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> Some monitor will compress 1-3 into a single Input Source option. Still, 3 presses? Why does literally NO ONE make a monitor with hardware input source button

> Some monitor will compress 1-3 into a single Input Source option. Still, 3 presses? Why does literally NO ONE make a monitor with hardware input source buttons? WHY? Because they want to use essentially the same chassis case when they have 2 inputs or 20, and they have dozens of models over the life of the tooling to support. It's much easier to swap out the die for the backplate or to use a snap in backplate than it is to have a variable number of buttons, knobs and dials. The zero-bezel design craze is what makes them really difficult to use because they're a line of tiny, poorly labelled buttons on the front, or an awkward line of buttons on the back with tactile bumps.

cletus 7y ago
So this reminds me of a joke. There are only 3 numbers software engineers care about: 0, 1 and 2^32. The point of this joke is that as soon as the number of "things" (in this case input sources) is >1, someone somewhere starts looking at solutions as if that number might be 5, 10, 100, 1000, 1 million. Most monitors will have less than 5. Some will have up to 10. This number is known when you make the monitor. Just let me buy a monitor with hardware input selection.
- cesarb 7y ago
  > There are only 3 numbers software engineers care about: 0, 1 and 2^32. Also known as the Zero-One-Infinity Rule: http://catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zero-One-Infinity-Rule.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zero-One-Infinity-Rule.html
dmoy 7y ago
This is exactly right. My monitor has one plug (DVI-D dual link). My monitor has 5 buttons. But thankfully the manufacturer removed basically all software, so only the power button does anything, and the other 4 buttons are unconnected in the background. (Unfortunately this means the brightness can only be controlled by the connected computer's software) The chassis is the same as more complicated monitors though.
Thorentis 7y ago
Uh, just have a single input source button that cycles through them. No need for an OSD menu, and usable for any number of inputs.

cletus 7y ago

So this reminds me of a joke. There are only 3 numbers software engineers care about: 0, 1 and 2^32. The point of this joke is that as soon as the number of "things" (in this case input sources) is >1, someone somewhere starts looking at solutions as if that number might be 5, 10, 100, 1000, 1 million. Most monitors will have less than 5. Some will have up to 10. This number is known when you make the monitor. Just let me buy a monitor with hardware input selection.

cesarb 7y ago
> There are only 3 numbers software engineers care about: 0, 1 and 2^32. Also known as the Zero-One-Infinity Rule: http://catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zero-One-Infinity-Rule.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zero-One-Infinity-Rule.html

dmoy 7y ago

This is exactly right. My monitor has one plug (DVI-D dual link). My monitor has 5 buttons. But thankfully the manufacturer removed basically all software, so only the power button does anything, and the other 4 buttons are unconnected in the background. (Unfortunately this means the brightness can only be controlled by the connected computer's software) The chassis is the same as more complicated monitors though.

Thorentis 7y ago

Uh, just have a single input source button that cycles through them. No need for an OSD menu, and usable for any number of inputs.