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How do you find curved monitors?
alanambrose:
A related question:
- which graphics card are you choosing for those super-wide screens?
TIA, Alan
alanambrose:
Also are you using some kind of window manager?
.... I've been using two old 30 inch apple screens side-by-side for a while now, but I realise their time is limited.
Alan
coppice:
--- Quote from: Domagoj T on November 25, 2020, 02:15:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: CJay on November 25, 2020, 01:25:10 pm ---I've been told by the CAD guys at work who have them that they help reduce eyestrain because the eye doesn't have to keep changing focus as you look from one part of the screen to another.
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That doesn't sound convincing. In everyday life we change focus all the time with no strain to the eyes. Millions of years of evolution took care of that. Thinking about it, having your eyes continually focused at the same spot/depth sounds like it might be more taxing, just like I find standing still in one place for long periods to be more taxing than walking for the same period.
Furthermore, in machine shops, it's mandatory to have uneven, soft padding on the floor in front of the machines you stand by, exactly because it's better to have your muscles move and work than to have them fixed in the same position.
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If you are in your 40s or older, and its time for reading glasses, avoiding the need to refocus on different parts of the screen is an ENORMOUS benefit. The wider the screen gets the bigger the benefit. For those who haven't reached the reading glasses phase of life, you basically have a fixed focus point with them on. Refocussing to the edges of the screen means moving your head closer.
CJay:
--- Quote from: alanambrose on November 28, 2020, 01:53:16 pm ---A related question:
- which graphics card are you choosing for those super-wide screens?
TIA, Alan
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The two HP Z workstations I've just had returned to be scrapped have NVidia P4000 cards, not sure what the newer ones use, I can check the current spec on Monday if that's useful?
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: Domagoj T on November 25, 2020, 02:15:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: CJay on November 25, 2020, 01:25:10 pm ---I've been told by the CAD guys at work who have them that they help reduce eyestrain because the eye doesn't have to keep changing focus as you look from one part of the screen to another.
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That doesn't sound convincing. In everyday life we change focus all the time with no strain to the eyes. Millions of years of evolution took care of that...
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Nope, not when you have presbyopia. My guess is you are younger than 45 years old.
As for the flat versus straight, I went for a flat 32-inch ultra-wide 4K because a friend who did a lot of PCB layouts professionally bought top-of-the-line curved screens but hated them, so he went back to flat screens as flat was more intuitive. I also do a lot of PCB design work too and I did not want to take the risk. My ultra-wide also splits into two smaller screens for document comparing etc. I also use a classic 16:9 24-inch screen next to the ultra-wide. All electronics engineers needs two screens - minimum, IMO.
Too big a screen can create neck strain. For example, some gamers with a big screen can get sore necks after a while because they are looking all over the place. I know one gamer who returned his new 27 inch monitor because it was too big considering the distance he was sitting at it from. In the old days of TV sets, a rule-of-thumb was the diagonal measurement should be 1/5 the distance the viewer would seated from. That is, too large or too smaller a screen can both be bad. Also looking down a little can reduce strain.
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