It’s been a couple of years since I transitioned my major monitor to a super-sized ultrawide. While I did it for gaming, it’s been a shockingly good boon for my productivity, too — I’m utilizing apps side-by-side for absolutely anything that isn’t video. If you’d like to hitch the membership, immediately Microcenter is promoting a full-res 34-inch ultrawide monitor from Samsung for simply $199.99.

What do I imply by “full-res?” Well, this ViewFinity S5 has a decision of 3440×1440 — it’s principally the identical vertical decision as a 27-inch, 1440p monitor, stretched out right into a 21:9 facet ratio. We’ve seen a couple of similarly-sized displays on sale, however they cheaped out on the display panel with a 1080p base. This is the actual deal.

Though there are a couple of compromises to hit that low value. It’s a VA panel, not IPS, so the colour accuracy isn’t actually adequate for media or professional photograph work. And with a refresh price of 100Hz, it’s first rate for gaming, however you received’t be maxing out a extra highly effective system even with the AMD FreeSync tech. It’s additionally missing a elaborate curve. Also word that until you’ve a MicroCenter retail retailer close to you, you’ll have to pay for transport.

(By the way in which, in the event you want huge decision and a color-accurate IPS panel, this smaller 4K Acer monitor remains to be on sale as of immediately.)

But in the event you’re searching for the productiveness and field-of-view enhance an ultrawide monitor brings, that is about as low-cost as they arrive, even in the event you do must pay for transport. Note that MicroCenter’s offers usually don’t final very lengthy, so this may exit of inventory shortly.

Get a 34-inch Samsung Ultrawide monitor for $199.99