I needed a second monitor to work on my graduate research from home, and ultrawide was the go-to for productivity with two more side-to-side windows within the same screen. This one was* affordable and served me well.
My pros and cons after 1.5 years using it:
- WORK: perfect aspect ratio for multi-window workflows; *as a second monitor* the screen size and resolution is enough for two side-to-side applications and still have enough real-estate on each to be productive, but probably too cramped to do so as a main monitor (I would totally go two regular 1080p or one 1440p ultrawide for an effective main monitor side-to-side workflow); this is also the PERFECT size and resolution for a vertical coding monitor (with a 3rd party vesa mount).
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Good colour accuracy but poor brightness (as an amateur photographer I doublecheck my edits on my phone, and while this monitor nails the colour accuracy out-of-the-box, you can't really edit on it since even at brightest setting the picture still looks like @20% brightness on the iPhone).
- GAMING: Good ultrawide 1080p 60Hz** performance for the cost, just not bright enough if your room receives direct sunlight.
- Good build quality.
* It was (past tense) affordable, because between APR 2021 and OCT 2022 the price went up by a whopping 48%. At the price it is now, just bite the bullet and go for a 34-inch 144Hz ultrawide 1440p panel at just 2x the price of this one (on sale and not IPS, but still)
** 60Hz because it DOES NOT support 75Hz at its native resolution. I searched around because the only refresh rate available in Windows is 60Hz, and apparently you can only reach 75Hz if you downscale the resolution... yeah... eyeroll.
Hope this helps.
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