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Monitors for racers !
« on: January 27, 2016, 09:08:51 AM »
I think these guys heard our pleas!  Ultra-wide monitor formats are coming:
Samsung, LG going ultrawide with upcoming 32:9 and 2.4 : 1 displays

Most of the current monitors are 16:9  ( ~ 1.7 : 1 )

I think I'll snatch the 49" version when it comes out ;)
I also hope it's curved, otherwise it'll be useless.

« Last Edit: January 27, 2016, 09:11:28 AM by Bird »

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2016, 09:30:29 AM »
Yeah man! I think I could get one of those when it happens, off to measure the space and practice my request...

"yes dear, it is only one screen for games, yes I love you to have the old one for yourself... ohh yes I will sell my vintage surfboards to pay for it... " :)

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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2016, 09:38:00 AM »
Yeah we've started using 21:9 monitors at work, very easy to used to, started thinking it might be good to get one of them for my driving rig at home (being a single monitor user)  :P

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2016, 10:33:13 AM »
Heh, Bruce, I know exactly what you mean :D

Stan, wait with that 21:9.  It's only a  2.3 : 1 ratio. 

The 32:9 is the beez neez. (3.5 ratio)
That's the same as 2 x 16:9 monitors side-by-side, which I reckon is about perfect.

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2016, 01:11:34 PM »
Yep a 32:9 would be schweet as.
This was the one I was eyeing off. It's all about the radius's man!! This one has a nice n low 2000R baaaaby!! Feel the immersion!!

http://gaming.benq.com/gaming-monitor/xr3501
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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2016, 01:12:55 PM »
Yep, I looked at the 21:9 monitors and you really only get another 10cm either side extra screen space when looking at a 27 inch monitor.

The ultra-wide ones I will definitely be interested in though when there are single graphics cards that can run them properly.

I wish specs would more readily detail the width in cm of each monitor.  Yes it can be easily worked out with simple math, but I don't want to do it when viewing large numbers of monitors.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2016, 01:17:00 PM by Guybrush Threepwood »

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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2016, 02:05:03 PM »
I still reckon you need the width of triple screens ie 5.3:1 for my 3x1920x1080 monitors. Physical size doesn't necessary give you the resolution width. The triples have 5760 pixel width. So a big monitor with that many pixels would allow Assetto Corsa to use a correct FOV and still see out the side windows. So the perfect screen is curved, large and with about 5000 pixels width.

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2016, 02:19:44 PM »
Yep a 32:9 would be schweet as.
This was the one I was eyeing off. It's all about the radius's man!! This one has a nice n low 2000R baaaaby!! Feel the immersion!!

http://gaming.benq.com/gaming-monitor/xr3501
 :-X 8) :-X

I've seen a similar one (hands on xp), not ultra-cuved, but....my problem was that it was too short, still (as in not having enough height).

So the actual size of the monitor is very important here - as well as the resolution.  1080 px height will not cut it IMO.
Altho at 35" it's not bad ;)
« Last Edit: January 27, 2016, 02:21:53 PM by Bird »

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2016, 07:23:47 PM »
"yes dear, it is only one screen for games, yes I love you to have the old one for yourself... ohh yes I will sell my vintage surfboards to pay for it... " :)

Hmmm so this kind of thing never ends huh? *sigh* I just convinced my wife to let me borrow $1500 from our emergency fund to buy a new gaming PC, with the view of selling my current gaming laptop to cover some of the cost. Let's hope this thing sells!!

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2016, 09:28:22 AM »
ISR reviews the BenQ XR3501 Ultra Wide Gaming Monitor



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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2016, 10:14:53 AM »
Hmmm, I'm not so sure now.  Watching that video, all it seems to give you is a wider view of the dash.

I'm after something that will allow me to see apex's better, but most importantly give me a good sense of speed.

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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2016, 11:01:24 AM »
You really need triples for that. Or Oculus.

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2016, 12:20:57 PM »
GB, that one is only 21:9. 
As I said, wait with that.  It's just not wide enough - and now you can see it, too.
I don't think you must have triples, but at least twice the 'regular' 16:9 is a necessity.  Hence the 32:9 I reckon is the sweet spot.

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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2016, 07:10:06 PM »
Oh cool.  For some reason I just assumed it was 32:9 :)  Thanks for pointing that out.

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Re: Monitors for racers !
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2016, 08:45:23 AM »
thanks for the info, in waiting mode.
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