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Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by dllu »

satvikpendem wrote: post #209
FireBeyond wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know your article is on 8K TVs, but it's worth pointing out that the Dell UP3218K is a 32" 8K monitor (but is also not without its own challenges).

This is already mentioned in the article: > There is also a Dell UP3218K, but it costs the same as an 8K TV and is much smaller and has many problems. So I do not recommend it unless you really don’t have the desk space. Sitting further back from a bigger screen provides the same field of view as sitting close to a smaller display, and may have less eye strain.

I wish Dell would come out with a refreshed version of the UP3218K that's cheaper and fixes its various little glitches.

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by mromanuk »

Msurrow wrote: post #122
lofaszvanitt wrote: post #107

A sure sign that someone doesn't know what they're doing is if they use 3 or more monitors for programming. And also interested in their neck related issues 10+ years later.

One screen for IDE (center) One screen for documentation/browser One screen for running the application (being developed). Please, go ahead a explain to me how I don’t know what I’m doing.

I normally work with a 40", I'm using a a hammerspoon to divide the screen, but normally I end using one main window, with some smaller window at the side and cmd-tabbing between info. How do you manage the distraction of so many information at the same time? Do you switch between apps? use the mouse? don't you loose track of where the focused window is?

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by lofaszvanitt »

Msurrow wrote: post #122
lofaszvanitt wrote: post #107

A sure sign that someone doesn't know what they're doing is if they use 3 or more monitors for programming. And also interested in their neck related issues 10+ years later.

One screen for IDE (center) One screen for documentation/browser One screen for running the application (being developed). Please, go ahead a explain to me how I don’t know what I’m doing.

There are always good exceptions. But it's a rare sight.

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by dllu »

itronitron wrote: post #256
dllu wrote: post #174

Author here, ask me anything! Apart from programming, one of the motivations for getting the 8K display is to look at lidar point clouds. For example the desktop background in my post is a lidar map of Bernal Hill in San Francisco, which I've here downsampled to only 13006 x 7991 px for your convenience [1]. Admittedly, when I bought it at first, I didn't realize there would be so many random issues, as manufacturers…

I'm curious how much heat this thing puts off, and whether there are particular display types that generate more heat than others.

Yeah it does emit a bit of heat. I think around one or two hundred watts? I haven't measured it directly. I have a mini split air conditioner in my home office.

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by lofaszvanitt »

hathawsh wrote: post #120
lofaszvanitt wrote: post #107

A sure sign that someone doesn't know what they're doing is if they use 3 or more monitors for programming. And also interested in their neck related issues 10+ years later.

I like to think Jeff Atwood has some idea of what he's doing. https://blog.codinghorror.com/three-monitors-for-every-user/

People and their need for a "leader". No matter the quality. We had enough "truth tellers" and "follow me men" kinda shills.

Time to realize that not everyone is your friend in the internet. They feed you bullshit all the time and laugh how gullible people are and question nothing, just follow based on perceived merits of an individual.

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by choochootrain »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #243
r00fus wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not using the best window managers - most have customizable drag points or keybindings to get exactly what you want.

Since you seem to know about the best window managers, can you recommend one for MacOS which will let me direct focus to whichever window is left/right/down/up of the currently selected one? i3/sway does this just fine, but my impression is that MacOS's api doesn't allow third party developers to pull it off, but I'd love to be wrong about that.

the article mentions https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai, which i have been using for a few years to get me to 90% parity with i3.

it has quirks and limitations, some of which can be fixed by disabling system integrity protection but it can definitely handle window tiling and navigating with keybindings when you use the companion daemon https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by happyraul »

For me, the best monitors by far for programming are LG's 28in DualUp, due to the aspect ratio. I have a pair side by side, and it's effectively four 1440p screens in a 2x2 layout, giving lots of vertical space without a bezel as well as horizonal on each screen.

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by creakingstairs »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #243
r00fus wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not using the best window managers - most have customizable drag points or keybindings to get exactly what you want.

Since you seem to know about the best window managers, can you recommend one for MacOS which will let me direct focus to whichever window is left/right/down/up of the currently selected one? i3/sway does this just fine, but my impression is that MacOS's api doesn't allow third party developers to pull it off, but I'd love to be wrong about that.

I use yabai which does what you say and more pretty well. It also lets you completely remove spaces transition effect but this will require disabling of SIP.

Re: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

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Post by accrual »

satvikpendem wrote: post #211
shric wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm imagining a tiling window manager screensaver that slowly resizes and moves your window boundaries throughout the day

Many OLED monitors and TVs already do this, it's called pixel shifting.

A Panasonic Viera plasma TV I bought around 2012 also had this feature.
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