I don’t know what I expected

Decent 34" ultrawide monitors can be had for under $400 each if you don’t care about high refresh rate/VRR/curved. LG makes some great ones. I neglected to mention the size, 49"s would be crazy expensive

Why choose?

I have dual ultrawide monitors and a 24" in portrait mode next to them. The 24" won’t connect to my work laptop, but the dual ultrawides give plenty of real estate since I can have four windows open at the same time