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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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This sounds a bit bizarre to me. Took a few seconds to find a large pool of monitors designed for travelling. https://www.techradar.com/news/best-portable-monitor I also don't get the need for an external GPU. Maybe for machine learning it makes sense, but just to drive monitors it sounds excessive.

Yes, but these aren't 24" and that's what the writer of the piece wanted. The biggest is 17", which isn't all that bad though. It's a shame that the resolution is abysmal: 1600x900

https://eu.aoc.com/en/monitors/e1759fwu

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

#22
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Pelican case for author & foldable laptop displays as the next innovation for the rest. Nothing like just unfolding additional 7" on both sides of your laptop

+1 for a pelican case. I use one to lug around a 38” monitor when traveling. They are indestructible.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

#23

This sounds a bit bizarre to me. Took a few seconds to find a large pool of monitors designed for travelling. https://www.techradar.com/news/best-portable-monitor I also don't get the need for an external GPU. Maybe for machine learning it makes sense, but just to drive monitors it sounds excessive.

>Took a few seconds to find a large pool of monitors designed for travelling. Those are relatively small and ergonomically horrible (as are laptop screens in general). So wouldn't meet the authors needs to retaining current efficiency and comfort. >I also don't get the need for an external GPU I doubt his built in GPU can drive 3 large monitors and the laptop display at the same time. edit: Also, for future reference…

>Also, for future reference, it's better/nicer to assume people are intelligent and try to understand their reasons for something rather than assuming they're idiots.

The older I get, the more I learn this lesson.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

#24
There are many enthusiasts who have experimented with cramming multiple monitors and desktop-class computers into a briefcase form factor. You can see various triple monitor briefcase setups on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/b5z9g5/rate_m... https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/f1a1t5/was_told_...

The author had a preference for larger monitors over ease of transport, but if you're willing to sacrifice screen size, you can cram desktop components into a standard briefcase pretty easily.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

#25

This sounds a bit bizarre to me. Took a few seconds to find a large pool of monitors designed for travelling. https://www.techradar.com/news/best-portable-monitor I also don't get the need for an external GPU. Maybe for machine learning it makes sense, but just to drive monitors it sounds excessive.

>Took a few seconds to find a large pool of monitors designed for travelling. Those are relatively small and ergonomically horrible (as are laptop screens in general). So wouldn't meet the authors needs to retaining current efficiency and comfort. >I also don't get the need for an external GPU I doubt his built in GPU can drive 3 large monitors and the laptop display at the same time. edit: Also, for future reference…

> I doubt his built in GPU can drive 3 large monitors and the laptop display at the same time.

Well in that case it works. Last generation integrated GPU can handle 2 4K monitors at 60/s or 3 full hd at 60/s if I remember correctly

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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I would have thought TSA would "x-ray" (or whatever it is they do) through your bag and pull you off to the side for further investigation super quickly.

Nothing quite like partially disassembled, partially glued electronics to tick the box on a security checklist.

It's surprising at how little this matters.

I came back from a tech event once with a build a robot kit, except I'm a very light packer and the box was huge so I had to take everything out and fit it into a backpack along with everything else I had.

I had a compartment that had an assortment of circuit boards, screws, wires, plastic pieces, etc..

No one even batted an eye and the bag went straight through the carry on x-ray machine. This was in San Jose, California while preparing for a cross country flight. I was surprised too.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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In mid-2001, notably before 9/11, I had to quickly move a 4U Sun Netra server from San Jose to Washington DC.

I just carried it on.

It was enormous - 4U and full length - and weighed a ton.

No packaging, no box - just carrying a huge server down the aisle of the plane ...

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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post #26
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing quite like partially disassembled, partially glued electronics to tick the box on a security checklist.

It's surprising at how little this matters. I came back from a tech event once with a build a robot kit, except I'm a very light packer and the box was huge so I had to take everything out and fit it into a backpack along with everything else I had. I had a compartment that had an assortment of circuit boards, screws, wires, plastic pieces, etc.. No one even batted an eye and the bag went straight through the carry o…

They aren't looking for electronics - they are looking for large masses that could be fuel for the explosives. Big blocks of clay, liquids, etc. A jumble of electronics alone with nothing that can actually explode is common and doesn't ring any alarm bells. I discovered this after talking to a TSA agent after flying a few times with my modular synthesizer, where I was surprised that it was never pulled for extra screening.
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