New size monitor?

Any body seen a monitor this size before? Dell has a, new to me, size, 2560 X 1080 resolution monitor. This takes with width (horizontal) resolution of a 27" ( 2560 X 1440) or a 30" (2560 X 1600) display and combines it with the (vertical) resolution of a 23" (1920 by 1080). Looks like it's aimed at folks who were using two monitors. I'm not even sure current computers can handle this, what appears to me, to be an oddball size.

http://accessories.us.​dell.com …s&l=en&s=dhs&sk​u=225-4201

Lou

It would allow a nice PS workspace.

remember the 1280 x 1024 resolution? This is basically 2 of those side by side.

Actually, a pair of those would be stellar! (coming from the guy who has been working on 3 & 4 monitor setups for the past 10 years...)

I'm gonna hafta say ugh, no. This is going in the wrong direction. Should be bringing in more 16:10, not going even wider [than 16x9]! :0 This thing doesn't save you much of anything over an adobe rgb color space 2560x1440 that gives you more pixel real estate.

Now, if it had an easily removable bezel on the top and bottom and you could easily put one on top of the other for a 2560x2160, then they'd have something awesome.

21:9 is the movie aspect ratio, right?

1080 vertical? Please no.

I wouldn't mind the form factor for the most part (Likely really screw with a lot of games and stuff. Would have to play a lot of windowed game or virtual monitors), but needs at least another 50% vertical, if not doubled.

1080 is a non-starter for me.

I do not like 16:9, can't imagine wider.

also, I don't know about everyone else that uses dual monitors, but personally I have never used them when the screens were in a single plane. I always have them angled.

Two tier, five monitor wrap around is sweet to work with when you have to handle multiple tasks and watch data.

I'd really love a wider screen ratio for use with Photoshop. The tool boxes could fit down the RHS as normal and leave a sensible space on the left to view the image. With my "normal" aspect ratio monitor screen I am forced to either reduce the image size or part of the image is under the tools.

Lowner wrote in post #15279436
I'd really love a wider screen ratio for use with Photoshop. The tool boxes could fit down the RHS as normal and leave a sesible space on the left to view the image. With my "normal" aspect ratio monitor screen I am forced to either reduce the image size or part of the image is under the tools.

That's why I just use two monitors, and hot keys. Tools, info screens, lists, etc, go on the smaller secondary screen, while the focus of the work goes on the primary.

Luckless wrote in post #15277924
1080 vertical? Please no.

Indecent Exposure wrote in post #15278052
1080 is a non-starter for me.

Me too. I only use one monitor, an HP IPS 24", 1920 X 1200. My last monitor a dell with a resolution of 1920 X 1080 just didn't have enough horizontal real estate for me. My monitor's in a computer stand that I've had since the 80's, my oldest piece of equipment, and I luv it. It now holds everything except the Mac Pro itself, which I have sitting on a small gray file cabinet to the left of the stand. The stand, however wont handle any monitor larger than 22" wide, so I'm stuck with a 24". But, for what I do, it works for me.

Lou

lowrider wrote in post #15269588
Any body seen a monitor this size before? Dell has a, new to me, size, 2560 X 1080 resolution monitor. This takes with width (horizontal) resolution of a 27" ( 2560 X 1440) or a 30" (2560 X 1600) display and combines it with the (vertical) resolution of a 23" (1920 by 1080). Looks like it's aimed at folks who were using two monitors. I'm not even sure current computers can handle this, what appears to me, to be an oddball size.

http://accessories.us.​dell.com …s&l=en&s=dhs&sk​u=225-4201

Lou

it does look odd but if you shoot a lot of panos could be useful

woos wrote in post #15277680
I'm gonna hafta say ugh, no. This is going in the wrong direction. Should be bringing in more 16:10, not going even wider [than 16x9]! :0 This thing doesn't save you much of anything over an adobe rgb color space 2560x1440 that gives you more pixel real estate.

Now, if it had an easily removable bezel on the top and bottom and you could easily put one on top of the other for a 2560x2160, then they'd have something awesome.

I agree completely. I would like to see more 16:10 (8x5). 16:9 is just too wide to work with when editing photos. I have always felt that 16:9 was a poor compromise between the older 4:3 CRT TV ratio and the much wider aspects used by film-makers.

Current TVs should go from 16:9 to 16:10. The content can stay at 16:9 for a while, as the 16:9 fits very nicely into a 16:10 frame, only leaving a small (and not at all unpleasant) letterbox on the top and bottom of the screen.

To get everyone on the same page (If I were King) as a manufacturer, I would start marketing 16:10 photo paper and printers, and cameras that allow for 16:10 crops to match.

Obviously I could crop myself, but this would make it easier for those who as such less skilled. A single standard where cameras, TVs, monitors, and photo paper (and even photo frames) would be in my opinion, great for the industry.


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