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Hey there,
I have to choose between the two following monitors for music production. I would like to know which of the two gives me more screen real estate. Right now I am torn between more vertical and more horizontal real estate since with more vertical real estate I wouldn't have to scroll so much up and down and with horizontal screen real estate I would be able to display a mixer on the left and plugins on the right.

I already did my own research and came up with the following stuff but am unsure if the screen size visualisation also shows the actual screen real estate comparison or if screen real estate would be independant from the physical size/dimensions of the monitors:

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The 49" gives you more screen real estate, but less scrolling height.

The 3840x1600 gives you WAY more pixels (50% more pixels), despite only slightly taller, you actually have 50% more scrolling height since the pixels are smaller on the 38 inch 3840x1600 display. So, the physical size comparision doesn't show the DPI differences you are getting.

-- You will get more frames per second in your video games at 3840x1080 than at 3840x1600
-- However, you may enjoy software such as Visual Studio or PhotoShop more on the 3840x1600 display

Both screens are 3840 wide so you will have to use a smaller zoom factor to get more stuff on the 49" wide model. If you use 100% scaling, you will have smaller text on the 3840x1600 but way more real estate for everything.