| I have recently switched from two 24" monitors to a single 34" and I can't lie I should've done it sooner. While the amount of real estate is comparable there are two major advantages for programming with a widescreen for my use case. 1) Ergonomics. Having two monitors meant effectively using one monitor and occasionally the second one. But I ended up using one first. Which means that you either have your head tilted when you focus on the primary, or you keep it in front of you and then tilt the head for the secondary. It's not comfortable in the long run. 2) Two separate monitors generally end up with one taking the ide, but not really having the right amount of space anyway (think VSCode with two open files side by side and the terminal and possibly the explorer or debugger) one single screen becomes too cluttered. I can extend the editor to the second window, but then you have the bezels cutting the editor effectively in halt. A 34" widescreen (especially in 21:10 format) allows me to have more screen space for the editor (2 thirds) and still have enough space for a browser for documentation or the front end. I can't lie, if I could I would travel back in time and tell my younger self to buy a 21:10 widescreen I would anyway. Ergonomics are by far the most important factor in work comfort and the monitor generally outlives many machines. As a note, I have a VA gaming monitor, the BenQ EX3410R and it's great as an office monitor and occasional gaming. I think websites like rtings put too much emphasis on stuff that it's borderline a plus but not really core (number of ports available e.g.), or not really that common (PIP is not really such a common widespread need imho) or easily solvable (stands, and their limited flexibility, are better replaced by VESA arms anyway). I can also vouch that the 40" LG is fantastic for office usage. My colleague has it and it's a great machine for web development, but the price is really high and the usage essentially constrained to work only. |
Do you have it like virtually treated as 2 monitors by your computer, or just one?