Ultrawide vs. Dual Monitor setup | Gaming vs Productivity vs Streaming

Hi Brian, wonder if you can advise me. I'm a surgeon and would look like to read pdf ie research like a
Portrait and a webased page like orthobullets. Would you advise a dual monitor or a wide screen ? Might do so e gaming as well.

This was the video I''ve been looking for. Super helpful.

I prefer dual, ultra wide is just FOMO

Nice thanks for the video. I think I'm at a point to where dual screen is just meh. sure its nice and all but the amount of cables 2 screens comes with is just annoying. :(

Hi there, can you please tell me where you bought the small potted cactus plant located underneath your monitor on the left? Nice video, by the way. Thanks.

how about just opening your laptop screen and stacking it under your ultrawide which would solve half the problems you mentioned here? Why is everyone bent on doing the same thing?
turn your ultrawide into dual stacked setup and your dual setup can even get a 3rd screen for free 🤦‍♂🙅‍♀

I recently found a great deal on a last year's model 50-inch 4k TV that was normally $500 but was on clearance for half-price, so I bought two of them and put them together in a 7680x2160 config just for giggles to see how it would work and to see if I would like it, and it turns out it's amazing. I find that the dual monitor set-up is especially great for racing and fighting games. I have a 16:9 8K panel above the dual 50's that runs on a separate PC, and as nice as that panel is, I prefer a lot of my games on the dual 50's (at least on PC). Not only is it more immersive, but it's less pixels and thus easier to run than the 16:9 8k is. However, the 16:9 panel is better for movies, retro games, etc.

All this is to say that if you have the space, I find that running both a dual-monitor set-up and a standard 16:9 monitor is the way to go because both set-ups excel at different things.

I want an ultra wide but can’t get over the curved screen

Dual monitor is also great for vr as you can switch to open separate monitors. It is awkward to switch tabs in vr and you can have separate floating monitors in your application.

Name of the speakers?

For me an ultra-wide monitor would have been great. The big issue for me was that I could not find an ultra-wide with high pixel density. I am very spoiled by Apple's Retina displays. I simply cannot work with a monitor with anything lower than about 180 pixels per inch. I bought two LG Ultrafine 4K displays. These have a pixel density of 183 pixels per inch. My 5K iMac had 218 pixels per inch. From a normal viewing distance, I can't tell the difference between these LG displays and the iMac's 5K display. So far, these monitors have been great. They are very bright and they integrate nicely with macOS. I have them both set to a scaled resolution to give me the same work space that I had on my 5K iMac. They are smaller than my iMac's built in display, but they are showing me the same amount of work space X 2. 1080p just won't do it for me.

And also you have a Mirra 1 chair... Its a good chair

Nice video - I am considering a wide screen for office work (from home) and I think it may clear up some space on the desk. The main concern is screen sharing in conference calls though. This was a useful tip. Thanks, Bryan

A tip about screen-sharing on an Ultrawide, you can definitely share a portion of your screen using tools such as 'Fancy Zones'
In fact, I used to use a high refresh rate TV as a monitor for graphic design. During MS Teams calls, I would pull the Teams window into the corner, which snaps into place into a 1080p section. The rest of the screen is unseen.

Very well explained

Great video Bryan, lots of good useful info. I currently have a 32" Asus tuf 165hz 1440p as a single monitor, but purely for gaming i was thinking about 2 x more of the same monitor for a 3 x monitor setup, my desk is large and should accommodate them and my pc is reasonably powerful, it think, with an rtx 3090 driving the graphics.
I've just been reminiscing, when i got my first pc many moons ago, and how excited i was upgrading from my original 14" crt monitor to a new 15" version. The difference was huge back then!! lol

all these desktop setups showoffs and then monitor speakers are placed ON the table, chest level at best and wthout isolation.

wait hear me out what about ultrawide AND a second monitor (24 - 27 inch OR ultrawide)

LG dualup?

this video is so well done, i was surprised to look down & see only ~9k views & 170 likes.

lots of good info & things to consider when picking one or the other! as someone who isn't necessarily looking to upgrade from a single-monitor right now, but definitely will down-the-line, i very much appreciate this video! keep up the good work + content, man!

also, just had to point out & appreciate the destiny 2 clips. always happy to see a fellow guardian out in the wild! :)

Odyssey G9 Neo. Plug two cables in and run in PIP split screen mode.

hi! I am wondering does anyone happen to know what is the brand & model of the white speakers that he use in his setup? it looks pretty good!

As a mechanical engineer as well as the owner of a drone photography, videography and inspection company on the side here in Toronto, Canada. I prefer identical 16:9 dual display setups. I have been using various iterations of dual display monitors since Windows 2000 and post grad university. A key point of not when using curved ultrawide monitors is the bow-tie effect that makes horizontal straight lines look curved, that is highly problematic dealing with 2D CAD drawings along with 3D rendered components when testing for mechanical interference.

i'm always into dual monitors. with a single monitor, accidently clicking the "other" browser turns me upside down

The solution is obvious. 3 ultra wide monitors.

I'm thinking about selling my 240hz monitor (the main bottom of a stacked monitor setup) and replace it with an ultra wide keeping the ultrawide

For Zoom meeting, the dual monitor is lot better.

I've tried all manner of setups when it comes to monitors, including stacking vertically. I think I may have just given up and come to the conclusion that there is no permanent setup for folks who are always looking to find the perfect setup.

have a 27" for gaming and a 34" ultrawide for non-gaming stuff

why is the video 360p only ??