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paulca:

--- Quote from: tom66 on April 20, 2023, 09:32:25 am ---over a miniscule Type C USB connector.

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The thing I hate about USB-C is, it's like they standardised the connector physical form, but while everyone attended that meeting all the different departments went their separate ways after that, because below the physical form there are dozens and dozens of different configurations.  Some won't even let you draw a single mA, others it's your 500mA, yet another will give you 150W at 19.5V or more!  Sometimes it's the cable, sometimes it's the device, sometimes it's a combination.

My work laptop.  With the screen closed I can run it on a 5V USB Charger.  Draws about 18W.  Open the screen however and it refuses to run on that or charge from it period.  Plugging it into a QC3.0 9V smart charger port and again, screen closed "Ok", screen open "No way".  Yet the screen is not pulling more than that QC3.0 port will deliver.

It would seem for USB-C there are two options.  Spend well once for something gauranteed to work, or spend again and again and again buying "nearly works" and "works there not here" type deals. 

Feel free to move to "Pet peeve thread" :)

Psi:
49" curved ultrawide is amazing for work usage if you have money to burn.
You'd think it just for gaming but no, they are amazing for working too

Bicurico:
Some extra notes, when using a TV as a computer screen:

Scaling: You don't want to use scaling ever. It sucks and many applications are not compatible with a scaling factor different from 100%.
Size: You should select a screen size that is equivalent in DPI of your current monitor. If you have a 24" FullHD screen, then a 48" (50") screen with 4K will have the same DPI and you don't need to use scaling. Consider that you now have 4 FullHD screens (2 side by side, 2 on top).
Pixels: When buying the TV, note that some TV's use a different sub-pixel pattern than computer monitors. Go for a TV that has square pixels with the subpixels within each square. What I mean is this:

OK:

R R R
G G G
B B B

Not OK:

R G R
B R B 
G B R

You get the idea.

On my TV with current configuration (LG "Gaming Mode", HDR Mode, 60Hz) the screen is pretty much like my former Asus monitors. Red text on black or gray is okish/acceptable. Not perfect, but totally OK for me.

The main selling point of this configuration is the screen/desktop real estate. You suddenly wonder how you were able to work on a FullHD screen before...

As a side effect, I pretty much stopped using my HIFI Stereo connected via optical cable as sound source. The TV offers a pretty good sound for what it is and you don't need to setup speakers.

The bad points, after 3rd week:

1) I should sit a little bit higher. The top left and right corner of the TV are a bit too far and I need to move my head to properly read stuff. This is complaining at high level, though. I just put less important windows there, like when a CAM program is calculating. I will see when it is finished and meanwhile focus on the lower half and center of the screen.

2) The TV does not have a standby mode like a computer monitor. If the PC sleeps/switches off the screen output, the TV will show a picture mentioning lack of input signal. This means I have to switch the TV off, before leaving my desk. This might move Outlook from the second screen to the main screen if I move the mouse to wake the PC before switching the TV back on.

3) The TV sometimes shows events on top of the image (new FW available). This requires to take the remote and get rid of the message. This is a rare event, though.

4) I need to cover my window during the day, as there are many reflections. I think I would have the same issue with most computer monitors.

5) HDR mode revealed artifacts on the image I use on my desktop background, especially when looking at a certain angle. This is not the fault of the TV, but of the JPEG compression of the image. Means that you suddenly notice things like that.

6) If you do online meetings and need to share your screen, make sure you have (as I have) a second FullHD screen connected, otherwise all participants won't be able to read anything, because they will look at a 4K screen on their FullHD screens.

7) Some applications will render fonts way to big (i.e. VLC or VirtualBox). You can fix this by doing right click on the executable and editing the compatibility mode --> DPI settings.

8) My other PC had a GeForce GTX960 and this card did not have enough RAM to run games in 4K mode. I am not a gamer and I just use Rockstar GTA V as a benchmark and to run away from the cops... With my new computer I have a RTX4070TI and GTA V runs on basically highest settings in 4K. Note that I would not spend this kind of money to play GTA V with better settings: the game plays exactly the same and I would say that the improved graphics are barely noticable during a regular gaming session.

Overall this has been a great experience for me. I would not switch back to regular PC monitors. Note that my goal was to have the equivalent of 4 screens (5 actually, considering the extra monitor). It is not about having a bigger picture!

paulca:
On ultrawide.  In most window managers you can rapidly split apps left/right halves (LWin+<- ->).  The aspect is such that you can have two perfectly normal looking apps side by side.  Chrome even has an extension to single click this splitting the current tab into a sister sidebyside config.

The annoying this is, YOU are part of the problem.  Having a rare aspect ratio causes issues.  An example is if someone, including me, forgets to set a particular setting when rendering the video file and then uploading to YouTube, the 21:9 capture of 21:9 content gets encoded as 21:9 content in a 16:9 frame with "pillar box" blanks.  Of course when you open that on a 21:9 screen and full screen it, the player sees 16:9 and adds "prison bars" either side.  The resulting takes up the centre half of the screen!

wraper:
IMHO two 30-ish inch monitors are much better than a single ultra wide weirdo. You can arrange them in a comfortable way and do not need to bother with any issues.

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