Sean Coley

For photo editing and working on 4K video, do you think 1440p is good enough or do you think having a native 4K display is important? I've been on 1200p for so long that I have no clue how much better 4K is. I'm considering prioritizing the gaming experience with a high refresh rate, deep blacks, and bright whites. The colors will likely be much better than my current 13-year-old LCD so I'm sure it'll be fine. It's hard without seeing them in person. I lived next to a Fry's Electronics but now that they're out of business, I'm left with Best Buy which doesn't have the best options so... Here I am!

I completely forgot about that site! Thank you so much. That'll definitely help narrow it down so I can focus on comparing specific models. It sounds like I either need to increase my budget or follow the recommended: Get one for editing and another for gaming.

I recently made the switch to delivering wedding videos in 1080p to 4k. My current monitor is 1200p and it looks okay, I just was hoping to view my final exports in their native resolution before delivering them to clients and having more detail on screen while editing photos. Do you think it makes that big of a difference for my use case? There's a huge difference from 1080p to 1200p but I've never used a 4K monitor so I'm a bit uneducated in that regard. I would be happy with even 120hz. I've been on 60hz forever so anything would feel like a major upgrade. I know Linus has mentioned a million times that 1440p is the sweet spot for detail and frame rate. I'm just not sure if it's ideal for editing. Either way, it would still be an upgrade from what I have for sure.

I can definitely understand for the best results, it would be best to separate the two to maximize their potential. I tried dual monitors before with different models and I had color issues when exporting. For whatever reason, as soon as I exported the RAW photos to JPG through Adobe Camera Raw, they looked completely different (much more saturated and contrasted). I tried various troubleshooting steps but nothing seemed to work. As soon as went back to a single monitor workflow, the color issue was resolved. I'm not sure if switching the primary monitor in Windows would have fixed it but it worries me to run into that issue again. I think Photoshop was taking the monitor profile from the secondary monitor and incorrectly converting the colors. I'm not entirely sure. If I have to get two monitors to cover most of the bases, I can. Hopefully I can find one that gets 90% there without doing that. Anything is better than what I'm using now

If I absolutely had to, I would. I just like not having to turn my neck to look at different monitors. I like having my game or image front and center. Anything else can be to the sides. The colors don't need to be Hollywood-level color accurate but at least relatively close. I've been using this Dell since 2008 and I've gotten by... I just always have to cool my images down slightly and underexpose them on my screen as I know on a higher quality display, they'll end up looking too warm and washed out if I don't. I saw a recent thread showing a Samsung press conference. Do you think the 2021 Odyssey G7 model would tick most of those boxes? https://www.thefpsreview.com/2021/05/19/new-samsung-odyssey-g7-monitor-with-4k-ips-panel-144-hz-refresh-rate-and-hdmi-2-1-surfaces/

I edit photos and videos for my small business for the majority of the day and game FPS titles including Warzone a couple of hours most days. I'm currently using an ancient 24" Dell 2408WFP from 2008 and looking to upgrade. I'd like to go 4K+ as it would help my editing workflow. I'd like at least 120hz for smoother gameplay than I'm used to at my current 60hz. Color accuracy is important. I'd like to avoid the halo affect so more local dimming zones may be best. Deep blacks and bright whites would be great. Size Goal: 27" (I could do up to 32" but no larger) Budget: $2,500 or less. I'm currently running an RTX 2070 which gets respectable frames. I'm looking for a monitor that I'll use for a long time. I've been using my current one for the last 13 years and it's still going strong... I just need something more up to date. I've watched countless videos on the Samsung Odyssey G7, LG panels, Dells, and more... I really am stuck. I'd rather get one monitor that checks most of these boxes rather than get two separate monitors that can check different boxes. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thank you!

Thank you everyone for your responses. I really appreciate you taking the time to help educate me on this topic. @schizznick - I don't want to use any cloud services but after reading all of the information, I'll likely just fork over some money and run the servers on a 100 Mbps - 1 Gbps business line. I was hopeful there would be a solution around this but it looks like there's no way around paying up for some static IP's. @LAwLz - That makes perfect sense. When I was watching the videos from MegaPath on YouTube, I thought they were explaining a way to combine two connections via SD-WAN but after speaking with them today and reading your comment, I understand it a little better. I wish it was an option or there was some sort of solution for this issue. I don't need "business-grade" internet. I just need some static IP's. I guess I'll just have to pay up! @Donut417 - The ISP stated that they only provide static IP's to business lines and they do not lease them for residential lines. That would have been the best option for me but I understand why they don't do it. They don't want businesses to pay for a cheaper line and get the benefits of static IP's when they can force you over to their business internet lines. It's a bummer but it is what it is. I currently pay $99 USD/mo for 1 Gbps. The cheapest I could find that speed in the business internet class is $249/mo with a 3-year contract. I may drop my current provider and just spend the extra $150/mo + the cost of the static IP's. If there was some other way to accomplish this for less money, I would hop on it. Thank you everyone again for your fast responses and education! I really appreciate it.

@LAwLz - I am aware of the terms and am such a small and low-bandwidth-using consumer that I don't believe it will be an issue. The reason I am interested in SD-WAN is to retain the speed of my residential 1 Gbps fiber line and obtain 2 static IP's from a separate business line (low speed/low price). I need two static IP's to host two tiny severs. Those IP's need to be set in a-name records so I cannot use a service like no-ip.com which would create an alias. I intend on obtaining two static IP's from the cheapest business internet plan I can get. I intend on getting the speed of the line from my existing 1 Gbps residential line. My questions are: 1: Will this work. 2: Is there a cheaper/more effective way of obtaining my goals. From the research I have done, I am under the impression that SD-WAN allows you to connect multiple internet services into one connection. The software decides which pipeline to use to obtain the fastest routes and speeds.

I used Consolidated.com for the fiber service. Comcast and Wave Broadband are readily available. I'm expecting a call tomorrow from Megapath to see what their options are.

Hello, I need 2 static IP's to include in a-name records. Both servers will be utilizing port 80 for web traffic. I intend on hosting a web control panel server and an Odoo Enterprise server from home. I currently pay $99/mo for a residential 1 Gbps line and love it. I understand that business internet has far better reliability; however, for my small business, I can live with being down a day or two in a year. I am considering finding the cheapest business internet I can get, just to obtain 2 static IP's and then get SD-WAN to utilize the speed of my residential 1 Gbps fiber line. I have zero experience with VPN's and not sure if a VPN service is a solution for this issue and if so how it would work. I understand I can host my websites and Odoo through SAAS; however, I need to host them in my home for very specific reasons. Is SD-WAN the best way to get static IP's and high speed internet for a low price or is there a better way? I live in a suburb of Sacramento, California and all of the business internet line pricing I have seen for 1 Gbps has been sky high in price. Thank you in advance!