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If you designed your own (realistic) dream monitor, what would its specs be?

Unclescar
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Here's something fun, if you got to pick and choose every detail/feature/spec of a screen to be custom built specifically for you, cost out the window, what would you build, and why?
I'll start. Based on other monitors that have tempted my wallet, I'll mix em up into something that I think I would personally absolutely love.

~40" Ultrawide and all standard features of a modern wide screen. Anything over 40" is too big IMO, but the bigger the better too, so go as big as can comfortably be enjoyed!
~4,000x~1,800 for resolution (I use multiple monitors as is, but productivity wise, more real estate on the main screen the better)

Curved, to fit well on a corner desk

144hz G-sync to go nicely with my gaming graphics card

High contrast and 99%+ sRGB for my wife's photo editing,
HDR (toggle-able?) for fun because its so dang sexy..
Picture by picture, allowing mixed inputs, so I can break it up into multiple smaller screens as necessary

 

If this monitor existed, I'd have at least one. I'd never have to upgrade again.

What would you do different if you got to design one?

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How about a 4K, 120Hz (80ish would be enough tbh in my case) 40-55 inch monitor with good response time and replace my TV.

For now 34 inch ultrawide are pretty much what I wish I had

 

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1440p

240Hz

HDR

1ms Response

Freesync with range up to 240Hz

27"

 

 

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1 minute ago, Kevinhkn said:

good response time

oh dang I forgot about this one. i suppose I just popped it in with standard features of widescreen... I don't game competitively, but 5ms or lower is a good one.

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1 minute ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

1440p

240Hz

HDR

1ms Response

Freesync with range up to 240Hz

27"

why 27" when you can go 30"? :) you don't have to pick solely from what is already currently available.. :)

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3 minutes ago, Unclescar said:

why 27" when you can go 30"? :) you don't have to pick solely from what is already currently available.. :)

Because 27" is a really good size for 1440p.

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5 minutes ago, Unclescar said:

why 27" when you can go 30"? :) you don't have to pick solely from what is already currently available.. :)

What @Starelementpokesaid and 30" is to big for a monitor for me

 

 

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My dream monitor would be the Halodeck.

A society's accepted views of the world surrounding said society is both the making and undoing of society itself.
“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” - Henry C. Link

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My dream monitor would be one that i could afford.

Oh? Well hello there! Notice me please!

        Specs!

 

CPU: A AMD A10 APU

HDD: like, 1 terabyte. 

RAM: 2x4 gig sticks of kingston DDR3

GPU: heheh- the amd A10 APU with radeon graphics oh wow

PSU: What ever is inside this thing

MOBO: same thing as the psu

 

Hah. this is my laptop. spooked.

 

 

 

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It's already made, it's called the Acer Predator X34.

Main Gaming PC (new): HP Omen 30L || i9 10850K || RTX 3070 || 512GB WD Blue NVME || 2TB HDD, 4TB HDD, 8TB HDD ||  750W P2 ||  16GB HyperX Black DDR4

Main Gaming PC (old, still own) : Intel Core i7 7700K @5.0Ghz || GPU: GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X || Motherboard: Maximus VIII Impact || Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S || RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 

Cooling: EK XRES D5 100mm || Alphacool ST30 280mm w/ Vardars || Alphacool ST30 240mm w/ Vardars || Swiftech 3/8 x 1/2'' Lok-Seal Compressions || Swiftech EVGA Hydrocopper Block || Primochill Advanced LRT Orange || Distilled Water

Folding@Home Rig: 2x X5690s @4.6Ghz || GPUs: 2x Radeon HD 7990 || Motherboard: EVGA SR-2 || Case: Corsair 900D || RAM: 48GB Corsair Dominator GT 2000Mhz CL9

Ethereum Mining Rig: Pentium G4400 || Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH || 2x GTX 1060s (Samsung & Hynix) 1x GTX 1070 (Micron), 2x RX480s BIOS modded (Samsung), 1x R9 290X 8GB, 1x GTX 1660 Super = ~ 195 Mh/s

Peripherals: 3x U2412M (5760x1200), 1x U3011 (2560x1600) || Logitech G710 (Cherry Blues) || Logitech G600 || Brainwavz HM5 with @Gofspar Mod 

Laptop: Dell XPS 15 || "Infinity Edge" 4K IPS Screen || i7 7700HQ || GTX 1050 || 16GB 2400Mhz RAM 

 

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  1. 1440p resolution (I can't afford 4K gaming)
  2. Supports both G-Sync and FreeSync (salivates at lack of vendor lock-in)
  3. 25" (Seems unpopular, but my 24" TN seems a tad small. My 25" IPS is a perfect fit for me)
  4. 165Hz
  5. IPS without backlight bleed, no dead or stuck pixels
  6. Fastest response time technically possible
  7. Literally no bezels (as in the pixels also make up the screen borders)

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I would want 3 of these monitors:

28", 4K, 144Hz, IPS, 10-Bit Color, 100% sRGB, no bezels, all black design, 1ms GTG and input lag, G-Sync Included, Many inputs

My main computer:

i7 6700k || GTX 1070 || Asus Z170 RGB || C.M. Hyper 212 EVO || 16GB RAM || 256GB NVMe SSD || 500GB SATA SSD || 12TB total HDD || Define R5 Blackout || 850W PSU

More Details Below :) 

Spoiler

 

| CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k                             | GPU:  EVGA GTX 1070 FTW                                  |  Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Aura
| CPU Cooler: C.M. Hyper 212 EVO             | RAM: 16GB Kingston Fury 4x4 DDR4 2400MHz         | SSD:  Intel 256GB NVMe SSD & Plextor 500GB SATA SSD

| Hard Drive:  WD 2TB Black, 2TB WD Blue, 8TB WD Red     | Case:  Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition   | PSU:  Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W

 

| Additional Computer Parts: NZXT Hue for LEDs

| Peripherals: Dell U2414H (x2) || Corsair Sabre RGB || Corsair K95 Platinum || Sennheiser 558's || Modmic

 

Pictures of setup:

 

 

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I'm surprised not to see many OLED dreams :P Current implementations may not be ready, but if people can wish for "IPS without backlight bleed or any other problems" then I think I will wish for OLED without degradation ;)

 

64.0 cm (25.2") 2560×1600 at 240 Hz (OLED is capable of any refresh rate, so might as well max out the DP spec :3)

3× mDP 1.4 input, 1× mDP output

2× HDMI 2.0b input, 1× HDMI output (daisy-chaining exists in the HDMI 2.0 spec, just no one has used it)

1× Dual-Link DVI-I input

 

Plus, all the other goodies (FreeSync, HDR, 10 bit color depth, etc.), and OLED is inherently wide-gamut so profiles for DCI-P3, AdobeRGB, BT.2020, etc. as well as an sRGB-limited profile for viewing normal content, and several scaling modes... Anyway, I'll spare you the details :P

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4 hours ago, Glenwing said:

I'm surprised not to see many OLED dreams

I honestly didn't even know about OLED until last night, after this post was made.
I suppose dreams can change! take all my desires and combine them with OLED, which naturally takes care of many of the other specs by default.

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1 hour ago, Unclescar said:

I honestly didn't even know about OLED until last night, after this post was made.
I suppose dreams can change! take all my desires and combine them with OLED, which naturally takes care of many of the other specs by default.

:)

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