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Reply #51 –
Well... it seems that my DnD friends have openly embrassed those modernist sci-fi spaceship things but I'm not convinced. Why do I need an arm for a monitor that stands perfectly well in front of me on top of my table? two monitors in fact, side by side.

Are you always moving your monitors right to lef, up and down? Turn it upside down? you're not floating in space, are you? :)

It's like televisions, we put it somewhere and there it stays forever, nobody is always moving a television I suppose.

A matter of attitude.

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Reply #52 –
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Are you always moving your monitors right to lef, up and down?

Yes. Besides that it frees up desk space and makes sure the monitor is sufficiently high.

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It's like televisions, we put it somewhere and there it stays forever, nobody is always moving a television I suppose.
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I haven't had a television in a dozen years. That functionality (watching the occasional movie) is one of the things that make me turn my monitor around. :)

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Reply #53 –
Quote from: Belfrager on
It's like televisions

Not really. The field of view is more of an issue. You may notice a color shift or it looks dimmer if you're at the edge of it.

They do make duel mount arms... ;) (Don't knock it until you try it.)

P.S.- I do have a TV in the room. An ancient 4:3 aspect/analog dinosaur of a thing. Probably oughta see if it still turns on, lol.

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Reply #54 –
Quote from: Belfrager on

It's like televisions, we put it somewhere and there it stays forever, nobody is always moving a television I suppose.

Old-time televisions were like that, but not television these days. In old times, "television" meant both the device and the service provided through airwaves. The device was always square (or 4:3) and the airwaves provided whatever was on at the moment. There was fixity in the concept and in the way it played out materially.

These days, you can record, fast forward and rewind the content. The common aspect ratio of the device is 16:9 these days, but you can redirect the content to other screens and devices (I'd assume - at least there are some applications that supposedly do TV in Linux, but I don't have a TV cable, hence no TV signal, hence no way to try). Therefore TV these days is a more mobile and customisable thing, not static as in old times.

I hate modern TV for many reasons and I don't have it, but I like the general idea that I can direct content to this or that screen. And I like the idea that the device is adaptable to the content I pass on to it. When you watch a portrait photo, you have the smartphone one way, when you watch a landscape photo, you have the smartphone another way, and it's good to be able to do it. And it's good to be able to switch the gravity sensor off when you need it off.

A general-purpose monitor should be able to do the same thing. When I watch a 50's widescreen movie, the monitor should be one way. When I read a pdf fullscreen, the monitor is better another way. For me, television is just a screen, a monitor. In this century, I have had no need for the service called "television". Ever since some evil mastermind thought up the idea of two remotes and forced it upon everyone, I wanted nothing to do with it anymore.

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Reply #55 –
Quote from: ensbb3 on
Not really. The field of view is more of an issue. You may notice a color shift or it looks dimmer if you're at the edge of it.

Not really an issue with a reasonable quality IPS screen. :) However, if you're not doing anything with the computer it's sure awful convenient to be able to just put it out of the way completely. My computer, while being perhaps the most important tool around my desk (and certainly the most expensive; equivalent in price to probably most of my reference works combined), is only one of the tools at my disposal. Since forgoing on CRTs, it actually acts that way. Sure, there's still the big tower, but that's basically just like a drawer or something.

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Reply #56 –
Quote from: Frenzie on
Not really an issue with a reasonable quality IPS screen.

I've slid out of optimal viewing angle watching movies a time or two. Nothing to write home about. Just had to reach up and tip it down a bit. But yea, desk space was my main reason too. A use I didn't really consider was the "Hey come look at this" moments. Flipping it 180 degrees and just showing them is nice.

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Sure, there's still the big tower, but that's basically just like a drawer or something.

Ha ha. I love my huge tower. I got this case for the airflow factor. (I can regulate the temperature pretty easily with a couple of fans even when taxing the crap out of the GPU.) But I like the fact it's not invisible.

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Reply #57 –
Quote from: ensbb3 on
Ha ha. I love my huge tower. I got this case for the airflow factor. (I can regulate the temperature pretty easily with a couple of fans even when taxing the crap out of the GPU.) But I like the fact it's not invisible.

In mostly idle I've currently got my CPU at about 31-33 °C and my GPU at 35/36 °C and that's with the fans around the lowest (500 RPM or so?). But it's still quiet enough if I play something a bit more demanding like Tomb Raider so the temp and fans go up. :)

Anyway, I have no special attachment to the big tower except in its utility value. Meaning I obviously won't be able to do without for years to come. :P

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Reply #58 –
'Bout the same here.

I've got 4 other fans on an analog controller but they are usually off or at half because they do make a humming noise. Keeps it about 10C cooler on full tho.

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Reply #59 –
Oh, I just noticed that at actual idle the temp of both drops under 30 °C. Apparently just some minor use is still more active than I thought. :P

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Reply #60 –
Nobody likes a bragger. :P (lol)

@>1% My CPU and HDDs run 28C with fans at std. I opened a few usual apps and spiked it to 40C real easily tho.
GPU is pretty steady at 35C in Windows with no shortage of pretties. Spikes up to 50C for 1080p on Youtube. (yea I took the snip before I thought to test that.)

I wiped my primary HDD when I upgraded to WinX and haven't had time to add or settle on a version of Linux yet so you're not playing fair anyway, hehe.

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Reply #61 –
I doubt it's much different in Windows, except that Windows taxes the system very significantly more while booting up. Anyway, instead I have a cute little tower cooler for silence (compared to stock), but not one of those massive beasts. I can still access my memory. :)

Part of it is of course the fact that it's freezing out and we consider it a waste to heat the house beyond 18.5 °C (i.e. comfortable warm sweater temp); 19 °C at night depending on how we feel. In summer it'll all run a few degrees hotter. :P

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Reply #62 –
Quote from: Frenzie on
I doubt it's much different in Windows

Yous prolly rite.
Quote from: Frenzie on
Part of it is of course the fact that it's freezing out and we consider it a waste to heat the house beyond 18.5 °C (i.e. comfortable warm sweater temp); 19 °C at night depending on how we feel. In summer it'll all run a few degrees hotter.

20C always for me. Well sometimes cooler in the winter at night. I can't stand to be hot. Especially can't sleep if so.

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Reply #63 –
At night I put it to 17.5 °C.

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Reply #64 –
I have a Samsung TV and a small dongle that attaches to it, and if I find an interesting internet documentary that I'd like to see on a big screen, Google Chrome's browser allows me to "cast" the video to the TV screen. Very nice.

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Reply #65 –
Well whadda ya know - the same tv brand as mine.
"Quit you like men:be strong"

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Reply #66 –
Guess I'm the only Mac user here… The last three "upgrades" have deteriorated my Mac Mini's performance considerably.
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Ever since some evil mastermind thought up the idea of two remotes and forced it upon everyone, I wanted nothing to do with it anymore.
Huh? You never heard of "universal" remotes…? You can buy them in drugstores! (Must be a Socialist thing… You know: Don't produce anything other than what the powers-that-be approve!)  But, really, what is this "two remotes" thing you speak of?

Wasn't Jobs onto something, when he insisted that the original Macintosh computer not have a fan…? :)

The ergonomics thread has morphed into the energy consumption thread.
Remember what happened, when a company produced chips that could do everything off of 5 volts…?
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Reply #67 –
Now my CPU has to make due with 1.2V. Poor thing. :awww:

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Reply #69 –
Fairly modern machine you've got there, Jimbro! Are you running El Capitan? (10.11.2)
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"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." - James Thurber
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts!" - Richard Feynman
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Reply #70 –
Quote from: Frenzie on
I've never been to Japan. :P
In Japan there are some awesome places to sit all night long, maybe even for a week or more.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkNzjvueJm8[/video]

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Reply #71 –
Huh, looks more like an ultra-cheap motel.