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Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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I've been in a few airport towers in Brazil, and never seen a diagonal screen. It may be a regional thing, or a small clique. Or it may be best for some software that is long gone.

Really, I would be pretty interested to hear your story. I've been a lot to Brazil.

It's not that interesting, I used to work inspecting airport fire-fighters. That required talking to the people on the tower.

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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Tangentially related thought: Take my advice, don't go ultra-wide. Go with a large 4k. You get more pixels for cheaper. The only ultrawide that makes any sense is the 5k x 2k resolution one. These have more pixels than a single 4K. But they are expensive. Even then, a 16:9 5K monitor has more pixels. I personally use 3 x 27 inch 4K - which is cheaper than a single 5k Ultra-wide and gives you a TON more pixels.

5k x 2k has been worth every penny

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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I tried to google as well (like another commenter), I did find a lot of 1:1 ratio screens though; I wouldn't mind that I think.

I use a phone with a 1:1 screen. Unihertz Titan in case you're curious.

This is not a complaint about the phone but, God, visiting that website is a nightmare. Immediately hit with a sudden sound notification, a chat widget, a popup, and random decorations scattered all over the screen.

https://i.imgur.com/CgOMjio.png

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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In the last year, I've gone from

1x portrait 24" next to 2x landscape 24"'s on top of each other, all 1080p

Then switched to

1x 35" UWQHD 3440x1440 curved and 1x 24" 1080p monitor

Then was gifted the Mother Of All Monitors.

43" 3840x2160. The only thing it misses is a slight curve. Still, it's incredible.

The 43" 4K monitor is essentially an endless combination of portrait and landscape monitors. Window size/shape no longer matters.

Try it. You'll like it.

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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I use a phone with a 1:1 screen. Unihertz Titan in case you're curious.

This is not a complaint about the phone but, God, visiting that website is a nightmare. Immediately hit with a sudden sound notification, a chat widget, a popup, and random decorations scattered all over the screen. https://i.imgur.com/CgOMjio.png

UblockOrigin - set to default block all javascript on the website, and one gets no "sudden sound notification", no "chat widget", no "popup" and no "random decorations".

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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If you've got an ultra wide monitor, maybe spin it and go for persistence of vision effect and a huge circular display? Could double as a fan to help spread all the heat generated by the GPU having to redraw it nonstop!

this hertz to think about

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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If you've got an ultra wide monitor, maybe spin it and go for persistence of vision effect and a huge circular display? Could double as a fan to help spread all the heat generated by the GPU having to redraw it nonstop!

Made me laugh out loud

One day such a thing might be so common that society will be forced to invent an abbreviation for that

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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I think a servo motor should be behind the screen and it should rotate depending on whether I look up or down or sideways. Added benefit: if you spin the screen fast enough you get a circular display! Of course this means you have to precisely time screen refresh rates and invent a new type of rotation resistant power and video cable.

>>invent a new type of rotation resistant power and video cable That should not be difficult, plug cables into the base instead of directly into the screen and have circular donut shaped plates connecting the base and the screen instead of cables. The plates do of course have to have a spring to put the correct pressure to give a good connection even after some wear on the plates

Instead of mechanical slip-rings use fiber-optic rotary joint so you avoid awkward bandwidth limitations. You could probably make do with plain off-the-shelf components here

Re: Ideal monitor rotation for programmers (2021)

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I’ve got the LG 2-UP monitor and a plain-Jane 1080p monitor in portrait mode. I use the second monitor for mostly-PDF mostly-letter paper document review. I would love to find an ergonomic reason for my org to purchase an eink monitor for that, but I haven’t come up with any excuses ;) Two monitors let me compartmentalize my workflow. Window management is otherwise too messy for my needs with a single display.

What are your thoughts on the LG DualUp for programming workflows?

I used an EIZO FlexScan EV2730Q (1:1), and upgraded to a DualUp.

It is the best configuration I've found for programming and CLI work. For gaming I typically use one of the normal widescreens to the left/right of it.

Only downside I've found is that I screen share often, and the odd aspect ratio means sometimes I have to use one of the normal widescreens instead to avoid small text on the audience's side.

Also I ran into some scaling issues on Mac but got past these using BetterDisplay.

Overall - love the LG DualUp, my only suggestion is to pair it with a normal monitor :)

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