Ultrawide monitor recommendation

[maniac886]

Hi All,

I am currently looking at replacing my monitors with a single ultra wide monitor , the main features I am looking for are:

- Anything 38 inches or above
- KVM switch
- Suitable for both Windows and Mac
- PBP/PIP support

I've narrowed it down to 3 displays which is the LG 38WN95C-W, Samsung C49RG90 and the Dell U4919DW. The majority of my usage will be for productivity with potentially a small amount of gaming in the future. Does anyone have any particular recommendation of which monitor to go for or should there be another monitor I should be looking at?

Thanks in advance!

[ZesPak]

No real info on those monitors, but most if not all of these will require DisplayPort to be run at their resolution, so keep that in mind when looking for a KVM.

[mikef]

Or USB-C, which the Dell ultrawides support, works great with a MacBook Pro, supplying power to the MacBook through the same cable

Edited to add that the KVM feature on my Dell 3818DW works by having two USB-3 input sockets which switch input along with the monitor (note: 4 video inputs, two USB-3 inputs plus USB-C which also drives the USB outputs, although only at USB-2 speed as far as I can tell, which would be OK for K+M). The switching between inputs is slightly awkward (at least compared with the 6 input buttons on my NEC 4K monitors)

Edited by mikef on Sunday 19th July 23:12

[maniac886]

Both my windows laptops have either USB or displayport connections. My 2020 Macbook air has a USB-C` connection so that will be ok as well.

[mikef]

Do you mean HDMI and Displayport connectors? That would be fine with the Dell Ultrawides, which have two HDMI ports and one DP as well as USB-C

[ZesPak]

mikef said:

Do you mean HDMI and Displayport connectors? That would be fine with the Dell Ultrawides, which have two HDMI ports and one DP as well as USB-C

I don't think HDMI will do that resolution?

[mikef]

I know that it does . Bit of a waste of two HDMI input ports otherwise. On Windows it comes up as Display Resolution: 3840x1600 (Recommended), on GTX 750Ti and GTX 970 graphics cards

[ZesPak]

mikef said:

I know that it does . Bit of a waste of two HDMI input ports otherwise. On Windows it comes up as Display Resolution: 3840x1600 (Recommended), on GTX 750Ti and GTX 970 graphics cards

Just checked and indeed it does depending on the HDMI version.

I do remember having a screen that could only do 1080p when using HDMI, vice versa a laptop a couple of years ago that could output no more than 1080p via HDMI.

[mikef]

Good point - the laptops will need to output an HDMI 2.0 signal