JUNE 2020 PCWorld 113frame rates to boot.
Samsung S24E450DL (go.pcworld.
com/s24e): You’ll pay closer to $160 for this
larger 23.6-inch TN display, which includes
pivot, tilt, and VESA mounting along with
some attractive low-power capabilities.
SHOULD I GET A
WIDESCREEN DISPLAY?
Taking the 1,920 horizontal pixels of a 1080p
display and doubling them to create a
3,840-pixel-wide display might sound like a
terrific way of buying more screen space for
your money. After all, you’re effectively
stretching two 1080p panels across a single
display, with just a single monitor stand on
your desk.
Unfortunately, the market doesn’t agree.
Amazon doesn’t offer many, and Newegg’s
cheapest option was a
refurbished $659
3840x1080 Samsung
C49HG90DMN. A
2560x1080 display is
another option, which
adds 33 percent more
pixels to the display, and
might be wide enough
to provide larger, more
easily visible windows.
Still, a display like this
29-inch LG 29UB67-B
(go.pcworld.com/29ub)
is $307. Ultrawide
displays typically can’t rotate into portrait
mode, either.
Instead, consider “frameless monitors,”
(go.pcworld.com/fmls) whose nearly
nonexistent bezels may make good
candidates for placing them directly next to
one another. We have a guide for setting up
a dual-display configuration (go.pcworld.
com/dlmn).THE 1440P COMPROMISE
There’s a reason that we’ve begun to round
up the best graphics cards for 1440p
gaming (go.pcworld.com/gc14)—because
1440p (2560x1440 pixels) represents a
sweet spot between 1080p and 4K. A
1440p display has 1.78 times the pixels of a
1080p monitor, allowing for more detail. An
inexpensive 1440p monitor like this 24-inchUltrawide monitors like this HP S430c curved display look amazing, but
they’re not always the cheapest option.