[HN Gopher] I built a 5K iMac Display
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I built a 5K iMac Display
Author : dsr12
Score : 193 points
Date : 2021-03-01 04:25 UTC (18 hours ago)
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| vishnugupta wrote:
| Tangential. Using my monitor in portrait mode has been a game
| changer for me. Now when I look back I wonder how is it that I
| wasted so much display space.
| aequitas wrote:
| I got a 27" monitor which is essentially 2 portrait mode
| monitors fused together.
|
| When I could get hold of a 30" monitor years ago at work it was
| a real eye opener for me. I always had double screens but I
| tended to used only 2/3 of those screens and one was always to
| far off to the side to be more usefull than occasionally glance
| at.
|
| Now with a 27/30" screen I can have 2 windows side by side
| within my field of view, of 1 large windows and 2 smallers ones
| like terminal.
| colechristensen wrote:
| I like a 4:5 display, but they don't really make them any more
| (or if they do, there's one or two choices)
| fanf2 wrote:
| I currently have two 1200x1920 panels in portrait mode next
| to each other, and 2400x1920 is 5:4
|
| It's the aspect ratio I grew up with, but 14x the number of
| pixels and 4x the screen size, but probably half the weight
| and power consumption!
| WildParser wrote:
| 1:1 is also nice.
| https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/
| mchan wrote:
| I'm using this monitor, and it has replaced a dual-screen
| FHD setup. The amount of vertical resolution is fantastic.
| vxNsr wrote:
| That... thing is disturbing to look at, that being said the
| first thing I started looking for was the price, and it's
| predictably expensive considering that it's just a great
| aspect ratio for a 1920p 26" screen.
|
| I'd pay about $500 for a square 2160p 30" screen. But then
| I'm a cheapskate and I have no way to justify even the $500
| cost when I could get a couple 27" 2160p's on sale for
| that.
| ddalex wrote:
| 8:9 is also a sweet spot, where you divide a 16:9
| vertically to display two windows. No more awkward monitor
| rotations !
| stevencorona wrote:
| It's been slim picking for 5K monitors- especially if you're not
| on OSX where thunderbolt dispay output is much more complicated.
|
| Besides the (now discontinued) Planar IX2790, which had severe
| quality control issues (went through 4- all with major dead
| pixels and burn-in), I don't think there are any readily
| available DisplayPort-based 5K monitors out there :(
|
| Feels like hidpi displays have pretty much stagnated outside of
| apple ecosystem
| StillBored wrote:
| Well 8k is the new hotness. There is the dell UP3218K for
| example.
|
| That said, 4k @ 27" vs 5k @ 27" is a bit of diminishing
| returns, and its hard to justify the price, when instead of a
| single 5k, one can get two 4k.
| lifty wrote:
| It's not only about pixel density, although that's important.
| Most importantly, 5k gives you integer scaling for a
| resolution of 2560 x 1440, which is perfect for 27 inch. If
| you can get similar results with another setup I would love
| to hear about it.
| reacharavindh wrote:
| This and exactly this! I'd love to get one 27 inch 5K
| monitor for my work(looking at code and text) and have
| integer scaled MacBook Pro resolution. That would be
| perfect. But, it's silly that there are zero choices in EU
| at the moment. The LG ultra fine is taken out of stock due
| to some EU regulations, and there is nothing else :-(
| andor wrote:
| _" The LG ultra fine is taken out of stock due to some EU
| regulations"_
|
| Is that true?
|
| I bought one about two weeks ago from Saturn, for 19%
| off. Still waiting for the delivery though. According to
| "geizhals.de" there are a few stores that still have it
| in stock.
| reacharavindh wrote:
| Yes, I'd love to buy one, but can't here in Denmark.
|
| https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/21/lg-
| ultrafine-4k-display...
|
| The wholesale vendor for DK says there is some contention
| with EU regulations that prompted them to hold on all
| orders :-( he does not know which regulations they are.
| mcovalt wrote:
| Does integer scaling matter for text or images? Or is it
| just for UI elements drawn on a pixel grid?
| lifty wrote:
| I don't know how text is implemented, but based on my
| experience, it matters. On my 13inch MBP screen text and
| everything else is incredibly sharp. I hope someone more
| knowledgeable can chime in.
| samatman wrote:
| I've been very happy with a '5k2k' monitor, I have the MSI
| Prestige PS341WU. The resolution is 5120 x 2160 at 21:9, and
| it's basically a stretched-out 27" 4k monitor, so same height
| and vertical resolution, just wider.
|
| Gives enough real estate to have three 'panels' of windows,
| and it's all one monitor: I find that two-monitor setups mean
| I have to either always tilt my neck left and right, or set
| up one centrally and then really kink to the side to view the
| other one.
| monadic6 wrote:
| Why is it 8k and not 16k? I thought it was proportional to
| the logarithm of the number of pixels.
| tverbeure wrote:
| We went from 1920 wide to 3840 to 7680.
|
| A step of 4x give or take in number of total pixels each
| time.
|
| It's a logical progression?
|
| But either way, 8K is already pushing the limits of what
| today's video transports can carry. 16K is currently
| impossible.
|
| Uncompressed 8K/60Hz requires >64% of the max BW of
| DisplayPort 2.0 (which is not even on the market yet.)
| That's why he needed 2 DP cables.
|
| You can check out video timing requirements here:
| https://tomverbeure.github.io/video_timings_calculator
| AnthonBerg wrote:
| I believe it's the result of the semi-random
| crystallization of the effective consensus about what word
| to use. Partly also what feels like "the next one after".
| hyko wrote:
| The returns are diminishing, but if your eyesight is good a
| 5K monitor is much nicer to work with. Ultimately the reason
| 4K took hold was part marketing and part display
| interconnection/GPU technology. The Mac was pretty much alone
| in driving 5K adoption.
|
| The UP3218K was released in 2018 and pretty much stands alone
| in that space, for the same reasons.
| Yaggo wrote:
| Yeah. I don't like to use 4K monitors with 15" Macbook Pro,
| because the latter has 16:10 screen (with emulated 1920x1200
| resolution, with 2.25 real pixels for every emulated pixel),
| while typical 4K monitor has 16:9 aspect ratio with 1920x1080
| emulated resolution (4 real pixels for every emulated pixel),
| so you'll actually loose vertical desktop estate, unless you
| run it in non-high-dpi mode which looks just ugly.
| happynacho wrote:
| I've seen similar builds like this on /r/hackintosh and other
| DIY.
|
| Have you found a driver board that uses a single DP1.4? Two 1.2
| would limit me to a single one and wanna run 2.
| phillipcaudell wrote:
| There's a newer board that uses a single USB-C cable, but it's
| a bit more expensive:
| https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001084086628.html?spm=a2g0o...
| sgt wrote:
| Very cool. I wouldn't mind having this. Right now my setup is my
| MBP and a 27 4K screen that I use as the primary. I thought about
| using two 4K or 5K screens and rather change to a Mac Mini, but
| in which direction would I be looking? If I'd look ahead with two
| screens, I would look at the space between the two screens. In
| other words, I actually prefer to have a "primary" screen and I
| keep wondering whether one actually needs another screen at all.
| What do you guys think?
| konha wrote:
| I use a similar setup for the same reason. 32" 4K Dell and a
| MBP.
|
| When I was still using a dual screen setup I had one in the
| center as primary and one at the side in portrait mode.
|
| Having dual screens next to each other with the space between
| the screens in front of you sounds like an ergonomic disaster.
| Some people seem not to mind though.
| sgt wrote:
| An option might be one primary large screen, then another
| screen next to it in portrait mode. Perfect for reading
| documents or displaying a dashboard.
| adav wrote:
| Great project! I did a similar project 3 years ago to save the
| use of the great screen in a 2009(?) 24" iMac with a broken logic
| board. Learnt about LVDS and went the Chinese control board
| direction. First iteration was an HDMI cable poking out. Second
| interaction was integrating a Raspberry Pi for a new-old all-in-
| one PC - plus, it felt much snappier than the original Core 2 Duo
| workings from the Mac.
| vsskanth wrote:
| I wish they made more 5k monitors. Integer scaling looks so much
| better even on windows which supports fractional scaling
| phillipcaudell wrote:
| Heya, I'm the guy who put this together. Let me know if you have
| any questions about it! I've had the setup for about a month now
| and absolutely love it.
| DoingIsLearning wrote:
| Great work!
|
| Can you link to the supplier of the driver board?
|
| How did you go about determining the board was ok to plug into
| a shinny new panel?
|
| My previous experiences with Aliexpress where a bit hit and
| miss. Either with issues of using obvious counterfeit parts or
| batch quality issues (order 100 and 70 are OK, etc.).
| phillipcaudell wrote:
| The supplier was great! I think I received it within a week
| of ordering (which considering I'm in the UK and it was
| coming from mainland China is pretty impressive). Here's a
| link to the exact part and supplier I used: https://www.aliex
| press.com/item/4001192011831.html?spm=a2g0s...
| iams wrote:
| would you be able to link to the panel you bought off ebay?
| [deleted]
| vldx wrote:
| Great work!
|
| How is the panel? Do you have any uniformity issues? In total,
| I've tried 7 units of LG 5K UltraFine (27MD5KA-B and
| 27MD5KL-B). All had [1] uneven brightness (visible on white
| background) and backlight bleed. Some of the units also
| exhibited tinting and/or faint vertical lines. I couldn't
| swallow these issues for the price that I've paid. Now I'm with
| Dell U2720Q, but I miss the high PPI of the 5K.
|
| [1] https://imgur.com/a/oVN3kTc#FGOzspK
| auggierose wrote:
| Cool stuff, but doesn't look like a setup I would enjoy. I hate
| it when in front of me there is a gap between monitors.
|
| Instead, I am using a Dell 32inch directly in front of me, iMac
| 27inch to the right of me, and Dell 27inch portrait to the left
| of me.
| speleding wrote:
| That's _exactly_ my setup.
|
| But I cannot understand why there are no reasonably priced 5K
| or 6K monitors of around 30-35 inch. I would buy one in a
| heartbeat.
| auggierose wrote:
| It will happen eventually. Until then, 4K is good enough for
| me.
| eertami wrote:
| >I cannot understand why there are no reasonably priced 5K or
| 6K monitors of around 30-35 inch
|
| Because it's a niche market and unless they become more
| popular they won't be produced at enough scale to bring the
| retail price down.
| 3327 wrote:
| Nice tanning bed.
| auggierose wrote:
| I am using dark mode, mate. Also, I really don't have any
| need for artificial tanning :-)
| konart wrote:
| Always wanted to do the same ever since I saw this project in
| german back in 2019. https://youtu.be/hzTVe6aVgww
| dangwu wrote:
| Very cool, but how exactly does that look less "hideous" than an
| LG UltraFine 5K?
|
| https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMUB2LL/A/lg-ultrafine-5k...
| o_m wrote:
| You can't buy it in Europe anymore, and it has been almost
| impossible to order one for over a year.
| ipsum2 wrote:
| Doesn't have the Apple logo? :)
|
| But it looks like it was ~$500 less than the LG version all in
| all, so a decent project.
| neilsense wrote:
| Using dual displays with the second one not being the exact
| height/bezel-size/shape as the other is distracting and is less
| of a nice experience than when both displays are the same.
|
| Usually with an iMac, the second display is always something
| else, this is a nice way to make the overall experience nicer.
| rangibaby wrote:
| It looks like an iMac. That's why people used to shell out big
| bucks for Apple-branded displays back when they were a thing
| miles wrote:
| > people used to shell out big bucks for Apple-branded
| displays back when they were a thing
|
| They still are:
|
| Pro Display XDR https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/
| tpetry wrote:
| The pricing of the Pro Display XR makes it kind of
| ,,vaporware". The difference is it does exist, you can buy
| it but with this insance pricing almost no one will buy it.
|
| The old displays were a thing because they had really been
| affordable.
| judge2020 wrote:
| For what it's worth, rumors from last month have
| speculated that a regular iMac with an XDR-like chassis
| might be coming.
|
| https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/15/new-imac-2021-apple-
| silicon/
| lloeki wrote:
| > almost no one will buy it
|
| Just like reference monitors which are much pricier, it
| doesn't mean they have no reason to exist.
|
| This Apple Display fits in a strange zone in between
| reference monitors and high quality "regular" displays
| (which the previous Apple [Cinema||Thunderbolt] Display
| went at) that no one else went for.
|
| The question is, is there a market for that niche or is
| that a "Vader trash can" Mac Pro mistake again?
| zamalek wrote:
| The Apple interface is highly consistent. The fit and finish on
| their products is also highly consistent. I assume that this is
| a quality that Apple users enjoy.
|
| Personally, I find the bezels on both monstrous, so I wouldn't
| go for either.
| coldtea wrote:
| When exactly did people start to fear bezels in screens?
| scsilver wrote:
| They just look like constraints of a less sophisticated
| production process.
| zamalek wrote:
| Probably when thin bezels became widely available (as dual
| monitor setups probably predate that).
| jayd16 wrote:
| Bezels matter when we're talking about side by side
| displays.
| Ballas wrote:
| The LG is almost the price of a 5k mac...
| pkamb wrote:
| Someone should release a "kit"... the new boards and power supply
| could even sit inside a nicely designed backpack enclosure on the
| stand.
|
| Is there any possibility of accessing the needed display
| connectors via the RAM door or via a surgical cut in the back
| case? Removing the screen is what I don't want to do.
| hyko wrote:
| So disappointing that modern iMacs don't have target display
| mode.
| frankus wrote:
| Fingers crossed that they bring it back with the M-whatever
| iMacs when they come out.
|
| 100% speculating but I could see it being something that
| Intel's TB3 chips weren't set up to handle and that's why they
| dropped.
| _ph_ wrote:
| This is something I just can't comprehend. For work, I am using
| a 16" MB Pro and I had to get a separate screen for it as I
| cannot connect it to my iMac for display. One would think it
| isn't too uncommon for iMac owners also to have a laptop.
|
| And if I could use my iMac as a screen, I might have grabbed a
| M1 Mac already. Instead I am waiting on a refreshed iMac.
| aequitas wrote:
| I use Screen Sharing to have my Macbook screen show on my
| iMac. Works flawless over Gigabit, except that cmd-tab
| sometimes lags. There are tools available[0] that allow you
| to set a higher resolution for a screen than what would be
| sensibly supported by the LCD panel. Although it doesn't do
| retina this way.
|
| [0] https://github.com/Eun/DisableMonitor
| veidr wrote:
| That's interesting to hear, because my experience is that I
| really really _want_ to use Remote Desktop / Screen Sharing
| but the performance has gotten worse and worse over macOS
| releases, and it currently abysmal over gigabit, and even
| 10-gigabit, wired Ethernet. (I could not see any difference
| between 1Gbps and 10Gbps which made me think bandwidth is
| not the problem).
|
| I'd love for this to be some flaw in my own setup, though.
|
| I used to use this setup circa Mac OS X 10.6 and it worked
| very well (1Gbps wired connection). I could leave my home
| office and screen share in from the living room via my
| MacBook Pro from the living room, when I had to watch my
| kids or whatever.
|
| Today, I don't even try that. Command-Tab lags, yes, but
| almost everything lags to the point of being super-annoying
| to use. Even typing lags. I also have a Windows box in my
| office, and this setup basically works (even from my MBP).
| So I've been assuming this is one of those features that
| Apple has let degrade to the point of unusability.
|
| But am I wrong? I'd like to be. Are others using Screen
| Sharing or Remote Desktop on macOS with success beyond like
| click... wait... click... whew I got a system update
| installed? I mean, for like typing emails or coding?
|
| (One thing I'd been thinking of debugging was whether my
| office Mac having 3 5K screens is an issue -- I am only
| trying to screenshare one of them, but maybe they have a
| bug or something where total pixels of the host kill perf
| even if those pixels aren't being shared.)
| aequitas wrote:
| One issue I had is that it was constantly using the WiFi
| connection instead of the wired one. So I created a
| shortcut where I replaced the hostname with the wired IP
| address, this solved a lot of problems for me.
|
| For my usecase of development, it works fine. No
| noticable lag, even as I type this comment, also video
| calls and web browsing/scolling/youtube are fluid on
| 2560x1440 using around 7MB/s.
|
| With 3 5K screen I could image video memory or some GPU
| bandwidth being an issue, limiting the screensharing
| although sharing only 1 screen. But the problem must be
| either one of lag or one of bandwidth. Maybe try
| measuring network throughput and ping?
| neurostimulant wrote:
| Maybe try using a 3rd party remote desktop system with
| focus on performance instead of the standard vnc server
| included in mac? Parsec might work for your use case. The
| disadvantage is these kind of remote desktop system
| achieve the performance by utilizing lossy codecs instead
| of lossless compression used by vnc, so you might notice
| some banding/artefacts depending on your network
| condition / compression level. The advantage is the
| hardware encoding/decoding is very fast, even fast enough
| for gaming.
|
| https://parsec.app/
| _ph_ wrote:
| I have used it, but over wifi it is a bit laggy. Works for
| emergencies, but isn't really a replacement for a proper
| monitor connection.
| sgt wrote:
| It's about respect. How would you feel if you were an iMac
| and people just wanted to plug into you to use you as a
| screen?
| neurostimulant wrote:
| Apple already has Sidecar that turns your iPad into a
| monitor. It's not a stretch to enable that feature on Mac
| so you can turn your Mac into a monitor too whenever you
| need it for some reason.
| _ph_ wrote:
| That is another sad story. As far as I know, Sidecar
| works in both directions, you can use it to make your
| iMac a monitor for another mac. However, there is a huge
| catch: those two devices need to run on the same Apple
| ID. Which of course makes it impossible when trying to
| connect your work with your private computer. Of all
| companies, Apple should have an understanding of keeping
| your work files in a separate environment :p.
| madeofpalk wrote:
| I think it was just at the time when 5k iMacs were introduced
| there was no (good?) way to support that resolution over a
| thunderbolt or what, so support was dropped. Then it was just
| never added back...
| bzzzt wrote:
| The 5k iMac was really ahead of it's time in late 2014. I
| remember reading some technical blog talking about the
| custom designed driver board for that panel. The 2015
| MacBook pro could drive a 5k panel using two displayport
| cables (some 5k monitors from that period supported that
| solution for full resolution at 60Hz), and with modern
| displayport there should be no problems, but maybe Apple
| does not really want their computers used as 'dumb'
| displays anymore...
| jackpeterfletch wrote:
| It would be nice if all all-in-ones / laptops had target
| display mode. The versatility would be great.
|
| The number of times I've wanted to use, say a console when the
| TVs taken, or use my mini-itx desktop away from home. Being
| able to plug into a laptop that im carrying anyway would be
| great.
| sudhirj wrote:
| It seems like this was a technical limitation more than a
| business one. Apple had to do some very non-standard stuff for
| 5K and that's when they stopped supporting the target display
| mode. See the article as well - the only was the author could
| get it work was with two display port connections, so if Apple
| were to support target display, they'd likely have to put in
| two display ports in the back just for that.
| mrweasel wrote:
| While it a useful feature, it was always an expensive and
| wasteful way of buying a secondary display. Arguable it was the
| only way of making a dual-display iMac setup look good.
| fabioborellini wrote:
| I wouldn't deem it wasteful. Monitors have evolved a lot
| slower than computer parts generally and using a monitor for
| a relatively long period is quite common with desktop PC
| users. A midrange 1920x1200 display bought 10 or 12 years ago
| is quite similar in specs compared to today's low end
| displays.
|
| A few years old 4K and 5K iMacs have high end integrated
| displays even from today's point of view, but their CPUs and
| especially GPUs are outdated for quite a few serious use
| cases. I think it would make a lot of sense to use one as a
| display for a new workstation setup.
|
| But obviously my described use case is a "second chance" for
| an iMac having served as a standalone computer until its EOL.
| yreg wrote:
| Quite the contrary, I'd love to be able to continue using the
| 5K iMac as a screen once I get a new computer.
| Lio wrote:
| At one point people were speculating about monitors with
| eGPUs built in.
|
| What would be super cool is if Apple could take this further
| and you could use an iMac as both a second screen and off
| load work to the CPU and GPU.
|
| I'd like that from an eWaste perspective if nothing else.
| i.e. just add a new iMac to your existing set up.
|
| For myself I've been using the same external 27" Dell 1440
| monitor for about 7 years. It's not like it's worn out in
| anyway.
| Terretta wrote:
| At the same time, the latest iPad Pros connected to a Macbook
| via USB-C provide a remarkably convenient and performant second
| screen experience when doing dev or other creative (multi-
| screen) work on the road.
|
| The magnetic mount of the iPad Pro magic keyboard means you can
| just grab the iPad and pop it back, making it super convenient
| to use either way.
| awiesenhofer wrote:
| Absolutley, I have 3 old iMacs with perfectly good displays
| that I could only use by running the computers attached to them
| (via VNC or similar). I would definitely pay 150 bucks like in
| TFA for a driverboard that would allow me to rip out the Mac-
| parts and only keep the display...
| awiesenhofer wrote:
| https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1352692104707919872.html
| walrus01 wrote:
| Question, why would it require two displayport cables and two
| outputs from a video card? A displayport 1.4 cable and connection
| are supposed to support 5K at 60Hz.
|
| Is that a limitation of the driver board?
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort
| StillBored wrote:
| if its the dell control board (I've got the dell) it predates
| the faster DP standards. It only supports 5k via dual link.
| Which is why a couple years ago when the newer 5k displays came
| out, I snapped up mine from some guy on ebay upgrading and
| selling it at fire sale prices (nothing like new hardware to
| lower the value of perfectly good old stuff).
| phillipcaudell wrote:
| This is correct! Though there is a newer driver board which
| supports USB-C (and thus one cable), but it's a lot more
| expensive. And since I was connecting to an 2015 iMac, wasn't
| needed in my case.
| andor wrote:
| Because the Dell UP2715K has 10 bits per color channel, even
| DisplayPort 1.4 HBR3 would not be enough. It would work with
| Display Stream Compression, but that appears to be an optional
| feature of DP 1.4 that is not universally supported. Also, the
| compression is lossy.
|
| Additional speculation: all 5k displays on the market so far
| (LG, Dell, Iiyama, ...?) were made as Apple accessories,
| probably with Thunderbolt ports in mind. Because the market is
| not that large they might share some components. TB3 only
| requires DP 1.2, but can carry multiple streams. The expensive
| LG display includes a TB3 hub that demultiplexes the
| DisplayPort streams and sends them off to a dual-link DP
| controller. Less expensive displays leave out the Thunderbolt
| part and require dual DisplayPort inputs for full resolution.
| andor wrote:
| With HBR3, net bandwidth for uncompressed image data is 25.92
| Gbit/s.
|
| 8bit 4k at 120Hz: >>> (3840 * 2160 * 24 *
| 120) / (1000*1000*1000) 23.887872
|
| 10bit 5k at 60Hz: >>> (5120 * 2880 * 30 * 60)
| / (1000*1000*1000) 26.54208
| baybal2 wrote:
| Calling this "building an own display" is a bit of a stretch.
|
| He just wired a panel, off-the shelf driver board, ac-dc brick,
| and put it into body.
| andy_ppp wrote:
| What were you expecting? Screen printing an OLED? Gluing
| together 14.7 million (=== 5k) LEDs for each channel? (-:
| baybal2 wrote:
| Well, at least to not to use "tape, and glue" as an assembly
| method.
|
| Even if DP panels all have their real drivers, and tcons
| internally, there is still a lot left for a designer to do.
| phillipcaudell wrote:
| Tape and glue is literally how iMac panels are held on
| https://www.replacebase.co.uk/for-apple-imac-a1419-27-lcd-
| gl...
| Yaggo wrote:
| Nothing wrong with tape or glue. Even car chassis parts are
| glued together!
| baybal2 wrote:
| Tape, and glue are bad! Falling off glued door hinges on
| GM cars were an apex of engineering stupidity.
|
| Glue cannot provide _stiffness_ as such. Hard adhesives,
| soft adhesives, filler, no filler, all inferior to any
| mechanical connection. Adhesive is usually the worst of
| possible compromises.
|
| Hard adhesive is stiff, but dies from most minuscule
| repeated stresses.
|
| Soft adhesive does not die to repeated stresses, but
| isn't stiff.
|
| High fill adhesive layers absorb loads, but can't stiffen
| anything.
|
| Low fill adhesive layers are stiff, but put all stress
| into the surface-adhesive interface.
|
| Even if you have it in a recessed niche, and use high
| fill soft adhesive over primed metal surface, you already
| made enough operations to warrant a proper joining
| method.
| wilsonfiifi wrote:
| On a side note, for anyone planning to buy a monitor please spend
| the extra bucks to get one with adjustable height, tilt and
| rotation if possible. And if you've missed that boat then grab
| yourself a monitor stand and a Vesa mount/adapter from
| Humancentric [0].
|
| [0] https://www.humancentric.com/collections/vesa-adapters
| noir_lord wrote:
| I use 2x27" 4K LG's (good panels for the money, ~PS350 each) on
| a cheap (but honestly awesome for the money) dual vesa arm that
| is incredibly comfortable, having them up off the desk gives me
| more space on what isn't a huge desk (WFH) I couldn't go back
| to use regular stands, having the monitors essentially float in
| mid-air is ideal for me.
| feteru wrote:
| Any recommendations for the Vesa arm specifically? Looking to
| get one
| milesvp wrote:
| I've used amazon basics single arm wall mounts for the last
| 3 years, and dual arm deskmount for the last 2 years. They
| are pretty good quality, I've had no reason to look to
| replace them with another brand.
|
| edit: apparently I have the premium version. Not sure they
| used to be called premium. The spring mechanism
| counterweight makes adjustments to my 27 and 24 inch
| monitors seemless.
| noir_lord wrote:
| I have this one
| https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLEXIMOUNTS-F6D-Dual-monitor-
| moun...
|
| It's great and handles the two screens fine, can lock it
| off by tightening up the Allen headed bolts once you have
| it just so.
| mikkelam wrote:
| I'm amazed that people actually like these imac like displays.
| No rotation, fixed height and the stand takes a ton of space.
|
| A mounted VESA arm is such a nicer experience
| JoshTriplett wrote:
| > A mounted VESA arm is such a nicer experience
|
| I previously had many negative associations with VESA-mounted
| monitors, and I think other people have as well, due to poor-
| quality mounting arms. I've used VESA-mounts where monitors
| bounced every time someone walked by; that's a serious issue.
|
| When I started working from home full-time, I set up a high-
| quality VESA-mount system using a pole mount and a
| professional monitor arm; the service I purchased it from
| actually _looked up the monitor specs_ to figure out the
| level of support the arm required. The resulting setup is
| rock-solid and always stays exactly where I place /tilt it.
|
| So I do think VESA-mounting can provide a great experience,
| but the difference between cheap and high-quality can make or
| break the resulting experience.
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