This stretched bar monitor is the best $85 I've spent in a minute - ThreadSky

vagabondvivant.com • 44 days ago

This stretched bar monitor is the best $85 I've spent in a minute

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goyato.bsky.social•43 days ago

That's interesting. What do you primarily use it for? I've mostly seen these used by restaurants and stores as like an in store marquee display, but hadn't really though of it as a monitor to add for my laptop or desktop.

vagabondvivant.com•43 days ago

I got it primarily for video/photo editing (video especially, to have the timeline below and fullscreen the work video) and running dnd games (to keep player webcams visible and not clutter my many open windows). I've also found it handy for things like YouTube videos, music players, chat clients...

vagabondvivant.com•43 days ago

... all of these things a proper second monitor could do, of course, but I didn't have the desktop space for it.

I learned about these from a guy who used them for keeping certain utilities (agenda, monitors,etc) always open. He had his oriented vertically to the side of his dual monitor setup.

goyato.bsky.social•43 days ago

My biggest issue w/multiple displays, in general, remains navigating between them, especially if they are not all touch displays), but having a separate display to handle extra nav panels, etc, that moving to an entirely new display seems inefficient and clunky seems like a good use.

vagabondvivant.com•43 days ago

These are touchscreen too, btw. I don't really bother with it because it's less effort to move the mouse, but you can totally tap them as needed — which would be handy with certain applications, for sure

goyato.bsky.social•43 days ago

Yeah, that's nice. I was talking more about when I have like 3 monitors (especially when I have two + my laptop) and trying to mouse across them can be awkward if you don't have them oriented in the right order. With touch screens, you can tap the one you want to navigate, then mouse as needed.

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