Reconsidering my Dell UltraSharp 49 Curved Monitor - U4919DW

[heispark]

This probably won't mean anything to you, but...

1. Dell's laptops are manufactured by one of the "5-makers in Asia" and rebranded. Likely everyone else who sells laptops has similar issues ??

2. "Inspiron" is one of Dell's el-cheapo lines... as is Vostro. I would never buy either of them.

3. Dell has had superior ratings for a long time for their Precision line of computers (Dell's best, IMV) as well as their Ultra line of monitors.

I've bought "Dell Precision" line computers almost exclusively for the last 15 years. I currently have 6 of them in my home network, one of which is a laptop. (The desktop workstations are 6-years old and the laptop is 9-years old. No problems in any of them. My prior "batch" of workstations was 12 years old, running on W7, before being replaced as required to run W10.)

Botton Line... buy quality.

FWIW...

I had two desktops and two laptops from Dell and 3 of them had faulty parts which were well known issues at that time. I still use XPS8700 desktop. Several months after I purchased this desktop, mouse wheel got broken and bonding agent leaked from keyboard bottom rubber damaged my table. Also its backup software was faulty. I have lost data only once in my whole life and it was when Dell's backup software failed to restore my data from the backup. I wish I want to live long enough to see Dell goes chapter 11.
Now I only trust Apple's products. If I have to use Windows PC, I will try HP next time.

 

[Scataphagos]

I had two desktops and two laptops from Dell and 3 of them had faulty parts which were well known issues at that time. I still use XPS8700 desktop. Several months after I purchased this desktop, mouse wheel got broken and bonding agent leaked from keyboard bottom rubber damaged my table. Also its backup software was faulty. I have lost data only once in my whole life and it was when Dell's backup software failed to restore my data from the backup. I wish I want to live long enough to see Dell goes chapter 11.
Now I only trust Apple's products. If I have to use Windows PC, I will try HP next time.

I had only 1 HP computer. It burst into flame on my desk! Power supply failed spectacularly. (Fortunately I had a fire extinguisher handy.)

 

[heispark]

I had only 1 HP computer. It burst into flame on my desk! (Fortunately I had a fire extinguisher handy.)

 

[Scataphagos]

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Yeah... no kidding!

While we're on the topic of "house fires"... years ago I had one. We'd had chicken bones and and threw them into the trash, a wicker basket. As we had "trash dogs", I put the basket up on the counter so that the dogs couldn't get into it. Well... our Husky wanted into the basket anyway and climbed up on the counter to get it. As it turns out, the electric stove had a burner still engaged from some prior heating (not enough to show "red" so that we'd see it, you know).. and the dog knocked the basket onto the stove burner... which caught on fire and brought the fire department to our house. The supervisor was filling out the report where there was a box, "caused by animal". He asked around if any of the other firemen had ever checked that box, and everybody said "no". Ended up costing about $1,000 for replacing the stove and repainting the kitchen. Ah... Huskys!

 

[longandshort]

Stick with 22' or 24' 1080p monitors. No need for anything fancy, because the natural breaks in the screen will help you stay more organized. My setup:

 

[bone]

Displays are a very personal preference. And since we have to stare at the damned things for what seems the majority of our lives - you are right to search what is most comfortable and intuitive for yourself. Good Luck !

Hello guys,

In the past I used 2 x 22" LCD screens connected to my laptop and as I desired more screen estate I went for a Dell 49" Ultrawide. This was also a practical decision as I could use one plug / one screen instead of a ton of cables and also not have to buy a docking station to connect one extra screen to my laptop.

Initially, I thought it was great, but now I'm not so sure any longer.

After having used it for some while my main complaint now is that it's too wide and the curve is too small. Basically, I feel like the outer edges of the screen are pretty much redundant. Having more vertical estate would have been far better, I think.

Periodically, I've had some eye strain, too. Some guy I talked to also said that his eyes would get really strained with a 60 Hz IPS panel.

Any thoughts / experiences?

I'm considering swapping it for 2 x 38" stacked on top instead. Or maybe 3 x 27".

 

[sebking1986]

I have 3 x 24" monitors and have been considering scaling back to the Samsung Odyssey 49" but more I look into it the more I think I will stick with 2-3 monitors for the sort of work I do with trading and outside of it. The ultrawides are really set up for gaming more than productivity work.

 

[bone]

I went from 4 x 24" to 2 x 32". It's all about personal preference. I keep my execution platform on a different PC and desk than my modeling/charting PC. I trade longer time frame swings so for me personally it works.

I have 3 x 24" monitors and have been considering scaling back to the Samsung Odyssey 49" but more I look into it the more I think I will stick with 2-3 monitors for the sort of work I do with trading and outside of it. The ultrawides are really set up for gaming more than productivity work.

 

[Mazedonia]

Sure you can. I use 3 34 inch screen and they all run at 120 refresh rates. It depends on the specs of the video card.

I've had 60hz monitors for year with no eye strain. (When you try to use multiple monitors, I'm not sure you can even get them to run at higher than 60hz... ??)

I like 4x, 27" UHD monitors. 3 of them in portrait mode for charts. The 3 are a bit smaller than a 50" TV but with greater resolution. If you want to go this route or with larger, look for monitors whose base is no wider than the portrait width. Otherwise you won't be able to arrange them close enough together.

 

[Mazedonia]

In almost all aspects trading and coding, vertical screen estate is almost always more valuable than horizontal screen estate. I sorely miss the 16:10 ratio, love my 2560x1600 screen. They are not made anymore because the industry decided to use the same TV aspect ratios for monitors (cheaper to produce)

To each his own, but I am willing to bet most code developers and screen traders would disagree with you.

I love my 3 Ultrawide Curved 43" LG's. Never go back to anything smaller.

Horizontal all the way. No additional eye strain for my not so great eyes.

I would imagine vertically would cause me serious neck strain.

We're all built differently though.