For people who want a large amount of screen space for work or play, ultrawide monitor and dual monitor sets are fantastic options.

Even though they are useful to have, neither of these choices is ideal for everyone. Both dual monitors and ultrawide monitors have benefits and drawbacks, just as many other things. Hence, it’s crucial to investigate them and determine which one best suits you.

6 Factors to Consider When Making A Choice

Here are the 6 factors to consider when choosing between an ultrawide monitor and a dual monitor.

Price
Flexibility
Multitasking
Size
Viewing Experience
Simplicity

Price

Ultrawide monitors cost more than dual monitors, particularly in larger sizes.

You can easily connect two 4K monitors together to access a workspace with a total resolution of 7680 (3840*2) x 2160 from the standpoint of screen real estate. Not only is there currently no matching ultrawide, but the next closest line of products with a resolution of 5120 x 2160 costs far more.

Flexibility

When you want the content to take up the most space possible, ultrawide looks amazing. But it’s not very flexible. What if you need more screen real estate than what’s provided by your main workspace? What happens if you need a vertical display in addition to a standard monitor?

Dual monitors are quite handy here. You have the freedom to position each monitor exactly where you need it because you are using two independent monitors. To avoid having to make a compromise, you can choose between a top-bottom layout and a vertical Plus horizontal setup.

Multitasking

Although providing an unfettered viewing experience, dual-monitor setups are much more adaptable than ultra-widescreen displays. Managing windows and programs on an ultra-wide screen might be difficult if you want to work on multiple things at once, especially if one of those applications is a full-screen application.

With dual monitors, you can multitask much more effectively by moving various tasks to the other monitor.

Let’s say you are using a few apps and watching a YouTube video at the same time. While working on your primary display, you can put YouTube on your secondary screen. These programs would have to be snapped into the corners of an ultrawide screen, and you wouldn’t be able to use one or more of them in fullscreen mode.

Size

With sizes ranging from 29 inches to 49 inches or more, ultrawide monitors are substantially larger than single widescreen (16:9) monitors. Contrarily, dual monitor systems often include two displays, each of which is available in a wider range of sizes, ranging from 18 inches to 34 inches in size.

Many people ignore this key distinction when it comes to the amount of space required, even though an ultrawide panel and two conventional 16:9 monitors can measure about the same length (side to side). That is the monitor stand.

On your workstation, an ultrawide monitor will take up less room because only one stand supports its enormous screen.

On the other side, if you have two monitors, your desk will need to fit two stands. Of course, buying a VESA-compatible dual monitor rack will allow you to avoid this problem. However, many gamers and professionals might wish to forgo the added step and cost.

Viewing Experience

The seamless wide field of view of ultrawide monitors is one of its most important advantages. They can give you a more expansive and panoramic perspective of your material because they are more complete and feature curved designs, which can be helpful for tasks that demand a lot of screen space.

Even with the narrowest bezels you can find, dual monitors won’t be seamless, even though they can typically match (or even exceed) how much useable workspace you have. If you want to have a comprehensive perspective of whatever you’re doing, whether it be work or gaming, a single large screen is far more useful.

Yet, dividing windows between two monitors has a use. Consider a primary viewing area where your essential apps are located, with reference material stored on the second monitor. Two different monitors are the best option in these circumstances.

Simplicity

The ultra-wide display is a single large display. It merely needs a power cord and an HDMI or DisplayPort cable. The setup and configuration process is made simpler as a result, and your desk’s clutter is diminished.

On your workstation, an ultrawide monitor will take up less room because only one stand supports its enormous screen.

Dual monitors, on the other hand, require two separate display cables and power cords. As a result, setup and configuration may be much more difficult than with a single monitor.

Conclusions

As you can see, there are significant advantages to both dual monitor configurations and ultrawide monitors. How to choose depends on your actual needs. If you want to save money and multitask efficiently and flexibly, then dual monitors will be more suitable for you. And the 4KSW21-DM dual monitor KVM switch is ideal for helping you set up.

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