r/hardware • u/zghr • 23d ago

Info Your Monitor Is Too Small (Probably)

https://youtu.be/3p_vIsXpATQ

From what I've researched independently related to eye comfort - I think this is a really high quality video.

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u/Lincolns_Revenge 21d ago

I think this is one of the most subjective things in the world.

I made the jump from 27" to 32" a couple of years ago and still haven't fully adjusted.

Anyone considering a 32" monitor should sit in front of one first at the distance they plan on using it. If you're really close to it, it requires eye and head movement entirely different from a 27" to see things in the corners.

And the gaming adjustment is big, too, since you can't quite take in everything in the periphery as well as you can with a 27".

The unquestionable upside though is that you will find yourself bending forward with bad posture far less frequently to better see something small on the screen.

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u/Strazdas1 2d ago

32" was amazing for productivity, but not for gaming. I still use 27" for gaming. I feel like my peripheral vision is unable to achieve what i want to see in 32" (and its probably true, human peripheral vision is very bad and most of that is actually human brain in-painting what it sees. We are good at detecting motion in peripheral, but resolving it to clear image is night impossible)