I Used An UltraWide Monitor For 365 Days (Worth It?)

Is bigger better? Or is how you use it more important? Let's take the extra few (horizontal) inches that an Ultrawide provide and see how it impacts real-world usage over an entire year.

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00:00 Introduction
01:08 Size
02:59 Sponsor
04:02 Productivity
06:07 Price
08:14 Gaming
09:16 Is It Worth It?

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[CreatedTech]

Special thanks to the CreatedGirlfriend™ for posing in the thumbnail.

[JmKirbyiou]

wait your not the girl on the thumbnail. clickbait

[thimad]

As a developer, i have 5 windows side by side on my 32:9 super ultra wide monitor: slack, chrome, vscode, postman and a database client open at the same time. I love it!

[dirtydoggey]

Great vid mate and really informative, just redoing work/gaming office at home and was stuck on one vs multiple and this really helped so cheers!

[martingifford]

I have a Macbook Air 13 and a cheap 27 inch monitor. I've been tempted to get a 32 inch 4k monitor. This video has got me considering ultrawide instead. One thing that annoys me is that monitor companies chuck in a heap of expensive extras rather than spending the money on screen quality. I don't need 10 connectors and TV capability and speakers. It's actually hard to find a clean high quality 4k monitor.

[markdavenportjr]

Great review. I am totally going UW this fall. For games and future work from home. :)

[Just_Mike]

Good video, i went back from a 34 curved to a 32 flat, much prefer the flat and i get more performance as well because the 1440p has about 1/3 less pixels to drive than the curved UW.

[marcel]

I worked 3 years with a curved ultrawide and i really like it and can recommend it.

[blackchristiangeek]

Thanks for the review, I say that I'm ready to get an ultra wide monitor, and yet I still have not. You have provided some good insights, and points as to why I should get off the fence and complete my purchase. Again, thanks, and God bless.

[ThunderKat]

Nothing to lose on a 21:9 you can crop the resolution and still go for 16:9 if the game force you or try things like 18:9 if you don't like going extreme and keep UI on game closer.

[grim.reaper]

The “bezels” in the dual monitor setups is not much of an issue as the having to turn your head way too much off axis depending on the distance from monitors & sitting position and not to mention increasing the distance also means increasing the font size/scaling which significantly reduces the screen real estate available. There’s definitely a sweet spot for everyone. And that’s probably one of the reasons why I would consider switching to ultra wide screen.

But then I would rather have one of those 43inch screens

[zust_do_it]

Love this video, makes me really want to upgrade to Ultrawide. btw your pc wallpaper look so nice. where to find one? thank you!!!

[bryans]

I've been using a 29" LG ultrawide (flat) for several years and I've always liked the ability to view two documents side-by-side. I tuck my desktop speakers behind the monitor and there's no noticeable loss in sound quality, at least to my old ears. And it's great for gaming.

[lobserve]

Good video but more comparisons with a dual monitor setup like desk space and cost would have been good.

[thomaslandolt]

Thank you for your video. What lamp you have in top of your LG monitor ?

[psychologyintroverts]

hey. thanks for your video. do you have one where you talk more about using a mac and a windows laptop on one screen and pros and cons of that.

[captainmcadams]

I found my flat 34” budget Ultrawide felt really weird to me as I came from a 32” curved 1080p monitor, it seemed to ‘curve’ away! I am used to it mostly now, but my next upgrade will be a curved Ultrawide, maybe bigger, I quite like the 1440p res on it so that’s undecided. Definitely want inbuilt dock though!

[adama]

I’ve had the LG 49” for almost 2 years now & I love it but there is three major flaws. It only has one USB C port. I used 2 devices that I wanted to use with USB but had to swap out or use use HDMI. I’d often use 2 devices, 1/3 - 2/3 screen but could only have 1/3 on right side of screen, that drove me crazy. More generic issue is Mac OS support, I really wish this better. Full screen video would letter box the sides wasting 50% of the screen. Wish full screen video could fill one side with a desktop free for the other side, a work around could have been to use 2 cables but monitor only had 1 usb c, Mac only has usb c output and then Mac OS doesn’t all windows to float across multiple screens.

[TyrianHaze]

Been using the aw3423dwf for a few days, and I absolutely love it. You just can't beat the perfect blacks and smooth as butter motion clarity.

[rileyshoemake]

Awesome video!!! What monitor would u recommend for use for gaming on my Xbox series X and also to use with me MacBook Air. Thanks again