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My mom thinks my 25" ultrawide in Portrait mode is cool. Told me that I should get another one and do the same on the other side. 🙃 

 

I was like, I got the blessing. I might do that at some point, because why have two ultrawides when you can have three? 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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2 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

My mom thinks my 25" ultrawide in Portrait mode is cool. Told me that I should get another one and do the same on the other side. 🙃 

 

I was like, I got the blessing. I might do that at some point, because why have two ultrawides when you can have three? 

My mom saw my 27" 16:9 and thought it was too big hahaha 'why do you need a screen so big?' I really didn't have a good answer other than it's a nice screen.

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7 minutes ago, Bitter said:

My mom saw my 27" 16:9 and thought it was too big hahaha 'why do you need a screen so big?' I really didn't have a good answer other than it's a nice screen.

Haha I have 2 32” 4K 16:9 screens if yours is big mine must be ridiculous haha. 

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People see my monitor setup and just shake their heads. They don’t get it. They’ll never get it.

 

We’re a special breed and there will never be enough monitor space!

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1 hour ago, William Payne said:

Haha I have 2 32” 4K 16:9 screens if yours is big mine must be ridiculous haha. 

Pretty sure she thought the same of my previous double Trinitron a long time ago and then double FP93GX .

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9 hours ago, Bitter said:

My mom saw my 27" 16:9 and thought it was too big hahaha 'why do you need a screen so big?' I really didn't have a good answer other than it's a nice screen.

She needs to see my 49" TV used as monitor...

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12 hours ago, Sprawlie said:

People see my monitor setup and just shake their heads. They don’t get it. They’ll never get it.

 

We’re a special breed and there will never be enough monitor space!

People always ask me what that “old box tv” on my desk is… It’s a Trinitron Ultrascan that looks better than whatever crappy lcd your laptop has, excuse me…

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Well if people dare to comment on my 3x 24"1080p monitors i ask them the size of their TV.
And then ask, well who's compensating now. You 50" big boi you. 😆

Anyone that says its to big has shit for brains. 😉
Multi monitor for life yo!

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
(The more info you give the easier it is for others to help you out!)

Not willing to capitulate to the ignorance of the masses!

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6 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

Multi monitor for life yo!

I used to think that.  But 1 is fine--provided it's big enough (that's what she said).

 

*laughs in 40"*

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3 minutes ago, IPD said:

I used to think that.  But 1 is fine--provided it's big enough (that's what she said).

 

*laughs in 40"*

Disagrees is ultra ultra wide with bezels. 😄

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
(The more info you give the easier it is for others to help you out!)

Not willing to capitulate to the ignorance of the masses!

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15 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

Disagrees is ultra ultra wide with bezels. 😄

unless you are 20" or larger vertical, on one monitor, without portrait mode--I'll pass.

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4 minutes ago, IPD said:

unless you are 20" or larger vertical, on one monitor, without portrait mode--I'll pass.

Meh looking up would just make me neck hurt. Thats just silly.

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
(The more info you give the easier it is for others to help you out!)

Not willing to capitulate to the ignorance of the masses!

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you just need to put everything on swivel arms 😛

 

/me says in 2 x 34" UWD and a 40" 4k display.

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3 minutes ago, Sprawlie said:

you just need to put everything on swivel arms 😛

 

/me says in 2 x 34" UWD and a 40" 4k display.

Oh for sure, fully swivel rotating arms with height adjustment.

Once you get used to monitor arms (that connect on the back of the desk or wall) that make such room on the desk you never want to be without!

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
(The more info you give the easier it is for others to help you out!)

Not willing to capitulate to the ignorance of the masses!

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Just now, HanZie82 said:

Oh for sure, fully swivel rotating arms with height adjustment.

Once you get used to monitor arms (that connect on the back of the desk or wall) that make such room on the desk you never want to be without!

 

It was the best thing I've done for my comfort around my home office. Gave me a lot of options for changing positions of monitors. when I'm working for example, I will have one with documentation open in vertical orietation for maximum text on the screen. but then can put them side by side for super wide desktop. Or I can stack one on top of the other for tall. (with the 3, it's really tall). plus it's a standing desk so moving monitor height/positions helps. It allows me to also swivel one over to my homelab when I need to spread displays across devices.

 

found some on ebay with even longer arms than usual and it's allowed me an insane amount of movement if I need it. Never going back to having a stand waste space on my desk

 

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I just realized that my sister is the only one in my family who tends to distrust me for tech advice.

Everyone else comes to me for help because my dad is usually working.

But no, "I know how to do it" proceeds to print 50 pages of the same thing

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On 1/12/2022 at 5:45 PM, CommanderAlex said:

Anyone else still have landlines?? 

yes. 😞

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1 minute ago, tkitch said:

recreation of something that happened on discord.....

 

 

 

Did you know those fit fucking PERFECTLY?!

Brings a whole new meaning to "SATA M.2 drive"

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11 hours ago, Kilrah said:

She needs to see my 49" TV used as monitor...

I have a HTPC for my 40" TV. I got 40" because it was the same vertical as my 27" 4:3 tube TV I had before. I've been mulling over getting a bigger TV but I would need to reorganize things a lot and would probably rebuild the HTPC with a case that looks more like a receiver than a computer. I just haven't had incentive, 1080p looks ok enough to me. It's higher refresh and HDR that would push me to upgrade but those aren't quite there yet for me.

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3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I have a HTPC for my 40" TV. I got 40" because it was the same vertical as my 27" 4:3 tube TV I had before. I've been mulling over getting a bigger TV but I would need to reorganize things a lot and would probably rebuild the HTPC with a case that looks more like a receiver than a computer. I just haven't had incentive, 1080p looks ok enough to me. It's higher refresh and HDR that would push me to upgrade but those aren't quite there yet for me.

I still have a 720p 32” TV. I haven’t upgraded because I don’t see much value in 4K. We have a 1.2TB data cap and we come close most months. I don’t feel like dealing with Blurays and I don’t sub to any 4K streaming service besides prime. As Netflix 4K plan is too expensive. Eventually I might upgrade to get more HDMI ports. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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20 hours ago, Bitter said:

My mom saw my 27" 16:9 and thought it was too big hahaha 'why do you need a screen so big?' I really didn't have a good answer other than it's a nice screen.

Oh. 

Spoiler

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I fell into the "I like to have everything open at once" trap.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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51 minutes ago, tkitch said:

Did you know those fit fucking PERFECTLY?!

Yes, someone actually posted a troubleshooting thread here where it turned out they had done that...

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