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Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by daemoens » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:34 PM UTC

philliphaydon wrote: post #26

akersten wrote: post #7

They're still doing the thing where if you want to wall mount it, you've got to punch a hole in your drywall for the cables to have enough room to exit straight out the back of the monitor. Or hope that some cheap 90-degree noname adapter supports the latest version of DisplayPort that you want. I stopped buying this brand of monitor because of this frustration.

https://www.av-connection.com/?PGr=13515 Like this?

Cheaper versions on amazon and you can get em quicker

HDMI: https://www.amazon.com/VCE-Supported-Degree-Female-Adapter/d...

DisplayPort: https://www.amazon.com/Displayport-Converter-BolAAzuL-Connec...

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by puppycodes » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:34 PM UTC

its a great monitor if your productivity standards are high and your visual quality standards are low

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by mdp2021 » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:36 PM UTC

puppycodes wrote: post #152

its a great monitor if your productivity standards are high and your visual quality standards are low

Which specification details you see as bad?

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by sangnoir » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:36 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #128

sbf501 wrote: post #103

My cervical vertebrae are cowering in fear. I'd rather twist left to right and put the burden on muscles, than over-articulate my neck.

I think most of ppl have the opposite problem called "nerd neck" from looking down all the time while using phone, laptop ect. This could be a nice antidote to that :D .

Never heard of nerd neck til now. Every single piece of ergonomic advice on using monitors that I have encountered has recommended that the top of your monitor be level with your eyes so you look down (slightly) rather than up.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by ahmedfromtunis » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:36 PM UTC

dmix wrote: post #143

rsync wrote: post #139

EIZO makes a 1:1 monitor you can buy off the shelf right now: https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/

I like how they target programmers specifically on their landing page. I wonder how well it works in practice. I typically have multiple tabs open so I don’t mind going wide over long. But it is easier to look down rather than sideways.

What I'm really concerned about is having to look down for longer periods of time with monitors like these.

I used to have a terrible back pain that magically disappeared when I elevated my laptop so that the screen is at my eye level.

I still have a lighter version of this pain whenever I have to work for an extended period from a coffee shop or wherever I can't elevate the laptop.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by deergomoo » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:38 PM UTC

pcurve wrote: post #67

It's definitely smaller than I was expecting. 18.2" x 19" My 27" display is almost 25" wide.

I was all ready to buy one of these until I realised it was the size of two 21” displays stacked, rather than two 27” as the resolution suggests.

I know I wouldn’t be losing any horizontal resolution, but I think 27” is the perfect width for a primary monitor and I wouldn’t really want to go smaller.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by JimRoepcke » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:39 PM UTC

I received one last week. Works great on my M1 MBP. I have a 16:9 monitor above the MBP and the LG to the right of it, but now I want to get a keyboard, trackpad and webcam so I can swap the positions of the monitors and have the LG as my main monitor.

My only complaint is it’s not as wide as a 27” monitor despite having the same resolution as Thunderbolt Displays / 27” iMacs. So the pixels are smaller. The width is closer to a 24” 16:9.

But I love the stand, and everything else about it.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by lambdaba » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:39 PM UTC

vehemenz wrote: post #123

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.

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

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by robertoandred » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

mdp2021 wrote: post #153

puppycodes wrote: post #152

its a great monitor if your productivity standards are high and your visual quality standards are low

Which specification details you see as bad?

The ppi

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by somat » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #139

EIZO makes a 1:1 monitor you can buy off the shelf right now: https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/

I love it, perhaps we are entering a golden age of 1:1 screens. I had a blackberry passport and the second greatest thing about it was that it had a square screen and took square pictures.