Deco Gear 49" Curved Ultrawide Gaming Monitor | 32:9 | 3840x1080 | 144Hz | 3000:1 | E-LED | 2 HDMI | 2 Display Port

I want to start by mentioning that I am not a gamer. I read/watched a lot of different reviews and articles about ultrawide monitors for productivity. What I found is that they are becoming increasingly popular for such functions and are often preferable to two separate monitors. In my case, I work remotely and I have several windows open at once for my job. I was using dual monitors . . . well . . . flatscreen TV's, which wasn't super great.I use this monitor for my work laptop with a docking station using Windows 11. I also use it for my Ubuntu Linux desktop. I have it attached to a KVM switch (and there's good reason for that coming up).I'll start by saying, now that I have this set up, it's been a game changer. Obviously, the resolution and refresh rates are way better than what I was using before. Because this is a single, ultrawide monitor, there's no longer a bezel in the middle (where the monitor separation would be). My setup for both my personal and work computers is awesome. The curve actually helps me pick up more in my peripheral vision so I don't need to turn my head as much (a benefit for productivity just like it is for gaming).I am a relatively "tech savvy" kind of person. But since I'm not a gamer, I hadn't had any experience or any need to learn about these monitors prior to now. Because I'm not a gamer, I don't have insane graphics adapters with ultrafast GPUs. My desktop is heavily customized and the GPU was top of the line . . . 5 or 6 years ago. It does what I need it to do and does it well so I see no reason to drop a whole bunch of money into upgrading at this point. My work laptop is . . . well . . . work. The company provides it and they don't provide gaming laptops.Why is this important? If ultrawide is new to you, I'm going to save you a learning curve. I had hoped to just connect each of the two HDMI ports to the separate computers. Nope. I have no ability to unlock/change the aspect ratio for my display on either computer. That typically requires a high end graphics card with the appropriate software installed. Ubuntu and Windows don't do it natively. Because of that, connecting with a single connection does display on the entire monitor but the image is stretched with no real way to adjust it. My graphics adapters just don't support it.Fret not. There is an alternative. These ultrawide monitors have an advanced PiP feature that allows you to "trick" your computer into thinking there are two separate monitors. You need dual monitor support (most laptop docking stations have it and a lot of newer graphics adapters support it even when they're not top of the line). The monitor's settings interface leaves a bit to be desired but at least you get a remote and it does work once you get used to it. Not the worst thing in the world. The nice settings interfaces are on monitors that cost 2 or 3 times as much as this one and again, I'm not a gamer so I don't care about the latest and greatest. My wallet doesn't care either. Once I connected the two HDMI ports to the dual monitor adapters and set the PiP to HDMI 1 and HDMI 2, everything self configured nicely in both Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux (if you happen to plug in the wrong order, both OS's support you shifting which one is the left vs. the right monitor so you can just line it up - it's easy).But herein lies the second issue. This monitor has 2 HDMI ports and 2 Display Ports. HDMI to DP does not work unless you are going from an HDMI monitor to a DP computer, so I can't use the Display Ports. That's why I have a dual monitor KVM switch. I'm able to connect both computers to the two HDMI ports on the monitor and just switch back and forth as necessary.As I said, I had a serious learning curve and I did end up needing a KVM switch that I wasn't expecting. Not a big deal. Once you get this thing set up, it should serve you well. Depending on the age and power of your graphics adapter and GPU, you may not be able to use it to its full capability. Not a big deal. It means it'll still be good if you end up needing to upgrade. I did get the protection plan just because I saw a few reviews that mentioned dead pixels or malfunctioning after a few months.So far, I've been really pleased with this monitor.

This is the best monitor I've ever owned. It's very easy to set-up with some required study. The graphics card and Windows Operating System are the only obstacles because they will look at it as they see it should be, based on what you used before. Auto-detection at first does not display properly, but it's easy to fix this with the provided instructions, and within Windows. The video card software (I have AMD) will fix itself if you reset the software and allow it to truly see what this monitor does. The refresh rate is 60 Hz by default, but you can easily switch to 75 Hz within Windows. Games see it fine, once you have it set properly. FSX needs to be told about the new screen size, best done through the Aircraft.cfg file. As you play with the built-in monitor settings with the buttons on the bottom right, you can control so many things your head will spin. I did all of this in about 1 hour's time. The only problem I had was trying to read the details of initial construction, especially attaching the stand. Although screw holes are countered to make it easier to figure out, you can still do it wrong if you rush it, like me. You can also wall mount this monitor, but you need additional hardware available on Amazon (usually listed under this monitor as additional items). The packaging was done well, and I could see that UPS didn't use much care getting it to me, and the contents were protected from their lack of concern. "THE WORLD ON TIME" doesn't necessarily mean "In Good Condition", and the manufacturer must know this very well. It only took a few days to arrive, and was on-time as indicated by the original delivery date when I ordered. I use this monitor in my bedroom mainly for Flight Simulation, and now I can see details while lying on my bed a good distance away ... before it was a squinting game. I really don't think any of the issues I've mentioned above should deter anyone from purchasing this monitor, if you want the best of the best, on time, and for an unbeatable price. I'd have to say this monitor is worth at least $100 more than it is being sold for. Take my word for it ... I've been around the block with monitors since day one.

So my office got me a laptop with the resolution of a decent monitor in 1999. It's pretty much useless to me as anything other than a keyboard and to plug into a different monitor, so I decided to get the biggest monitor I could find rather than try and work on multiple screens. This definitely seemed too good to be true compared to the competitors and this particular model had fairly mixed reviews but I figured why not. The extra screen space is super helpful with my job -- I figure on the 1440 I can pull up 3 documents simultaneously and I can probably pull up 4-5 on this.As for the product -- it did work out of the box with no functional issues. Of course, two screws on the back of the monitor had fallen out before I even got the monitor out of the box and every other screw was also extremely loose. Everyone is quite right that this thing feels a little cheaply built. Highly recommend checking the screws (and I wonder if that is leading to some peoples' issues with this product).That said, it works for me. No dead pixels, no damage, no flickering. The resolution is definitely as stated and the colors are surprisingly sharp. Good luck finding any office laptop that will run this resolution with over 60hz refresh rate but apparently it'll go to 75 which, imo, is good enough for most single-player gaming (I'll update if I give it a try - kind of dying to play Total War or RDR at this res if they even support it).Rumor has it that it's an LG panel and I wouldn't be surprised. It also comes with these features included; Freesync, super resolution, PIP, all pretty handy but stuff I haven't had occasion to use yet. I'll update as I use them.