And the power supply on it just died. Samsung makes a 39” 4k and I haven’t been able to find it.
How’s this relevant? We’ve been using them as 4k desktop monitors visualizing fiber routing for years now.
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On Aug 31, 2021, at 6:01 PM, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
On 8/31/21 4:40 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:On the other hand, the last time I went looking for a 27” monitor, I ended up buying a 44” smart television because it was a cheaper HDMI 4K monitor than the 27” alternatives that weren’t televisions. (It also ended up being cheaper than the 27” televisions which didn’t do 4K only 1080p, but I digress).
Back when 4k just came out and they were really expensive, I found a "TV" by an obscure brand called Seiki which was super cheap. It was a 39" model. It's just a monitor to me, but I have gotten really used to its size and not needing two different monitors (and the gfx card to support it). What's distressing is that I was looking at what would happen if I needed to replace it and there is this gigantic gap where there are 30" monitors (= expensive) and 50" TV's which are relatively cheap. The problem is that 40" is sort of Goldielocks with 4k where 50" is way too big and 30" is too small. Thankfully it's going on 10 years old and still working fine.
Mike