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Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by arghwhat »

sbf501 wrote: post #265
bartvk wrote: post #200

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Can you expand on this ominous prediction? What are your experiences?

I used to be able to ride a bicycle for hours on end in my 20's and 30's. Now I can't look up when bent over in that position, I need a rise in the handlebars to get me almost vertical. I didn't hurt myself. I didn't get in an accident. It is just a fundamentally unnatural position and the discs just started to deteriorate from years of holding that position. My bikes were sized and fit properly, and I was doing ever…

Intense bike positions require you to statically position the neck at almost 90 degrees to look forward, and keeping the neck maxed out like that is probably not great in the long run.

The articulation to look up/down is maybe +/- 15 degrees, and being dynamic it should be a positive movement that strengthens your neck.

That you have reduced neck flexibility decades later could easily just be age…

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by user_7832 »

nickthesick wrote: post #250
nextos wrote: post #130

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Can you comment a bit more on it? I heard some criticism about bleeding. It's reasonably easy to buy it in EU, and price is not too far from usual suspects like Dell UltraSharp or cheap Eizo/Nec models.

I have one as well and definitely can recommend it. The only thing is that if you are running macOS you really need to have SwitchResX for it to not look terrible. I have it next to my studio display and it honestly does not even compare in terms of clarity. I’m sure it’ll run better on windows.

> I have it next to my studio display and it honestly does not even compare in terms of clarity.

Could you clarify a bit by what you mean? The studio display has a higher resolution if I'm not mistaken (4500*3000), do you mean the display is more vivid or has a better color space (DCI P3 etc) coverage? Thanks!

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Post by jsjohnst »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #78
jsjohnst wrote: post #40

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Incredibly low resolution for the size monitor too. Is the form factor the novelty worthy of sharing?

Since when is 1440p low resolution? A 4K IPS panel is by no means the standard, even in 2022.

I wouldn’t own a 4K monitor that was over 24” and I don’t use monitors that are under 25” anymore. So yes, that means the entire market for monitors I’d own is around 6 in total, which is ridiculous being that it’s 2022, but that’s the world we live in.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by SergeAx »

tradertef wrote: post #276
SergeAx wrote: post #255

This is a perfect one for crypto traders! These days they should rotate their 16:9 vertically to see the full depth of assets plunged. Now they will have this and see much longer history at the same time.

Horrible and tasteless comment. HN crowd takes every opportunity to attack Bitcoin.

I left you a perfect chance to retort with a joke about future crypto-assets growth, but you chose just to whine lamely. No wonder crypto bros are so non-likable.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by [deleted] »

tradertef wrote: post #276
SergeAx wrote: post #255

This is a perfect one for crypto traders! These days they should rotate their 16:9 vertically to see the full depth of assets plunged. Now they will have this and see much longer history at the same time.

Horrible and tasteless comment. HN crowd takes every opportunity to attack Bitcoin.

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Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by [deleted] »

locofocos wrote: post #235
likeclockwork wrote: post #189

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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?

I bought one, and I'm also upset with how Mac OS handles the scaling. I've tried absolutely every utility that allegedly makes higher DPI monitors work: BetterDisplay, SwitchResX, EasyRes, and a few other little ones. BetterDisplay makes it sound like they support full resolution with any arbitrary scaling factor. But all of them, at least the ones that did ANYTHING, they only offered the exact same behavior that Mac…

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Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by nvarsj »

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…

Are you sure it's not the OS X chroma issue on external displays? It has some bug with the EDID exchange, and doesn't use full chroma - making everything look blurry. There is a way to fix it [1], but it's pretty insane Apple still hasn't fixed this basic functionality.

1: https://gist.github.com/ejdyksen/8302862

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by LorenPechtel »

akdor1154 wrote: post #21
user_7832 wrote: post #18

On a similar note, does anyone know of a squarish monitor that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, and preferably has a good color gamut coverage? There was an 1920*1920 monitor ( https://www.inputmag.com/reviews/square-monitor-eizo-flexsca... ) but that's over 1k USD :( There are other nice displays like Huawei's Mateview at 3000*2000 but nothing costs less than ~550-600$/€. It's a bit of a pity because you can get a dec…

Last time i looked you can still pick up the odd 4:3 1280*1024 dell ips on ebay, i have one as a secondary and it works quite well.

The 1280x1024's are good for older eyes--that's the size with the biggest pixels. Windows does a pretty good job of scaling fonts but icons don't scale so well. I have a 27" 2560x1440 that's absolutely wonderful for stuff that actually scales well, but I don't do much else with it because of the tiny icons.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by vehemenz »

tumult wrote: post #197
cbozeman wrote: post #192

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Jesus Christ, why did they stop building their own panels?? No one had panel quality like LG... :(

Is this actually true? I searched and didn't find anything about LG ending their computer display LCD manufacturing.

I think they are still manufacturing TVs, which would be 16:9 anyways.

Re: LG 28-inch 16:18 DualUp Monitor

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Post by kelsolaar »

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.

Where did you read that they stopped producing their own panels?
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