Best monitor for 12 tables?
I'm looking for a single monitor that can comfortably hold 12, maybe 16 tables.
I've been searching for info on this, but can't find anything reliable.
It should probably be a fairly large monitor like 30-40"
I've been seeing very different recommendations about the resolutions, what works best?
Here's some questions that I have after researching:
- 1. I've read 4k is not recommended, is this still true?
- 2. Are the new curved ultra-wide monitors good? Or is that too wide?
- 3. I'm probably going to stick with 12 tables, should I consider a screen that supports 16 tables? Are there even screens that comfortably hold 16 tables?
- 4. I could also consider 2 screens with 6-8 tables each, but I'm a bit afraid that'll be too wide (or too high) - not sure how moving your head fromt left to right constantly affects attention span and focus
I'm currently on a 24" 1920x1080 and I can't even fit 4 tables, they become a bit too small for my liking. Just slightly bigger would be good though.
Would love to get some feedback and maybe some screenshots of setups + monitor size and resolution.
Also open to other setup suggestions.
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Looking at some 32" - 42.5" 3840x2160px monitors now.
That would leave me with 4x3 tables where each table is 960x720, sounds pretty decent.
32" (80cm) is probably going to be too small? the 42.5" is 108cm, should be pretty good, probably bigger than the tv we had when I was a kid
SAMSUNG Odyssey G7 G70B 32" 4K UHD gaming monitor - €500
iiyama G-Master Red Eagle G4380UHSU-B2 42.5" 4K UHD gaming monitor - €633
I'd like to help but I got my desktop 4 1/2 years ago so any monitor advice I have would likely be out of date. And I didn't get anything that large either. I just got this Acer 27"; it works fine, and it is also 3840x2160.
I might not be the best person to ask for a variety of reasons, but I personally like a two screen setup. It's nice because while playing on one side you can have a video going on the other side or whatever. Or if you have one or two games going that are higher stakes you can "feature" them with more screen space on one side. Personally I think 40+ inch screens are a little too much real estate for something like poker where you're constantly scanning from one region to another. If it was me I would probably go with a high resolution 27-32" monitor with either a smaller or equal-sized second screen. Really it depends on your preferences and habits though.
Yeah, I also use two monitors, with the second being for a video sometimes and for keeping everything I use to track my results and such always. But I already had the monitor I use for my second monitor and I don't even remember offhand what it is tbh.
If this turns into a monitor recommendation spam thread I’m deleting everything and annyone involved.
32" with 1440p is a minimum for poker - and for anything - from my easychair by my experience from my past 27" 1080p monitor, that isn't enough for me. You get more stuff fit onto the screen. At least GG can have a small enough size to fit 12 tables with 32" 1440p with some overlap. Anything above 24" needs 1440p minimum for sharper picture, and above 32" and up to 48" needs 4K. Because of the needed pixel count per inch.
More or less overlap helps one spot the table more easily where the action is needed, and often not allowed multitabling softwares can give info of what has happend on the table and make multitabling easier.
It should be either TN or VA (VA has better colors, is more modern) monitor, as IPS (better picture quality for videos) emits too much energy and is harmful in the long run if too close and used for too much. Tablets are fully safe, as they don't emit much energy. TN and VA monitors need at least 75Hz (safe), as 60Hz for some reason isn't eye friendly with those techniques, and the 60Hz quality is a bit weaker. A dedicated (vs. integrated) graphics card is needed for that, and the screen, computer, cord need to handle it.
Two screens probably emit less energy than one big one. The better picture quality OLED (is low energy) might burn the more still picture onto the screen in a couple of years latest, and so fits best as a TV. TVs are best with 120Hz, as 60Hz might disturb the eyes even with IPS if it is too large, too close, too often. The eyes and the brain need enough recovery time even with lower-energy monitors.
The curved monitors are more heavy and one needs to get the eyes used to them and they are best for select video gaming and movies. Any dust in the curved monitor can easily get stuck in the middle, producing dead-like pixels. One can check the pixels with white and black backgrounds.
