If someone older looked at this and don't really know the difference between a TV and a monitor, they'd probably think it's one of those cheap $100 TV's you can get is what I'd assume.
I bought a curved ultrawide thinking it would be good to replace two monitors side by side for productivity stuff while also being able to use it for gaming and that was the biggest waste of money I've spent in recent memory. Two screen is so much better for being able to snap multiple spreadsheets in place quickly
You can do that in software can you not? Lg software for their ultrawides has it built in to split it into virtual monitors for snapping and full screen purposes
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u/richajf9800X3D|32GB|4090 Suprim Liquid X|AW3426DW|48" LG C1|FrameJul 17 '26
You can very easily do that using FancyZones which is part of Power Toys, a program made my Microsoft that adds a TON of functionality to Windows.
Check out the settings in the main PowerToys app. You can set it so you can trigger the zone snapping by right-clicking instead of shift. Super fast and ergonomic.
You can also set it so a middle-click will trigger zone spanning, which isn't quite as useful, but still nice.
This is how I use it too, every day. I have a vertical 2nd monitor, so for that I have 3x ⅓ zones stacked on top of each other, which makes more sense for a vertical monitor. And you can easily combine the window to be the size of two zones by dragging it between the zones. So you can have one ⅓ size window and a ⅔ size window on it.
Display fusion is way more powerful if you enjoy the features. I've never seen a program that had that many features.
For example I can play WoW in the middle of my screen at 2560 by 1440, put a Netflix screen on my left 1/3, and have the program mirror* it to my remaining third on the right side.
Check out FancyZones in PowerToys as well. You can create custom layouts for where to snap the screens and everything. A productivity game changer for me.
I travel for work with a laptop. And have to copy paste data from several systems into my repair tickets. Tiling makes my job much easier. It is it 1 extra click and works really well.
From what I'm googling, apparently the Windows 11 implementation of this has more options than Windows 10 which may have made this better on the ultrawide.
Unfortunately this was 5-6 years ago. I'll have to try it out when windows 10 support ends and I'm forced to upgrade
No it didn't. You could only split the screen once horizontally and vertically with Windows 10 snapping. Combining 2 screens into one cut the number of snappable places in half which was the entire issue.
My main monitor is an ultrawide (and has been since 2019) and man it's like you didn't even try. PowerToys (made by Microsoft) has an app called Fancy Zones that let you create window snapping zones. There's tons of pieces of software that do this. Just simple googling would have solved that problem.
Feel that. Bought an open box LG ultrawide back in 2018 for half price thinking I got a great deal, only to find out the multi-screen feature didn't work as advertised and it was locked at 75hz.
I inherited two 28" 4K 60Hz Asus monitors from my work that were gonna go in the recycle bin. I use them on my WFH PC. Its hard to argue with free, but the 60Hz really sucks lol. Especially when I go from my 165Hz gaming monitor back to them.
Oh, I don't NEED more than 60Hz on my work PC. I have one as my main horizontal monitor and one as a vertical side monitor on that PC (which isn't great because its a VA panel and gets kind of washed out when vertical, but I tolerate it because its great for Outlook and Teams).
I just mean that when I go from my 165Hz gaming PC to my 60Hz work PC its pretty jarring, and its definitely noticeable. Things feel slower, laggy, choppy, etc.
You really don't, and 60 looks fine. But if you are used to double or more it looks bad. Same with fps in games. If you've only ever played 30fps it looks fine. But once you get used to 60 30 looks super choppy.
I wouldn't say "no" good. You can still play games just fine. You're just living in VSync forever. Frankly though for $15 that's beyond a bargain no matter how you slice it.
Plus Dell, for all their fuckery, has usually put out decently good monitors. So even if it's just 60Hz, it still makes pretty pictures.
Only iPhone users can still tolerate 60 Hz in 2026. Once you've tasted higher refresh rates, you don't want to go back, even if it's just for browsing Reddit.
People who say shit like this are silly. Resolution doesn't matter half as much as you think. Screen size + resolution + distance to screen + how well you can see combined are what make the experience. Experiments have shown people can't really see much beyond 90 pixels per degree. In extensive studies people with incredible vision could see up to 94 ppd. If you're curious about your PPD, the formula is .01745 x PPI x distance from eyes to screen in inches.
People think 4k tv's look fantastic, but they're usually lower ppi than 1080p monitors. A 50" 4k screen and larger have lower pixel density than a 24" 1080p monitor. But since you (should) sit further away, it looks good to you. Personally the jump up to 120hz+ is worth dropping down to 1440p for my situation, as my vision isn't perfect and I'm sitting a bit further away from my monitor.
Yeah, it's an absurd price for a 4k ultrawide that isn't OLED or MiniLED and only 60hz. Iirc there was an MSI 1440p ultrawide OLED 240hz for around $700 or so last year.
It's an expensive monitor at the time and probably worth it at the time when it was released, but it's almost 10 years old now.
Monitor technology improved tremendously since then, still wouldn't pay above $150 for it since there are new 38" monitors today with modern panels that are way better and better priced
Final Fantasy 1 and 2 CIB, around $20 each and some other games. Probably over $100 if I sold all the games on eBay. I did keep them, the PSP 2000 series was easily soft modded and plays PSP ISOs
In 2002 I got an external dvdrom drive from Circuit city for $2 that had a $25 rebate on it that I cashed in. Its the only time ive ever won this game.
why is it so expensive even though it's standard LED? What kind of tech is in this thing that warrants 1400 dollar price tag? 4K Ultrawide isn't rare anymore and this is only 1600p
Same way I got my first ultra wide. Was at a salvation army missing the power adapter so it was sold as not working. 8 bucks. Bought the power adapter for 10 bucks off eBay, boom.
Well I know my thrift stores have more computer monitors than they know what to do with. And since the person in charge likely had no idea what this monitor was supposed to be, even if they could sense that it was more deluxe because of the curve, so that's where I imagine $15 as opposed to $10 came from
Not really though. You can see that it has been the monitor that they displayed in the store, so while it might not be broken, it already has been in heavy use for quite some time.
Honestly these monitors rock for productivity. I had the alienware 38" and it was a beast. It capped out at 144hz but it was awesome for productivity use. Gaming was so so as ultrawide support STILL is bad in modern titles.
For a 9 year old screen, it's a good price.
IPS, 99% sRGB coverage, 60 HZ and a pretty high resolution. Might be able to OC it at the current resolution you're using.
But damm 60hz? Even working/browsing is much more enjoyable on 120+.... Going down to 60 is like trading an audi with comfort and eco mode for a honda jazz that has doors made out of cardboard and plastic
that is NOT worth 1200. maybe like $200 nowadays. theres far better for far cheaper new. that amazon listing is way overpriced. probably hasnt been adjusted since its listing back in 2018
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u/DoYaKnowMahName Jul 17 '26
They 100% thought it was a tv