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I'm getting old. I need reading glasses for my 17" 1920x1080 laptop, never mind a 4K 15" so that's probably not an option for me. I think I'm going to go with the 43" 4k, it's actually cheaper than the 30" I normally get, and I'd like to give one a try. I assume I can just reset the resolution when remoting in. This will be a new separate computer so I'm not worried about the difference in monitors. My main trading computer has two 30" monitors and a 27" wide screen monitor mounted above the two 30's. I know the double bezel in the middle of the setup bothers a lot of people, including @Big Mike, but it really doesn't bother me. That could be because I use a lot of spreadsheets and have them sized to the windows, and not many charts.
Unless you have superfluous money it's just NOT worth getting a large 34"+ 4k monitor at current prices for trading unless your trading justifies it. From experience, I'd advise people not to buy a low to mid range monitor as technology in these monitors is quite poor. For me, the higher range monitors have amazing technology and features but just don't justify the prices you have to pay.
I initially bought two proper Philips 43" 4k monitors from Amazon and I had constant problems of burn in which got worse and worse to the point where I started getting permanent blocky white areas on the screen. Eventually I had to return these back to Amazon 7-8 months. Despite what you sometimes see about people bitching Amazon, you I just can't fault them at times when you have to make returns! After 8 months I didn't have the original boxes so I had to use existing odd boxes to patch up the correct sizes using a scissors, glue glue gun and parcel tape .... but that's a separate story!
I bought two 4K 55" Sony TV's in December 2017 and have them running at 3840X2160 (no windows scaling or any other virtual desktop software). Best decision ever, for me.
I'm using two 4K 55" Sony TVs as computer monitors in 3840X2160 mode. With TVs you have to be careful of two main things - lag and colour chroma settings. The lag determines how slow the TV updates the signal after it comes from the computer and …
I trade stocks so I use one of my monitors for tracking stocks. I have configured different Ninjatrader workspaces that can can track from 40 to 70 charts on the same screen. At the beginning I had lots of problems losing the cursor but now I am used to finding the cursor relatively quickly - your brain adjusts quite quickly and it gets better with time! Additionally Windows has a track cursor function which helps a lot and can plot circles to find the cursor when you press a hotkey.
I have a custom built i7 [email protected] with 32gb, Samsung 960 Evo M2 1tb and a relatively cheap Nvidia GT 1030. The graphics card can easily handle two monitors.. no display lag. At the time I had the Philips monitors I used a 1050 ti as I was planning to add another monitor and had endless problems with my pc crashing several times a day (no logs or crash file). Eventually tracked it down to 1050ti. Now my pc is perfect.
Haha, I am a total tech freak, but I don't think monitors will make a trader.
I have 4 ASUS 24 in LED monitors on a quad stand at the house and 3 27 inch ASUS monitors on a tri-stand at the office.
It took me a minute to get acclimated to the 27's.
I do recall getting distracted on getting the best of best of everything, gaming mouse for quick hot keys and such. Oh can't forget the 1gps connection lol.
I trade off my Sager Laptop, which is over kill. Intel Core I7-6700k CPU @4.00 GHZ 48GB of ram, too lazy to pop the keyboard to get at the other ram card.
My 4k LG Tv is good for watching movies, along with my Denon Receiver and my RSL surround sound(nice 10 inch sub woofer)- totally off topic. The mentioned monitors above are perfect for seeing the clarity of the price action.
I current use 2 27" monitors when I trade from home and the thought behind 1 TV would be to keep everything right there so I wouldn't have to look side to side or worry about moving the mouse from screen to screen... maybe I'm being a little to lazy ha.
Getting a new home office and planning on splurging a little bit!!