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penguinairlines
Anyone have that gray hexagon wallpaper from the latest email?
This gray, domed hexagon wallpaper looks like it would be awesome on a curved widescreen! I wonder if anyone has this, or if whoever staged the photo at Drop can chime in?
Apr 23, 2024
Darthjaeger
Adding/Including Memories
I lost my dad last year (2023) and have been finding ways to include keepsakes/memories in my workstation. I've dabbled here and there with doing small woodworking projects and attempted a wrist rest from a piece of oak I picked up with him from my great uncles wood shop. I milled it to fit a 60% keyboard as I hadn't decided what keyboard I would be using it on and thought that's where most of my wrist would be in contact even typing on a full keyboard. I gave it a torched/burn appearance as I really was lost in what to do. I found an old shell casing from going hunting with my dad in my hunting pack and decided to imbed it into the end of the wrist rest so it would just have a little difference and a small story behind it as well. I have other things around my workstation from family and friends, but it just feels a little more special having worked on it and adding something small that has a memory for me to it. (Purple was my grandmothers favorite color and I have kinda now...
Apr 8, 2024
vlad.the.impale.ale.r
Stylish Modern Device Holder
It's a bit pricey, but the wood is nice and the geometric angles are modern and stylish. Dig it.
Jan 1, 2024
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POSITIVES
* 144Hz is immediately noticeable coming from 60Hz, even on the desktop. Grab a file explorer window and shake it around a bit and you can tell. Only thing that could improve it is backlight strobing (possible firmware update feature?)
* Awesome FreeSync range of 30-144Hz. As far as I'm aware, this is the only panel on the market with such a wide FreeSync range - and certainly the only one at this price point.
NEGATIVES (moderate)
* I do have one stuck pixel (magenta - no green), which several hours of spamming with JScreenFix hasn't yet unlodged.
* More interestingly, there are also several specks of what appears to be dust lodged _inside_ the panel, particularly around the lower-right corner of the screen. Not noticeable except on a very bright background, but they are there.
NEGATIVES (nitpicky)
* Bezels are definitely thick, but then again I have no backlight bleed. You don't notice it while gaming anyway. Personally I would have paid a bit more for a version with thinner bezels, but I understand that Nixeus is a small company and probably can't afford to deal with the bleed-induced returns, even with a cost premium to compensate.
* Monitor is as thin (and light) as the bezels are thick, due to the external power supply. I assume this decision was made for cost rather than form factor. Two downsides: 1, cable management takes a hit, and 2, the VESA screw holes are shallow; I had to use the included screws to mount mine to my monitor arm, because the much-easier-to-handle thumb screws that came with the monitor arm were almost 2mm too long. Again, I would have paid a premium to avoid this problem, but w/e.
* Color wasn't what I would call entirely accurate out of the box; white windows had a yellowish tinge to them (at least compared to my existing IPS monitors, which were factory calibrated). A quick color adjustment in the menu fixed this, and it looks gorgeous now.
* Menu and buttons are... odd. In particular, increasing a slider (which visually increments it rightward) is done by pressing the _left_ volume button, and vice versa. This makes a bit more sense when you notice that the volume up button is on the left side, and the volume down button is on the right. Not sure why this choice was made, but it seems off.
* Menu also seems to have no FreeSync enable/disable toggle. I don't mind doing this in software for the few titles it doesn't play well with, but it's an odd omission.
* No menu option to turn the bright blue power LED off.
* There's a cutout on the bottom right that _looks_ like a power button. It is not, which I discovered after pressing it inward too hard and breaking it, slightly recessing it inside the housing. Doesn't seem to have hurt anything, but then again I'm not sure why it exists. Molding artifact, maybe?
CONCLUSION
Still happy with my purchase. 27", 2560x1440, IPS, 144Hz, 30-144Hz FreeSync range is pretty much exactly what I wanted, and especially at the sweet price point, I'll put up with a couple of minor niggles.