Are ultrawides a meme or are they useful? I mainly program and often check sidebyside comparisons so an ultrawide seems right up my alley. Anyone have one? Are they worth it?

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▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 22:04:28 No.865853>>865872 >>865900 >>866256 >>869181 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]

Are ultrawides a meme or are they useful? I mainly program and often check sidebyside comparisons so an ultrawide seems right up my alley. Anyone have one? Are they worth it?

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 22:07:43 No.865855>>865856

I use a 34" LG ultrawide as my center monitor in a tri monitor setup with 27" korean 1440p shitpanels on either side. No complaints. I usually use it like 2 side by side 4:3 panels, but if you use a tiling window manager like i3 it's a lot easier to split it into 3 usable panes.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 22:10:13 No.865856>>865861

>>865855

>I usually use it like 2 side by side 4:3 panels

Ooh, two 4:3 fit? That's really nice.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 22:15:12 No.865861

>>865856

That's what it feels like, without the bezel.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 22:31:13 No.865872

>>865853 (OP)

Meme, specially if curved.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 23:33:09 No.865900>>865905 >>868479 >>868480 >>868597 >>869196 >>869220 >>869243

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>>865853 (OP)

100% not a meme, productivity studies have shown that the bigger the screen the better. Multiple monitors were also detrimental and ultrawides are uniquely positioned to end the use of dual or triple monitor setups. Because phones and PCs are merging in unforeseen ways and the software between them is becoming universal it is very likely that monitors will follow the same trend phones have which is gaining in aspect ratio. In just the past year most phones have gone from 16:9 to 2:1 or greater for example. Another trend is that TVs and monitors are merging as well and cinema standard is also ultrawide, although I will note I need some more data on this. The only place this isn’t happening is in laptops, which are actually trending from 16:9 towards 16:10 and even 3:2. As for the curved shit, that’s a fucking meme.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 23:38:51 No.865905>>865909

>>865900

>Because phones and PCs are merging

I just threw up in my mouth a little. Excuse me while I go brush my teeth.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 23:46:22 No.865909>>865919

>>865905

Only from a software perspective, cross platform universal code is the new normal, if you haven’t seen that yet you will soon. No, I’m not talking about that Ubuntu/Windows plug-n-play crap by the way.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 23:56:48 No.865919>>865932

>>865909

>cross platform universal code is the new normal

Lol Java has been saying that for the last 20 fucking years.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 23:57:02 No.865920>>865924 >>865929 >>865961 >>866244

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Pure meme, just like any other bullshit widescreen ratio.

▶Anonymous 02/09/18 (Fri) 23:59:22 No.865924>>866245

>>865920

The real reason is because they can call the wide screen "bigger", since screen size is measuref diagonally.

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 00:12:27 No.865929

>>865920

This image is a pure meme

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 00:18:00 No.865932>>869243

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>>865919

Java is dead old fart, why even bring it up? In just a few years kids will laugh at you for still using a 4:3 aspect ratio. You will feel the sting of irony just as you laugh at me now. At least save yourself the embarrassment and admit that 2:1 is superior for monitors in every way

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 01:30:08 No.865961>>866244

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>>865920

>peripheral cutting off at 60°

t. popeyed pirate

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 12:04:38 No.866107

It's a meme use 4:3

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 17:41:36 No.866244

>>865961

Actually it's t. NASA. >>865920 is from a NASA study on field of view.

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 17:42:45 No.866245>>868633

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>>865924

This.

▶Anonymous 02/10/18 (Sat) 18:13:59 No.866256

>>865853 (OP)

Utterly useless. Just get multiple monitors like a competent human being and have one turned sideways for text viewing.

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 07:56:29 No.868479>>869220

>>865900

>productivity studies have shown that the bigger the screen the better

Only to a certain size. Beyond 27 inches it mostly goes down again, a work screen too huge somehow becomes confusing and counterproductive for most.

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 07:57:40 No.868480>>869220

>>865900

>Because phones and PCs are merging in unforeseen ways and the software between them is becoming universal

Hello there Microsoft PR dept., it's not 2012 anymore, Windows 8 and Metro UI have failed, thank you.

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 09:15:05 No.868507>>868589

all I/O devices are memes. i simply use my tongue to send and receive electrical signals from the pins on my breadboard thats connected to an amd ryzen.

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 15:24:33 No.868589

>>868507

>I/O iz de meem

>I use my toung to input electical signals and receive output aswell.

Are you fucking retarded?

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 15:34:29 No.868597>>869220

>>865900

>100% not a meme, productivity studies have shown that the bigger the screen the better.

>it's good because "studies" have said that it is good for some reason I cannot name

studies have shown you're a faggot

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 17:16:07 No.868633>>869220

>>866245

you know you can buy a monitor at multiple sizes, right?

▶Anonymous 02/14/18 (Wed) 17:56:31 No.868647

Mah cousing Jimbob got some of them new-fangled doublewide screens. He paid to get 'em jacked-up too.

▶Anonymous 02/15/18 (Thu) 05:52:28 No.869181>>869220

>>865853 (OP)

>are they useful?

Yes they are. For people with slanted eyes (gooks).

▶Anonymous 02/15/18 (Thu) 06:12:56 No.869196>>869220

>>865900

I've never seen this study you're claiming to have access to, but personal experiences and knowing a lot of other people who have multiple monitors tells me otherwise.

▶Anonymous 02/15/18 (Thu) 06:35:37 No.869220

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>>868479

This is true

>>868480

He didn't mention micropenis, and he isn't wrong. Most normies will eat it up later this year or next when apple makes ios apps run on mac just like google made android apps run on chrome

>>868597

see >>868633

>>869196

The gist is that more screen space is better, so of course your experience says so. I'd bet that those people using a single monitor didn't have a very big one

>>869181

hah...

>>865900

See pic related. The more people angry at you the more I know you're right. People (especially boomers) are resistant to change, even more so when it affects what they do everyday (shitposting)

▶Anonymous 02/15/18 (Thu) 07:04:40 No.869243

>>865900

>TVs and monitors are merging too

What the fuck do you mean? They're already the same thing, how in hell can they 'merge'?

>cinema standard is ultrawide

Then why the fuck are almost all TVs still 16:9?

>>865932

>admit that 2:1 is superior for monitors in every way

No, 16:9 is the highest I'll go, 4:3 is too fucking small. 3:2 seems like the goldilocks zone for me.

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