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Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by dormando »

sneak wrote: post #5

Has anyone tried one of these? I'm intrigued. How well does it work?

I just got one a few weeks back but haven't gotten to spend a ton of time with it yet. It's taking some adjustment but I'm liking it so far.

- had 1440p + 1080p monitors on stands side by side before. Now just this one on an arm (which is excellent), that I can adjust to keep my position from being static.

- not having to hold my neck angled while reading my side monitor is helpful.

- realistically there are a few "modes" of working on here. While coding it's pulled a bit closer, while in CAD or similar creative I might push it back a bit and get more of the monitor in view.

- I recline slightly so the monitor is tilted a bit which gives me a solid view of the bottom 60-70% of the monitor. The top is a bit out of range at close distance.

- For coding so far I have the middle-ish of the monitor as a 1440p code-only view. Below that are a few windows for manpages/reference/interactive debugging/repl/etc. On the top end which is normally slightly out of view I have compilation and long running test output which I glance at by moving my eyes.

I like not having to page between desktops while coding when possible. The bottom view is also large enough to hold a browser window or simulator window. Need to also try pushing it back a bit with slightly larger text and see if that's any better.

I don't intend to game on it, maybe windowed mode in the middle or something.

edit: well, also it has this mode where you can split it into two 1440p monitors on different inputs (which you can hook up to the same computer), so depending on the game I might do that as well.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by pkz »

lambdaba wrote: post #158
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

...and the Acer Swift. A great screen size for programmers.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by rayiner »

dotancohen wrote: post #136
pedrocr wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If what you value is vertical space/resolution why not run a 4K monitor vertically? You can either use the full resolution or crop at whatever vertical space you prefer.

This is terrific advice. I run one monitor in the standard horizontal configuration and one horizontal. Everybody who sees it falls in love. I can get 100 lines of code on the monitor and rarely does a line wrap. PDFs and other documents look terrific.

I just switched to this setup and it’s great. Windows unfortunately doesn’t natively support “snap to left/right” on a horizontal monitor and “snap to bottom/top” on a vertical monitor at the same time.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by ravis11 »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #148

I’ve been looking for a replacement for my 16:10 HP zr30w with either high-dpi or high-fps (not that this is particularly either) and have been coming up high-and-dry. This looks like an alternative worth exploring instead of the garbage 16:9 flooding the market with unusable high-dpi real estate. But it doesn’t have VESA? I’m all for the “save desk space” mantra that’s plastered all over their marketing materials, b…

I'm pretty sure it has a Vesa mount. Their specs say wall-mountable 100x100 and other sites say its a Vesa 100x100 mount.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by pcurve »

mdp2021 wrote: post #115
pcurve wrote: post #67

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

According to what you are writing, it is much bigger than your display: if your display had a 27'' diagonal, and was 25'' wide, it would be 10'' tall. (Which makes little sense: it would be a 5:2 proportion.) So it would have an area of 250 sqi. Versus the ~350 sqi of the LG. (It is quite a jump: the rounded √2 jump, 5:7, Ax proportion, "do it twice to double".) The steeper (or flatter) the proportion, the less the a…

'if your display had a 27'' diagonal, and was 25'' wide, it would be 10'' tall."

10" tall? I think your math is off.

My monitor is P2175Q. Dimension with bezel 25.2 x 16.7. LCD alone is 23.5 x 13.25".

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by mattkrause »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #68
chrisseaton wrote: post #57

Wow these are the worst possible product photos - does it have a bezel in the middle or not?

I think it's pretty evident from this photo that it does not: https://www.lg.com/us/images/features/mnt-dualup-ergo-28mq78... It should also be obvious given that it is not 2 monitors but a single 16:18 monitor...

The "ergo stand" photo actually had me fooled for a while--the "ghosts" just show you different ways the one giant monitor could be positioned.

A 2x(16:9) configuration where the monitors could be brought really close together would be neat though...

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by aviditas »

JimRoepcke wrote: post #157

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…

Yes! The stand is really great; I have mine on an adjustable height desk and it takes up so little space. Which is perfect as I have so little space to work with. I got it recently and for me it's spot on as my main monitor. The built-in two device kvm saves me so much time. I can't speak to the resolution woes as I was using two very, very old monitors at home so I've just been basking in the glow of using something made recently. I've been enjoying the vertical space for tasks like going through logs/giant spreadsheets and then switching to the dual monitor mode for the usual multi-tasking. I've used dual 32in curved fancy monitors at the office before and found that I would just use a fourth of the real estate available. My brain prefers the vertical space over the horizontal.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by likeclockwork »

kposehn wrote: post #176

I’ve had one of these for a few weeks and am returning it. Here’s my take: - The aspect ratio is great when rotated 90 degrees. I really liked having more vertical room for coding and documents. - Screen scaling with Mac OS does not work well. I’ve been using BetterDisplay to address this but it still suffers from lag, banding and pixelation. As a result I’m returning and getting a BenQ 32” 4K. If the scaling issues…

That's unfortunate. I was hoping to get one of these as an external monitor for an MBP.

I do have to wonder though, you're saying 'Screen scaling with Mac OS' and 'scaling issues on mac' but this is just a monitor, Isn't that "MacOS screen scaling does not work well" and "mac scaling issues" rather than any defect with the device itself?

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by kposehn »

ravis11 wrote: post #185
ComputerGuru wrote: post #148

I’ve been looking for a replacement for my 16:10 HP zr30w with either high-dpi or high-fps (not that this is particularly either) and have been coming up high-and-dry. This looks like an alternative worth exploring instead of the garbage 16:9 flooding the market with unusable high-dpi real estate. But it doesn’t have VESA? I’m all for the “save desk space” mantra that’s plastered all over their marketing materials, b…

I'm pretty sure it has a Vesa mount. Their specs say wall-mountable 100x100 and other sites say its a Vesa 100x100 mount.

I can confirm it works with VESA mounts without issue. I’m using an Ergotron arm mounted to the wall and it went on no problem.
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