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SO HAPPY tonight!

LG has discontinued the DualUp LCD display ( 28MQ780-B ), it seems, sometime in the last 12 months or so. It is a 28-inch "4K"-class monitor that is nearly square, 2560x2880 in resolution with a 16:18 ( = 8:9 = 4:4.5 ) aspect ratio.

I have this display and it is the best display I have ever used in my life. I use it rotated 90 degree on the Mac, running in a "HiDPI" mode that is effectively 2304x2048, scaled. It looks amazing and is perfect for my needs.

I have used this as the main display on my Mac Studio since 2022. I always intended to buy a spare for when this one dies, but I missed the chance, so I setup an elaborate real-time monitoring system on eBay that has been alerting me the instant one appears on the site. They often go for twice retail or more.

This weekend one appeared that was local, and I talked to the seller and he told me it had only 490 hours on-time (which I've since verified), is flawless, and would meet me for pickup. He actually dropped the price and we did the sale outside of eBay. I paid about $200 over retail.

But, now I have a backup! My square, UNIX-perfect system can live on well beyond what it might otherwise have.

Bizarre source of excitement - but I'm so happy right now.

#LG #LGDualUp #DualUp #monitors #displays #LCD #Mac #MacStudio #UNIX #28MQ780 #photo #photos #setups #computers #computing #officespace #tech #finds #ebayfinds #panels

It astonished me that there exist no 32 or 32 inch curved OLED 2560x1440 ("2.5K") displays being manufactured -- at all.

All of that size and curvature are 4K in resolution.

I don't want to use 4K (or pay for such a display); it's 2.25x as many pixels and it's not nearly worth the huge extra load on the GPU, in my opinion -- and I have an RTX 5080.

Hopefully one will eventually emerge, but we will probably be seeing 8K versions of the aforementioned first. 🙄

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/are-there-no-curved-32-inch-2560x1440-2-5k-oled-displays.1511580/

#PCgaming #OLED #display #monitor #gamingPC #hardware #build #PCbuild #Freesync #Gsync #setups #displaytech #QHD #WQHD #resolution #tech #technology #computers #gaming

It astonished me that there exist no 32 or 32 inch curved OLED 2560x1440 ("2.5K") displays being manufactured -- at all.

All of that size and curvature are 4K in resolution.

I don't want to use 4K (or pay for such a display); it's 2.25x as many pixels and it's not nearly worth the huge extra load on the GPU, in my opinion -- and I have an RTX 5080.

Hopefully one will eventually emerge, but we will probably be seeing 8K versions of the aforementioned first. 🙄

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/are-there-no-curved-32-inch-2560x1440-2-5k-oled-displays.1511580/

#PCgaming #OLED #display #monitor #gamingPC #hardware #build #PCbuild #Freesync #Gsync #setups #displaytech #QHD #WQHD #resolution #tech #technology #computers #gaming

It astonished me that there exist no 32 or 32 inch curved OLED 2560x1440 ("2.5K") displays being manufactured -- at all.

All of that size and curvature are 4K in resolution.

I don't want to use 4K (or pay for such a display); it's 2.25x as many pixels and it's not nearly worth the huge extra load on the GPU, in my opinion -- and I have an RTX 5080.

Hopefully one will eventually emerge, but we will probably be seeing 8K versions of the aforementioned first. 🙄

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/are-there-no-curved-32-inch-2560x1440-2-5k-oled-displays.1511580/

#PCgaming #OLED #display #monitor #gamingPC #hardware #build #PCbuild #Freesync #Gsync #setups #displaytech #QHD #WQHD #resolution #tech #technology #computers #gaming

It astonished me that there exist no 32 or 32 inch curved OLED 2560x1440 ("2.5K") displays being manufactured -- at all.

All of that size and curvature are 4K in resolution.

I don't want to use 4K (or pay for such a display); it's 2.25x as many pixels and it's not nearly worth the huge extra load on the GPU, in my opinion -- and I have an RTX 5080.

Hopefully one will eventually emerge, but we will probably be seeing 8K versions of the aforementioned first. 🙄

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/are-there-no-curved-32-inch-2560x1440-2-5k-oled-displays.1511580/

#PCgaming #OLED #display #monitor #gamingPC #hardware #build #PCbuild #Freesync #Gsync #setups #displaytech #QHD #WQHD #resolution #tech #technology #computers #gaming

It astonished me that there exist no 32 or 32 inch curved OLED 2560x1440 ("2.5K") displays being manufactured -- at all.

All of that size and curvature are 4K in resolution.

I don't want to use 4K (or pay for such a display); it's 2.25x as many pixels and it's not nearly worth the huge extra load on the GPU, in my opinion -- and I have an RTX 5080.

Hopefully one will eventually emerge, but we will probably be seeing 8K versions of the aforementioned first. 🙄

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/are-there-no-curved-32-inch-2560x1440-2-5k-oled-displays.1511580/

#PCgaming #OLED #display #monitor #gamingPC #hardware #build #PCbuild #Freesync #Gsync #setups #displaytech #QHD #WQHD #resolution #tech #technology #computers #gaming

Random screenshot

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #AppleIIgs #Apple #AppleII #photo #nemesis #demoscene #CRT #archiving #setups #desks #retrogaming #pixelart

Happy International Amiga Day!

(It's father of the Amiga, Jay Miner's birthday, which some observe as such.)

#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #Commodore #A1000 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #setups #CRT #pixelart #retrogaming #games #gaming #posters #nostalgia #mouse #Archon #InternationalAmigaDay #IAD

My newly dual-headed Atari 520ST system.

I've had this 520STm 4MB color setup for some years now, but recently expanded it, as I had long been wanting to.

I've just added an SM124 (very sharp) monochrome 72Hz 640x400 display (switching between it and the SC1224 RGB display with a MonitorMaster switchbox that I acquired new about 10 years ago for this eventual purpose). I also have just added an ACSI2STM SD card-based HD emulator.

The stand is an A520 STation, which is a fairly rare item (I've never seen another in use).

#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #setups #desk #computers #vintage #vintagetech #photo #computerrooms #retrogaming #retrogames #games #gaming #ACSI2STM #HxC2001 #ByteCellar

Playing Rogue for the Mac.
. . .

#Rogue #Mac #Macintosh #macgaming #retrogaming #Epyx #Atari #AtariST #Spectre #MagicSac #emulation #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #MC68K #video #setups #vintageapple #games #roguelikes #ByteCellar

Playing Rogue for the Mac.
. . .

#Rogue #Mac #Macintosh #macgaming #retrogaming #Epyx #Atari #AtariST #Spectre #MagicSac #emulation #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #MC68K #video #setups #vintageapple #games #roguelikes #ByteCellar

Playing Rogue for the Mac.
. . .

#Rogue #Mac #Macintosh #macgaming #retrogaming #Epyx #Atari #AtariST #Spectre #MagicSac #emulation #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #MC68K #video #setups #vintageapple #games #roguelikes #ByteCellar

Playing Rogue for the Mac.
. . .

#Rogue #Mac #Macintosh #macgaming #retrogaming #Epyx #Atari #AtariST #Spectre #MagicSac #emulation #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #MC68K #video #setups #vintageapple #games #roguelikes #ByteCellar

Playing Rogue for the Mac.
. . .

#Rogue #Mac #Macintosh #macgaming #retrogaming #Epyx #Atari #AtariST #Spectre #MagicSac #emulation #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #MC68K #video #setups #vintageapple #games #roguelikes #ByteCellar

Antics in the ByteCellar on a Sunday afternoon

#NoMansSky #AppleII #SciFi #vintagecomputing #HelloGames #retrocomputing #gaming #games #gameplay #video #PCgaming #apple2forever #NMS #mac #Apple #scenedemo #setups #ByteCellar

Cool little Galaga arcade cab (fully playable), but these little shelves that go on the top of LCD displays -- so handy!!

#NeXT #NEXTSTEP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #video #workstation #UNIX #LCD #office #officespace #mydesk #desks #setups #retrogaming #retrogames #shelves #Galaga #arcade #Amiga #gameroom #ByteCellar

My Lisa 2/10, Mac Plus, and NeXTstation Turbo Color sharing a desk for today's #MARCHintosh post.

#Apple #Lisa #Macintosh #Mac #MacPlus #NeXTstation #NEXTSTEP #Motorola #MC68000 #CRT #posters #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #SteveJobs #PARC #GUI #vintageapple #tech #vintagetech #retrogaming #desk #setups #EA #ByteCellar

Really happy with my cable management on the living room setup. Everyone always shares their “find a cable” desk photos. But entertainment center cable management is hard mode.

Feel free to share your ideas for this and help me improve if there’s room for it.

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#tvsetup #setups #cablemanagement

This is my Amiga. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.

#Amiga #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #CRT #Commodore #retrogaming #Archon #desk #desktop #setups #shelves #computerroom #workspace #Parceiro #floppy #floppydisk #mouse #joystick #gaming