Reconsidering my Dell UltraSharp 49 Curved Monitor - U4919DW

[VicBee]

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:

running a simulator?

 

[VicBee]

I really like my single ultra wide curved Samsung. It let's me run TOS with 4 confortable size charts and everything else I need to trade with. I had bought a larger but conventional size curved screen to replace it for more top and bottom real estate but found it cumbersome as I couldn't spread all the info I wanted on it, so it became my kid's gaming screen.

To each his own.

 

[longandshort]

running a simulator?

Huh? No. That’s my Bloomberg terminal, my oms, and other tools loaded up.

 

[blink18]

I've been using a 65 inch 8k monitor for a month or so and it's fantastic. Like having 4 32 inch 4k monitors in a grid. I trade a ton of equity indexes in the futures market with Sierracharts and I can easily fit over 30 charts onscreen simultaneously. And for around 2 grand you can't beat it. The only caveat being it's HDMI only, meaning no display port so you will need an HDMI 2.1 compliant video card to get 8k and 60 hertz, either an RX 6x00 series AMD or RTX 30x0 series Nvidia card.

This is the one I got:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-65...-8k-uhd-smart-roku-tv/6470280.p?skuId=6470280

Note that unlike some other 8k screens meant for TV viewing, the TCL doesn't have the overlay meant to enhance off axis viewing. That overlay is good for the living room so people can see the action from everywhere but it has the downside of smearing text which obviously sucks for our purposes. Samsung is notorious for applying the overlay but these TCL screens do not and in my experience text here is very crisp and sharp at 8k resolution.

Could you share a photo of your setup? Would love to see it.

 

[NumberZ]

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

I need up my game. My main trading computer is Surface Pro. I think 12.3".

 

[wartrace]

I've got a couple of 43" full screen (not curved-don't know the terminology ) They seem to suit me. I have a "main screen" I use for trade entry and a second for "secondary information". Works for me.

 

[HobbyTrading]

I didn't read the entire thread. I wonder whether this new LG monitor would be useful? No bezels between two stacked monitors any more.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lg-dualup-square-monitor/

 

[Axon]

Could you share a photo of your setup? Would love to see it.

Pic came out crap but this is it. Full disclosure I'm running Linux on this box and the kernel I'm using doesn't support the drivers for the latest AMD video cards so I'm slumming it in 4k until I revert back to the other box I was using where it worked great. In the pic there are a lot of overlapping windows for my crypto bot, my futures trading software, browser, stock price scanners, etc. The idea behind 8k is to avoid having to overlap any windows so I can see everything and react without having to fiddle. At 8k this theory works great and as soon as I get it back going I'll post another pic.

The bright side is the monitor runs at 120 hertz when in 4k so if you're a gamer you'll really like it. Variable refresh rate too so no screen tearing. Also, multiple dimming zones so blacks look black. The contrast ratio is amazing. And, uh, pardon the mess.

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[Overnight]

Pic came out crap but this is it. Full disclosure I'm running Linux on this box and the kernel I'm using doesn't support the drivers for the latest AMD video cards so I'm slumming it in 4k until I revert back to the other box I was using where it worked great. In the pic there are a lot of overlapping windows for my crypto bot, my futures trading software, browser, stock price scanners, etc. The idea behind 8k is to avoid having to overlap any windows so I can see everything and react without having to fiddle. At 8k this theory works great and as soon as I get it back going I'll post another pic. And, uh, pardon the mess.
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All I see are moire patterns on the screen, a kinda' small keyboard, and that you play both guitar and bass.

 

[blink18]

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Pic came out crap but this is it. Full disclosure I'm running Linux on this box and the kernel I'm using doesn't support the drivers for the latest AMD video cards so I'm slumming it in 4k until I revert back to the other box I was using where it worked great. In the pic there are a lot of overlapping windows for my crypto bot, my futures trading software, browser, stock price scanners, etc. The idea behind 8k is to avoid having to overlap any windows so I can see everything and react without having to fiddle. At 8k this theory works great and as soon as I get it back going I'll post another pic.

The bright side is the monitor runs at 120 hertz when in 4k so if you're a gamer you'll really like it. Variable refresh rate too so no screen tearing. Also, multiple dimming zones so blacks look black. The contrast ratio is amazing. And, uh, pardon the mess.

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That's a huge beast! Do you have any problems with height of the monitor and the fact that it's not curved? At what distance are you sitting from the monitor?