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Is anyone using a single ultra-wide computer monitor with DP? Like 34"? In the process of replacing equipment and wondering if a single monitor of this size is at all practical. Concerned that going with dual 27-29" monitors would put my near field audio monitors too far apart - pushing me back from the screens to still create an equidistant listening triangle between my head and speakers. Have used dual monitors for years.

I've got a 34" (non-4k) ultra wide in the home, but am using dual 24s (plus a 19 off to the side) in the studio. I like the ultra wide aspect ratio for productivity, but have not tried it for DAW work. My non-4k LG ultra wide would reduce the available working space from my current setup.

I think a 34" 4k monitor could be excellent for DAW use, but a 40-45" 16:10 aspect ratio 4k monitor would be even better! Although curved displays don't make sense for TV watching from a distance, a curved display would be ideal when working in the studio, since you are close enough for the curve to reduce the off-axis dimming you would experience with a large flat display.

When going 4k, make sure your GPU can drive the additional pixels needed. As noted in a recent thread I started here at MOTUNation, I just put an AMD RX460 (Gigabyte 4GB version) in my studio Mac; a GPU such as this will drive 4k @ 60Hz easily. Not an issue for you with your new MacBook Pro.

I just looked into this (thinking of replacing my dual 23" displays), and came to these conclusions:

1. Two larger displays or one huge display running at a vertical resolution of 1080p will display the same amount of information I am currently seeing, only a little bigger.

2. Two larger displays or one huge display running at a higher vertical resolution will just make the already teensy fonts in DP even smaller and harder to read.

3. It's fine the way it is.