You can never have enough screen real estate. LG’s 38WP85C-W and Samsung’s S95UA provide plenty of these and also serve as a KVM switch.
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For some tasks or workflows, the monitor can never be big enough. Example from our everyday life: watching a video of a product presentation while taking full-height notes in Word in the two adjacent windows and filling in a table with technical data. We tested two extra-wide devices that focus on different things.
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The LG 38WP85C-W measures 38 inches diagonally and displays 3840 × 1600 pixels. This results in a pixel density of 109.5 dpi and an aspect ratio of 24:10. This places it between the 16:9 screens that show 3840 × 2160 pixels (aka 4K or UHD) and the narrower 21:9 displays with 3440 × 1440 pixels. Its comparatively gentle curvature of 2300R suits the surface – the sides approach the user without crowding him. No matter which of its four signal inputs receives the image, the panel always works at 60 Hertz.
Samsung’s super wide S95UA has 49 inches in 32:9 format. This means that it has the same display area as two 27-inch monitors with WQHD resolution standing seamlessly next to each other, i.e. it shows 5120 × 1440 pixels (108.5 dpi) – perfect for video or music editing with a long timeline. Apart from that, the panoramic view is not for everyone. With 1800R, the display is more curved than the LG monitor, which is also necessary with its format – otherwise you would lose sight of the display sides. The monitor manages 120 Hertz on the DisplayPort, while HDMI and USB-C end with full resolution at 60 Hertz. Both monitors cost around 1000 euros and were supposed to take part in our last major comparison test of widescreen monitors (test), but were not yet available at the time.
