The LG 34WN750 UltraWide QHD IPS Monitor is a solid ultrawide monitor that finds a balance between great features, brilliant pricing and fantastic quality. With HDMI and DisplayPort, it's ideal for creatives and it's compatible with HDR10. It also has a fairly good 5ms (fast mode) response time, which makes it a decent ultrawide monitor for gaming too, so well worth the additional expenditure, although it doesn’t support adaptive-sync like some displays.
Offering 99 per cent sRGB coverage, 350-nit brightness and a 1000:1 contrast ratio, it has a 32:9 aspect ratio and a 5,120 x 1,440 resolution, an absolutely huge desktop area that can accommodate two full-screen applications side by side, although some might prefer the screen to have a bigger curve. The U4919DW offers excellent image quality with an enormous IPS panel, which is superior to many ultrawide monitors that use VA panel technology. Like many of the screens here, you can also connect two different computers to the screen and view them side by side, and the monitor also functions as a KVM switch, too, so you can use one keyboard and mouse across the two devices.
Such a huge amount of space is great for speeding up your workflow since you can keep several windows and tool panes visible. The screen size is a whopping 49in – enormous for those who use a single standard monitor, but again a much tidier option for those who use two monitors side by side. This trio of stunning screens are each 32:9, effectively giving you the space of two 16:9 monitors side by side, but with less of a footprint on your desk. Most of the screens here are 21:9, and a standard monitor is 16:9. There's ultrawide, and then there are monitors like the Dell U4919DW (and the Philips 499P9H and Samsung CRG9 below).
If you're not convinced that ultrawide is the way to go, take a look at our guides to the best 4K monitors or best curved monitors, and if you need a screen you can take with you, see our selection of the best portable monitors. Of course, you do need space to accommodate an ultrawide monitor (see our guides to the best desks and best L-shaped desks if you need an upgrade, but make sure you check the measurements carefully before buying an ultrawide screen). An ultrawide monitor allows you to maintain complementary apps open side by side, and to have a lot more tools and panes visible, which has clear productivity benefits. It can save you wasting time looking for the window you need, and it makes sense to be able to have things like chats open in the corner of an ultrawide display rather than on a separate monitor. It can be particularly useful for creatives such as designers who often need to view different windows at once in different areas of the display.