' and also the fact that I do a lot of video editing/a bit of graphic design and I fear it would totally throw me off not to have straight monitor edges to go against....!
I'm just so confused
Anyone care to weigh in?To re-iterate, my monitor uses in (almost) rank order are:
- general web browsing and youtube
- video editing
- casual PC/Mac gaming (filthy casual)
Anyone got any suggestions? For reference, been looking at:
LG 29UM68-P 29"
and
LG 34UM68 34"
Also, anyone know OcUK returns policy off the top of their heads? i.e. could I try the smaller one and if it's not big enough for me return it and buy the bigger one?!
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