32' 4K Curved Monitor Opinions?

So I'm using a 32' 4k samsung monitor with a 24' 1920x1200 monitor on a small folding table that is very small. Should be using a 6 foot folding table instead as I have my laptop, external keyboard and external mouse on the same table.



Now the way I have my 32' 4k monitor is all the way put to the back but a bit to the left side. The 24' monitor... it's put to the right so a bit sideways if you know what I mean. My laptop is put on the left side of the table but it's a bit more towards the left/middle of the table. My external keyboard is in the middle/lower part of the table. Then I have a wireless mouse on the right side of the table.



I move my neck around a lot from the 32' monitor to the 24' monitor. I also look to the left of the 32' monitor as well with the laptop screen. So you can imagine how much neck pain there is moving your neck from one screen to another for multiple hours. Back then when I used 2 monitors... both 24' 1920x1200 monitors... I moved my neck from left to right a lot but there was rarely ever any neck pain because I put my monitors next to each other like a reverse V so to speak. Once I put the 32' 4k monitor... very uncomfortable moving my neck around looking from one monitor to another.




Now if I were to get a 32' 4k curved monitor, would it make it better or it would be same situation? Now the one issue with the 32' 4k samsung monitor I have is because it's a big monitor, it's very hard to look at the corners of the monitor. So when moving around looking, it's not comfortable at all. Now this is a samsung uj59 monitor which is a VA panel and 60 hz. I know many people say IPS is a lot better but I never cared about that. I find the screen fine for it though the colors do seem a little bit washed up but that doesn't bother me. I also don't need any higher than 60 hz.




I know dell and samsung sells a 32' 4k curved monitor. They both seem to be VA but the dell one seem to allow you to adjust the height of it which seem very important... would most agree? My samsung one you cannot. Now does anyone here have experience using a curved monitor and their experience? I particularly want to know from people who went from a 32' 4k monitor to a 32' 4k curved monitor and if it made a huge difference or not. Surely you can look at everything on the screen at the corners much easier with a curved monitor? Also will you have less neck pain? The other thing is who here went from using two 32' 4k monitors to two 32' 4k curved monitors and if so, is this always recommended? I only have one 32' 4k monitor and a 24' 1920x1200 monitor and wondering if I should buy a 32' 4k curved monitor or not. Also... do people agree having two 32' 4k monitors side by side is very hard to use because of how big the screens are? However... if it's two 32' 4k curved monitors...it's much easier?

Anyone have opinion on this dell curved 32' 4k and the flat non curved? The 1st seem to have really good reviews. The second seems to have very mixed reviews? It seems the 2nd dell one people mentioned washed colors and say it's one of the worst 32' 4k monitors out there?


Now surely the curved monitor is better than literally every 32' 4k or 32' 4k curve monitor that is VA right? I know IPS monitors are very expensive and to me are not necessary. I also hear people talk about 144hz but I know 60hz is what is needed which almost all 4k monitors have. Would you say the dell 32 curved 4k is better than any other samsung or lg 32' 4k that is VA and 60hz? I have a samsung 32' 4k uj590 and it definitely isn't the brightest and looks a bit washed out but I'm okay with it.



So this dell 32' 4k curve is really good then right as long as you don't care about it being VA and 60hz? It also allows you to adjust height and tilt and many 32' 4k monitors don't even do that.


Dell 32 Curved 4K UHD Monitor - S3221QS

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell...or-accessories



Dell 32 4K UHD Monitor - SE3223Q

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell...or-accessories

Newmann said:

So I'm using a 32' 4k samsung monitor with a 24' 1920x1200 monitor on... [...]

Now the way I have my 32' 4k monitor is all the way put to the back but a bit to the left side. The 24' monitor... it's put to the right so a bit sideways if you know what I mean.

I move my neck around a lot from the 32' monitor to the 24' monitor. I also look to the left of the 32' monitor as well with the laptop screen. So you can imagine how much neck pain there is moving your neck from one screen to another for multiple hours. Back then when I used 2 monitors... both 24' 1920x1200 monitors...

First, I don't know what kind of work you do, perhaps my comment below will be relevant, perhaps it won't, let's see. For reference: in the past tried to use one single big screen (32"); also the combination of a 24" screen along with my laptop; and other minor combinations in between. I couldn't get used to, the best I could was laptop below the 24" screen.

I thought that using a larger screen would be increasingly better for my work (coding, graphic design, editorial work, video, etc.) But I found out this is not the case, turns out the best setup (in numbers as in statistics) goes to a 24" screen, because at certain distance it FITS a natural field of view, meaning you need less movements for your eyes and neck, with minimal but comfortable movement from your eyes (in most cases). But this is also heavily dependent on screen resolution. At present time I rarely (if ever) need more than one screen.

I have a high res laptop with a small/average screen, resolution: 2560 x 1440. This works great for average work. Sure, the scale-layout is adjusted to 125% or 150% depending on my needs. I honestly don't need anything beyond this most of the times, but it's also a screen with high pixel density (sort of retina display). I can code here perfectly.

The 24" with 2560 x 1440 resolution is nice, but can't say it's my favorite, or that it's the best for intense work, it's just luxury? works great and I don't need to adjust the scale, so the text is at 100%, no problem, and my eyes rest quite a lot. Here I can code perfectly and do graphic design, editorial and video.

The 27" screen runs at 2560 x 1440 resolution high pixel density, and it's only used for intense work: graphics design, video and editorial work, it fits the tasks and it does way better than the other screens; no, I don't need to code here, I don't need a huge screen displaying my code, the options #1 and #2 are great for that, including the option of screen rotation (vertical layout). Using the 27" screen for random stuff feels wrong and uncomfortable, what saves me from pains is the high resolution, as it's not the same running a 27" at 2560 x 1440, versus 1920 x 1200.

As for the 32" screen, it's now only used to watch TV and videos, never again for office work.

What I just described goes around ergonomics for most users. Each screen size with the already mentioned resolutions work great for me without any discomfort. In the past I switched almost daily between graphic design / photography and coding, and during that time I would find quite beneficial to just rotate the 24" screen from horizontal to vertical layout for coding.

You can have a 32" screen with not-so-high resolution and needing to move your head quite a bit, or moving the stuff inside your screen a bit. While a 27" with a higher resolution would mean more content in less space with greater resolution, this means you need less neck and head movements.

Sure, things might work different for you. No, I absolutely stopped my second thoughts on buying an extra screen, as these setups work the best for me, and this includes power efficiency, as not everyday I need the full muscle of my most powerful computer (the largest one). Personally, curved screens for me are outside the equation, specially for design purposes as I often need to see the real aspect ration of things without spacial distortion.

hroldan said:

First, I don't know what kind of work you do, perhaps my comment below will be relevant, perhaps it won't, let's see. For reference: in the past tried to use one single big screen (32"); also the combination of a 24" screen along with my laptop; and other minor combinations in between. I couldn't get used to, the best I could was laptop below the 24" screen.

I thought that using a larger screen would be increasingly better for my work (coding, graphic design, editorial work, video, etc.) But I found out this is not the case, turns out the best setup (in numbers as in statistics) goes to a 24" screen, because at certain distance it FITS a natural field of view, meaning you need less movements for your eyes and neck, with minimal but comfortable movement from your eyes (in most cases). But this is also heavily dependent on screen resolution. At present time I rarely (if ever) need more than one screen.

I have a high res laptop with a small/average screen, resolution: 2560 x 1440. This works great for average work. Sure, the scale-layout is adjusted to 125% or 150% depending on my needs. I honestly don't need anything beyond this most of the times, but it's also a screen with high pixel density (sort of retina display). I can code here perfectly.

The 24" with 2560 x 1440 resolution is nice, but can't say it's my favorite, or that it's the best for intense work, it's just luxury? works great and I don't need to adjust the scale, so the text is at 100%, no problem, and my eyes rest quite a lot. Here I can code perfectly and do graphic design, editorial and video.

The 27" screen runs at 2560 x 1440 resolution high pixel density, and it's only used for intense work: graphics design, video and editorial work, it fits the tasks and it does way better than the other screens; no, I don't need to code here, I don't need a huge screen displaying my code, the options #1 and #2 are great for that, including the option of screen rotation (vertical layout). Using the 27" screen for random stuff feels wrong and uncomfortable, what saves me from pains is the high resolution, as it's not the same running a 27" at 2560 x 1440, versus 1920 x 1200.

As for the 32" screen, it's now only used to watch TV and videos, never again for office work.

What I just described goes around ergonomics for most users. Each screen size with the already mentioned resolutions work great for me without any discomfort. In the past I switched almost daily between graphic design / photography and coding, and during that time I would find quite beneficial to just rotate the 24" screen from horizontal to vertical layout for coding.

You can have a 32" screen with not-so-high resolution and needing to move your head quite a bit, or moving the stuff inside your screen a bit. While a 27" with a higher resolution would mean more content in less space with greater resolution, this means you need less neck and head movements.

Sure, things might work different for you. No, I absolutely stopped my second thoughts on buying an extra screen, as these setups work the best for me, and this includes power efficiency, as not everyday I need the full muscle of my most powerful computer (the largest one). Personally, curved screens for me are outside the equation, specially for design purposes as I often need to see the real aspect ration of things without spacial distortion.

Thanks for the response. I do something online where having a 32' 4k monitor is preferred. Previously I used 2 24' 1920x1200 monitor and even though it was fine, once I got a samsung 32' 4k monitor I thought it was much better because I could put more things on it. Then I also have one of the 24' 1920x1200 monitors on the side.


I can't use a 27' or 28' 4k monitor because what I do, it is a bit too small even though it's 4k. I cannot use any 2560x1440 monitor. I have to use 4k. Now If i could somehow have a 5 or 6 monitor setup with 5 or 6 24' 1920x1200 monitors, that would also work but that would require buying many more monitors and setup would be a pain.


I think the preferred setup would be a two monitor 32' 4k curve setup but that would require me to buy 2 of these curve monitors and I already have a 32' 4k monitor. My current setup, 32' 4k and 24' 1920x1200 monitor is fine but the issue is my table is too small ... have to get a new one since I have lot of neck pain when looking left and right and vice versa. Now even if I got a bigger 6 foot folding table, I was wondering if a 32' 4k curved monitor is better or not. Several posters mention the reason for the neck pain and uncomfortableness is because my folding table is too small and because of that, I'm way too close to my 2 monitors which is true. However, with a bigger folding table, would a 32' 4k curved monitor be better than a 32' 4k flat monitor or not?


Someone mentioned a curved monitor looked strange to them but when you read reviews on the dell 32' 4k curved, almost all reviews are good. When looking at a curved monitor as big as a 32' 4k, wouldn't you look at the edges like the bottom left and bottom right easier than a 32' 4k flat monitor?

For a 32' screen I prefer the inflatable kind ...
Elite Outdoor Movies 32' x 18' Inflatable Screen - Platinum-32

Well is 32' 4k curved better than 32' 4k flat or not? Got to assume a huge majority would say curve?

Newmann said:

I can't use a 27' or 28' 4k monitor because what I do, it is a bit too small even though it's 4k. I cannot use any 2560x1440 monitor. I have to use 4k.
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Someone mentioned a curved monitor looked strange to them but when you read reviews on the dell 32' 4k curved, almost all reviews are good. When looking at a curved monitor as big as a 32' 4k, wouldn't you look at the edges like the bottom left and bottom right easier than a 32' 4k flat monitor?

I got a bit lost up there, but as I mentioned before, higher resolution (with higher pixel density) will allow you more stuff in the same space, if 4K is the way to go, then there is little to debate I guess.

Someone (can't remember who) talked about the wonders of using a curved screen in vertical mode, I bet there are several videos like that on Youtube. BUT, my guess is, an horizontal setup would allow less effort because you can move to the sides instead of hurting your head. Also, I guess it depends on how curved the screen is, today out of curiosity searched the web and there are some slightly curved screens and some others way more curved, you would not just move your head: you would rotate your head.

I see there is on space for multiple desktops or workspaces for your kind of work. Seems evident to me you need some sort of always-available in your range of view.

Well the thing is I want a 32' 4k monitor... do not want a 27' or 28' for the things I do.


But I wanted to know... if people notice a big difference with a 32' 4k curve compared to a 32' 4k monitor or not. Like would almost everyone say go with the curve?


Also if you were to use 2 monitors... whether it's a 32' 4k monitor or 32' 4k curve monitor and the same exact monitor but you buy 2 of them... or say you use one of them with a 24' 1920x1200 monitor, would you say the 32' 4k curve would make it easier to look at?

Who here has a 32' 4k curved monitor and who here likes it? Who here also used a 32' 4k non curve monitor and how was their experience with it? Is the curve monitor always preferred?