Question Help choosing ~32" 4k monitor

baxelrod

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Apr 11, 2020
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I've been getting a lot of eye strain while working at home, and was looking to get a new, ~4k monitor in the 27-34" range. I think I like the idea of a curved monitor, hoping it will ease my eyestrain, but I've never seen one in person. I'm also a bit nervous about a slightly less common resolution (i.e. the ultrawide 21:9 monitors).

I have a roughly $1k budget and I'll be doing office work (including writing and reviewing manuscripts), video calling, occasional movie watching, photo editing and gaming that can be handled by a mobile quadro p1000. I don't play FPSs or e-sports so not sure I should be concerned about latency or refresh rate (this graphics card will never manage to render at anything close to 60 fps anyways). No adaptive sync technology supported.

My desk is only 28" deep, so I'm a bit nervous that if I get a flat 32"-34" monitor, it would be too large for how close I'm sitting to it.

I've been thinking of of:
https://www.amazon.com/Philips-328E1CA-Adaptive-Sync-Speakers-Replacement/dp/B07VLJPZDR (and the samsung and MSI monitors with the same panel, this one has a VESA mount and seems that have decent QC. I like the 1500R curve with UHD resolution of the panel. I'm worried it's a much lower quality panel than the dell. Never used a VA panel before, so not sure if it will be better or worse for my usage.).
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-ultrasharp-34-curved-ultrawide-monitor-u3415w/apd/210-adtr (worried about the less standard, lower resolution)
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1503260-REG/msi_prestige_ps341wu_34_21_9.html (leaning against this one due to the lower panel quality compared to dell, and nonstandard resolution).

I'm open to other brands and models so long as it's matte and I can expect it to last several years (ideally 5-7, but 3 would suffice).

Do you have suggestions on what monitor to get?

Thanks in advance!
 

Atari2600

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I have 2 of these in work:


Delighted with them. But I'm aware the text at 100% scaling is small - fine for me - might not be for you if your getting eye strain. What is your current size and resolution?

I don't need correct colour representation, but for CAE and coding they are brilliant.

Price is a bit high at the moment, prob due to COVID, I got them at £300 around Black Friday time.