34WN80C-B

I ran into this last year adding a third screen to my mac setup. Honestly ultrawides are great for productivity with the extra horizontal space for coding windows. For mac compatibility through a dock i'd recommend the Dell U3423WE - it has usb-c power delivery and plays nice with displaylink. The LG 34WN780-B is another solid option that fits well in a triple monitor arrangement without overwhelming your desk.

i went through this last year with my own setup. honestly the size depends a lot on your desk depth - if you're under 30 inches deep, a 34-inch ultrawide is usually the sweet spot. if you've got more room, a 38 or 49 can be amazing but might feel too close. i ended up with the [LG 34WN80C-B](https://metadoraffi-eng.github.io/shopit?search_keywords_with_plus=LG+34WN80C-B) and it's been perfect for productivity. the curve helps with eye strain too after long days. just make sure to measure your space first.

For my M2 Mini Pro I use a LG 34WN80C-B UltraWide Monitor 34” 21:9 Curved WQHD (3440 x 1440) IPS Display, USB Type-C (60W PD), sRGB 99% Color Gamut, 3-Side Virtually Borderless Design, Tilt/Height Adjustable Stand - Black. The curve is subtle. It has a low refresh rate, however I do not game very much. For office WFH & casual daily use it has been excellent. No reliability issues so far. The LG settings interface is pretty trashy and I rarely touch it. YMMV. I purchased it in 2020 for $555. Amazon is now selling it for $780, which is about $80 above my price after adjusting for inflation. 🤷‍♂️

I’m happy i’ve changed my uw ips lg 34wn780-b on this alienware

As far as I’ve seen… I’ve been looking at 34” ultrawides since last year.. ips for ultrawide are being replaced by oled. My first ultrawide - lg 34wn80c-b, got it for 537. A 60hz ips 1800r ultrawide. It was nice but 60hz. Still many options for ips available. My portrait side monitor now. Second ultrawide - m34wq, I wanted higher hz so a 144hz IPs flat monitor at a low low price, much cheaper 380. It is an amazing monitor for the price. I noticed IPs monitor options was much lower during this time. It’s now the secondary top monitor. Third and hopefully last for a long time - aw3423dwf, the price was too good for the time at 700 and a week later went down to 600 and got the difference with a price match. Solid oled monitor and my main. I also checked other options and … notice even less ips options. I’ve been keeping an eye out on ips ultrawides and … they are going eol. The only new ips ultrawide that came out are the 40” 5k2k work monitors. The best priced m34wq went eol very quickly. It’s sad since it is such a low cost but solid ips monitor that would’ve increased ultrawide market share = even better support. IPs is being replaced by oled. That’s what I’m seeing this year. Well, lower end ultrawides are being replaced by dirt cheap Va. On the oled, anti burn in support is much better now. You should still follow good practices to make it even better.

I moved from LG 34WN780-B to LG 40U990A-W. This is a good alternative to Dell. This model does have kvm - i connected macbook pro m1 pro (100hz only) via TB and desktop pc via hdmi+usb c. When i switch inputs on monitor, usb devices reconnect to corresponding device. Now i have single wire to macbook vs earlier i must have power cord, dedicated usb-a hub for webcam and mx master receiver. One downside: i can hear fan noise.

I use a 34 curved ips from LG. There are also mini LEDs from TCL.

I'm happy using a single LG 34" (3440x1440@60Hz). Enough room for 2 pages of A4 size and then some, or e.g. a PDF and some Ghostty splits. And also nice for movies. I usually use my apps in full screen mode. If I ever need more room there's still the possibility of opening the 16" MBP screen (but that happens rarely).