everyones situation is different, but the way i see it if you're buying new now its time to upgrade to 1440p. that in itself brings on its own struggles especially if you're gaming. gonna need more gpu power. for reading text and stuff its super mega awesome. i learned that real fast when i started working from home due to covid. my work computer was 1080p but seeing that stuff on my 1440p monitor i felt more productive (might not be the best word here). you can just see more with less user input if that makes sense


anyone into mechanical keyboards? my keyboard that has been on backorder for 4 months has arrived. got some cherry mx browns, its an uncommon brand here in the states

 

That Ducky looks real nice!

Bought my last keyboard (Vortex Vibe, MX Clears) from mechanicalkeyboards.com! Hell, maybe even my first ever one too, almost a decade ago

I also recently got a hot-swappable Keychron K6 for Macbook/iPad use. Ordered Zealios switches, which are going in as soon as they're lubed

 

I wouldn’t say 1080p is Dino thou.

plenty of competitive players use a 24” high refresh rate (240 or 360hz) monitor with it. Primary escorts games at like >=240fps.

There was also some article about how 24” is a sweet spot to fill up your vision without having to shift your eyes around with a larger display. Not sure how true that is anymore, I’m old

 

at escorts. I meant esports

 

24" is good for me, then again my main TV is 42".

 

WTF

 

Originally got a Keychain K6 for the Bluetooth, Windows/Mac compatibility, and the hot swap capability for the switches

Replaced the stock switches (Gateron Brown) with Zealio v2 which are super tactile, holy shit. Very satisfying to type on.

 

interesting keyboard. hows the wireless functionality? battery life? when i last looked there were no wireless mechanical keyboards

and uhh yeah another tech launch (radeon) today with no stock anywhere

 

Battery on it is huge, 4000 mAh. There's a keyboard shortcut to check battery life - the LEDs light up green rn - which means battery is at least 70%. Been using it for 5 days since its last charge. Use it throughout the entire work day and a bit more on my computer too.

I really like it, desk is a lot cleaner. Lots of BT ones I've seen have issues. This one occasionally makes weird inputs, necessitating turning the board off and on again but it's not often enough to bother me. I wanted one board (no dongle) to switch between devices and this is among the better options. No perceptible input lag.

Considering getting a wireless mouse since they are indistinguishable from wired ones when gaming these days.

Stock is gonna be constrained until well into Q1 2021 is my guess. Holidays increase demand

 

Ended up picking up the LG 27GN850 for Black Friday. $399, usually its $449

It has that new nano IPS type panel.

anyways its a 27" 1440p 144hz monitor.

no ELMB, but ive read mixed reviews anyways on that giving people headaches. wouldnt be surprised if that was me.

 

So I can't plug in my old sound bar speakers in to my new monitor because the old speakers were powered by the monitor using a proprietary plug.

Any suggestions on a budget pair (under $100 or less, preferably less) of speakers i could use and put underneath the monitor? i don't think a sound bar will work since the monitor base is the kind with legs spread eagle.

no need for a subwoofer.

 

I also just bought the X-Rite i1Display Studio Colorimeter. The color balance between my 2 monitors is kind of funky.

The LG has a more warm tone and my BenQ SW240 has more of a cool green tone. Hoping calibrating them will even them out.

 

I got these for my record player but they're a little big. My co-worker bought them for his home office setup.

 

Thanks.

hmm..... a tad too big since these will most likely have to sit behind my monitor.

 

How much clearance do you have from the bottom of your monitor to your desk?

Speakers in my LG monitor sound okay for what they are as I don't listen to music through them. But I was eyeing these just in case:


For small passive near-field speakers, pickings seemed slim.

 

since i have a dual monitor setup, I can't really put anything on the right.

So i was thinking of putting them behind and under the monitor. Maybe laying flat.

Also hoping for dual RCA or AUX inputs so i can get rid of that AUX switch box.

 

Monitor arm(s)?

The sound will be muffled if you put speakers behind the monitor, and will sound wonky if you lay them on their side. Ideally the tweeters should be ear-level, or at least pointed towards your ears.

If you're not particular and just want sound, laying them flat could be a temporary workaround. Don't think you want that permanently, do you?




(says the guy who listens to his monitor's built-in, downward firing speakers)

 

i think i'll be fine laying them flat. Ive been using a dell 2w soundbar for 10 years. So anything should be an upgrade.

I game with headphones and the speakers are mostly for things like youtube.

The dual AUX input isnt really necessary, but your company disables the MacOS volume control buttons if you output audio over displayport or HDMI.

 

tell me about it. Annoying that I couldn't manually adjust system volume, so for webex and other stuff I have to set the volume to about half. My DAC/AMP is powered via USB through the MBP, and I have an optical cable connected to my computer.

There's ways to bypass it, but work computer = can't install random crap

Same deal for me, headphones for music.

 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti allegedly appears in HP GPU drivers

There's a local shop in my area that stocks the 3000-series cards at a modest 10% markup.

I still don't like paying over sticker on principle so I will continue to wait. If the 3080 Ti rumors are true though, I'm in there

 

I'm so confused by all their different model names.

 

There's a 3060 Ti but no 3060, makes sense

I'm waiting for the 3060 Super


Nah I'm probably going to skip this gen and stick with my 2060 Super for now

 

FYI gmail is down again

for some

 

So this definitely helped balance out the color on my monitors. Holy shlt were things way oversaturated and my brightness was cranked up like crazy.
And no more color cast on my monitors.

And I ended up going the cheap ass route and using an old bluetooth speaker as my primary speaker for my computer. I only use speakers for youtube. so didnt need anything fancy

 

And so now im thinking of picking up a 60% mechanical keyboard strictly for gaming. I'd keep this full size apple keyboard around due to the numpad and control buttons.

Thinking of the Ducky One 2 Mini v2 or maybe the Mecha Mini v2 with Cherry MX blue keys? not sure if i want to go with blue or red. Red is more linear with no tactile clickity clack to it that blues have?
Or maybe the Anne Pro 2

 

all good options imo. the switch is just personal preference. i always thought the blues were for people who type alot and enjoy the typing sound, i personally dont mind it and it sounds like quality to me. and the reds were just straight up for gaming.

i've only tried reds/browns and prefer the browns. only talking about cherry switches btw

 

Im thinking of the Mecha mini since it has a metal frame vs plastic on the other options. And I think i'll give red's a try.

 

I'mma wait until the 3060Ti is regluarly in stock (no scalping or going OOS in seconds) and until Cyberpunk 2077 is fully patched and AMD processors can fully utilize all cores....maybe Q1 or Q2 of next year for me....

 

If we get that 2K stimulus, i think i'll build a gaming PC with it. Should be able to build something really good

If its the measly $600 then uhhh... i guess i stick with the PS5.

 

yikes.

And to think I was willing to wait for the Eve Spectrum monitor. Was considering the 1440p 240hz model thou.

Ain't no way they're going to knock out all those issues before they expect to release in Feb.

 

You would think Eve wouldve sent him a cherry picked unit for review and made sure it actually worked

 

What the benefit of that monitor over the LG 27GN950 just USB C?

 

I've made the switch from Chrome to Edge, so far so good. Few differences so far. Twitter complains that I'm on an unsupported browser for some reason though it says it supports Chromium, another site for work appeared blank, but it handles Aero Snap window resizing properly and better than Chrome did. It handles some of my Chrome extensions differently and better. I have an extension for my VoIP Desktop app that allows me to click on a phone number on a webpage and that types the phone number into the dialer automatically for me, Chrome would always prompt me for permission, Edge gives me an option to always allow on a website by website basis, which is pretty good. But on the Dark Reader extension my keyboard shortcuts don't work anymore like they do in Chrome, and I don't see the option for them at all. Also I can't pin as many sites to the New Tab page. I'm still using Google search but Bing has definitely gotten better over the past few years, their AI is catching up enough that I'll at least try a web search in Bing first if it's the default and if it can't figure it out I'll then go to Google to find what I need. 3 out of 5 stars

 

Edge is good. Im using the Canary build for my M1 Mac, but otherwise fine.

 

The panel is probably exactly the same. Althought Eve does have a tad brighter peak brightness, which should help for HDR content. (600nits vs 750 nits on the eve, but would still suck since no local dimming)
https://www.displayspecifications.co...son/697611f879 (there is a typo on the sustained brightness, eve says its 450nits not 650)

Eve on their 1440p 240hz and 4K 144hz monitors, offer HDMI 2.1, which offers benefits of supporting 8K60hz/4K120hz, variable refresh rate and an Auto Low Latency mode.
The LG 27GN950 only has HDMI 2.0. But this is moot for PC users, since most would be using DisplayPort 1.4.

Eve also sells the stand separately, so if you already have a monitor arm, you can save $100, which comes out cheaper than the LG.

Other than that, I'm not really seeing any benefit. But the Eve monitor was announced a way long time ago, If they actually had met their target release date, then it would've been out way before the competition had anything comparable.
But since it took so long, the competition has released comparable products.

For me, I'd go with the LG unless I absolutely cared about 10gbps USBC and HDMI 2.1.
Or wait for the monitors to be announced in 2021.

 

Honestly thou, I like how my LG 27GN850 completely removed the USB ports compared the previous years LG 27GL850. I never use the USB ports on monitors because they are typically placed in an awkward location if I wanted to plug in something. Same goes for a SD card reader.

I do like the location of where Dell put the USB and headphone jack on their S2721DGF monitor. I wish more monitor companies would put some ports on the bottom so its easier to access.

 

ordered the Mecha Mini v2 w/ reds on 12/27 and just got a shipping notice today

I hope they give a year of the rat (2020) space bar instead of pig (2019). Year of the ox (2021) would be annoying too.

 

I've been watching this guy's reviews on audio gear. It's a fairly new channel. Anyway I may buy this little amplifier.

 

How is it? Did you use a mech before?

SMSL makes good stuff

 

I’ve never used a mechanical keyboard other than those old school IBM keyboards in the typing class I took in high school.

I like it so far. I got the red keys. Keys are very smooth. Space bar has good stability when I press on the edge of the key. Doesn’t get all wobbly or not register a press.
the RGB options are pretty neat.

thing is heavy thou. I could take it and smash someone’s skull in. Or at least it won’t break if I were to rage quit a game.
And I like that it’s USBC