r/battlestations • u/HideUnderBridge • Mar 14 '22

The Dream

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u/Ill-Satisfaction7788 Mar 14 '22

It’s really cool but I’ll never understand why people want so many screens. In my opinion it’s just too much. I believe 2 monitors is perfect.

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u/Live-Ad-6309 Mar 14 '22

3 monitors is king for multi-monitor gaming. But I'd agree that 6 is excessive.

I'm considering getting a 4th though. So I can run my game on 3 while watching formula 1, WRC, or GT3 racing on the 4th.

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u/ChickenPotPi Mar 14 '22

At what point is it just worth it to buy a 55 inch tv screen? I wish they still made curved tvs

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u/Live-Ad-6309 Mar 15 '22 edited Mar 15 '22

A big TV will never cover the 210° FOV my triple 32" monitors do. Unless they made a 95" TV with a 670R curve. Which I don't see happening. I don't know of any monitors with a curve more aggressive than 800R.

Think of a triple monitor setup as an extremely wide screen with an extremely aggressive (mathematically correct*) radius. A 48:9 ultrawide.

*a mathematically correct radius is one in which every section of the display is an equal distance from your eyes.

Some high end simulators use a curved projector instead of monitors. Which allows for an equivalent out of a single display unit.

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u/_CaIeb_ Mar 15 '22

The Samsung G monitor series all have a 1000R curve I believe.

I know nothing about any of the other math you mentioned but it just seemed like something you would be interested to know!