I have a 34" ultrawide and it is huge. I can't imagine a 52" - the edges would be so far away that it must be hard to read text without physically moving left/right

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bityard 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you... usually read content in a full-screen window on that thing?

I only have a 27" monitor and sit about 2.5 feet away from it and I move my head _slightly_ to focus on different windows. But that's the reason I have a larger monitor, so I can have a bunch of normal-sized windows open at once.

	▲	hanspeter 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Their point may be about viewing distance. If the edges of the screen are further from your eyes than the center, the content and text doesn't appear at the same size. If you wear glasses, the edges might even fall out of focus unless you physically move closer.
	▲	piinbinary 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I like having three columns of code open in my editor, but the left edge of the leftmost column (since code is left-justified) gets pretty far away from my face. Or I need stronger glasses, one of the two.
	▲	KaiserPro 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think it depends on vision. I have a single 27" 4k monitor with vscode set to about 80% zoom. But I'm getting older, so I might have to make it a big bigger soon.

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rahimnathwani 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I used to use a 40" 4k TV.

Now I use a 38" ultrawide, which is roughly the same width (in pixels and in inches) but doesn't require my head to move up/down as much.

I could imagine using a 52" ultrawide if it were placed further away from me (i.e. deeper desk). The extra pixels would make it effectively a retina display.

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__mharrison__ 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have a 42" 4k TV that I use as a monitor (in gaming mode). Not sure I would want anything shorter than that. (Of course, I have an eye issue, so the side-to-side is even more pronounced for me.

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Marsymars 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

52" at that aspect ratio isn't just wide, it's also >50% taller than a 34" ultrawide.

It's akin to a 55" TV - basically the same width, but only 70% of the height.

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reppap 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think you would have to sit further back, almost tv watching distance.

	▲	gofreddygo 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And that would strain your eyes or force a bigger font. At that point, you'd be wondering, like me, on why I spent $$ to buy a bigger screen in the first place. I got an open box lenovo 24 inch QHD monitor for years and it just works solid across windows, mac and various docking stations. I could imagine upgrading to a 27 or 30 inch but beyond that is just too much IMO. Maybe taller, more square could be of more use than wider.

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simooooo 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have a 57” ultra wide and it absolutely requires you to look around