what's the mainly factor for you to buy a monitor?

[KrazyT]

To me is a curved 34" 21/9
It's the 2nd i have, the 1st was given to my sister.
Was a standard Samsung curved 34" 3440x1440 60 Hz.
I wanted the extra mile with a more pronunced curvature, so i've picked an MSI with 1000R curve ...
To be honest, it's not worth it, i followed the marketing sirens it's visible, but i can't say : "waw, it's mind blowing, the experience of my life !"
I should have taken a "standard" 1500R curve and an save a little money ...

So, the mainly factor is that the 21/9 format is really versatile :
Only 1 screen on the table, and you can do multi windows
Gaming in 21/9 is great, many games now runs this resolution
If a game is too demanding, can play in 16/9 in 2440x1440

 

[Todestrieb]

My desk is really crowded that anything bigger than 24" is too big. I ain't do shooters, so anything >165Hz does nothing for me.
If something does 1440p@144Hz at 24" I will have a very serious consideration...but I will probably move to a new home later this year, so maybe I will have a much bigger desk and do 27" painlessly.

I use a 22" at my workplace. I would love to have a bigger one as main monitor, but hey, corporate stuff.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

Flickr free and zero pwm for comfortable eyes

 

[sLowEnd]

My current monitor (LG 24GN600-B) is fine for my needs. I picked it up a couple of years ago to replace an old Dell monitor (S2309W) that still works, but isn't nearly as bright as I'd like after having used it for 11+ years. The old Dell monitor also lacks HDMI with audio passthrough, so it's no good for when I feel like playing with one of my mini consoles.

The higher refresh rate of the new monitor is a bonus, but wasn't a key deciding factor for me when I purchased it. The sale price, feature set, and screen brightness were more important to me.

 

[Sithaer]

I don't really follow 'trends' so to say.

For me it has to be 21:9 Ultrawide aspect ratio and preferably 2560x1080 resolution since I don't feel like buying higher end GPUs that often to drive new games decently. '3440x1440 is too steep for my budgets'
At least some okay IPS panel or better.
I have to like the actual design of the monitor/how it would look on my desk.

And ofc the price if it fits my budget or not.

Refresh rate I don't care much about, can be 75 or higher but I'm not paying extra for that.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Trends of the I.T are a crazy thing in my eyes.

They are, but once again, you seem to feel IT is something special and unique. It is not at all unique, or special.

"New and improved" has been a buzz phrase in marketing since the beginning of time. Yet, in many cases, the "new" is only in the packaging and not the product within the package. And the "improved" may be that they found a substitute ingredient that costs them less that [supposedly] does not affect the texture or flavor.

My point is, almost every industry "refreshes" their line of products with new "looks" - yet there's no "functional" difference inside.

Now of course, with electronics (which include IT - again, IT is NOT unique), often, there really are advances in the technologies that improve performance, reduce waste, improve efficiencies, cut down on pollution, yadda yadda. But often the only difference is a "refreshed" company logo.

 

[GerKNG]

the by far most important point is not having a high refreshrate panel that is either extremely slow or has massive overshoot at lower refreshrates.
i want a one overdrive mode experience across the whole refreshrate range with no compromises.

 

[bug]

Can I ask you question? How to look at the 4K. I mean the 4K should be the screen?1980X1080 Is it just a 1080P? How to identify?

Here's a good description of monitor resolutions: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/what-are-typical-monitor-sizes
FHD is sometimes called 1080p, QHD is sometimes called 1440p (sometimes WQHD is called the same). This is just language abuse, coming from content format actually, where you would have "i" for "interlaced" or "p" for "progressive", but is not something that applies to LCDs.

 

[Lei]

Amazing, are you a designer?

I'm doing PhD in AI, computer vision and deep learning.

I do 3d design as a hobby. I hope my life doesn't end up being publishing papers on AI. So since 2017 I started Blender, then in 2018 Maya and following year the Unreal Engine.

During my master's degree my supervisor often said : but this is computer science department.
I changed my supervisor to someone who instead said : do whatever u want
The thing about studying is, graduation is equal to visa expiration date. So it doesn't appeal to me. That's why I find comfort in 3d design. Although I like python not just for my supervisor. Unfortunately while publishing paper, reviewers care more about complicating things than improving results.
python is so fast and strong that I doubt anyone would not like it.

funny now, it's been almost 6 years since I extruded a cube into a tower in blender.

How to identify the 1440P and 1080P?

Can I ask you question? How to look at the 4K. I mean the 4K should be the sereen?1980X1080 Is it just a 1080P? How to identify?

1440p and 1080p are resolution. You can check the monitor spec you're buying. It's often mentioned without looking for more specs.

Yes 1080p is 1920x1080. It's also called full hd. 1440p is also called 2k. And 3840x2160 is 4k.
A higher resolution means your graphics card has to work harder to prepare every frame. A lot harder.
We often don't say 1080 resolution, because it can be confused with GeForce gtx 1080 graphics card. 1080 in this card name has nothing to do with resolution. 10 is the generation and 80 means it was a high-tier model of that year.

4k is also called ultra hd or UHD. Gpu has to work 4 times harder for it than with full hd. But you can run your game at lower resolution than your monitor and scale it up. Often gamers pick 2k resolution monitors = 2560x1440