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It's nice to see large manufacturers break out of the 16:9 mold, although I think 4:3, 3:2, or 5:4 would be better for most users.

Unfortunately, LG is letting the supply chain dictate panel size for their product team, instead of the other way around. This is no doubt a byproduct of their decision to stop building their own panels in 2020.

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3:2 is ideal, Microsoft's Surface Book series have it

...and the Acer Swift. A great screen size for programmers.

Its rather close to 16:10 which is more ubiquitous (I have 32" one funnily enough from LG from pre-covid times, and oh boy was I glad I bought when it came).

It feels so natural to my eyes, I definitely don't want vertical panel but 16:9 is pretty crap for any kind of work.

Huawei's MateView 28.2" monitor too. It has a 3840 x 2560 resolution (which is slightly more than the 2560 x 2880 resolution of the LG DualUp), although sadly is not VESA mountable.

I believe I’d slightly prefer 16:11 if that existed, but it’s pretty close to 3:2.

3:2 is 16:10.66, so basically the same as 16:11.

As I said, it’s pretty close, but not the same. Looking at http://www.displaywars.com/1-inch-3x2-vs-1-inch-d%7B16x11%7D, I’d prefer the green rectangle (with more inches of course ;)).

It's a good baseline, but for big setups I think there's a point where you want the width to grow faster than the height.

I would say this is very far from "breaking out of the 16:9 mold".

You can clearly say that the vast majority of the product pictures instead present it as a 2x16:9. Most of the text is also selling it as a replacement for a double monitor setup.

Jesus Christ, why did they stop building their own panels??

No one had panel quality like LG... :(

Is this actually true? I searched and didn't find anything about LG ending their computer display LCD manufacturing.

I think they are still manufacturing TVs, which would be 16:9 anyways.

I have a pair of 2019 LG 4K 27s that I covet.

You can't covet your own belongings.

Cherish? Treasure? Prize?

Good point. Okay, then. If you took them from me, I would covet them.

i would not say 16:9 stacked on top of each other is breaking out of 16:9

Where did you read that they stopped producing their own panels?

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