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My WFH desk is in my bedroom because of space constraints. The fact that it's there doesn't bother me one bit and I have no desire to work from bed, curled arou

My WFH desk is in my bedroom because of space constraints. The fact that it's there doesn't bother me one bit and I have no desire to work from bed, curled around the 14" laptop I do my coding on, instead of the 43" 4K screen I have on the desk. But there are moments (once or twice a day) when I need to work on a specific piece of code that I don't mind center stage on the laptop display and I unplug everything and move to the bed for 20 minutes just for the calm, cozy feeling and a little bit of extra concentration.

wing-_-nuts 6y ago
>instead of the 43" 4K screen I have on the desk. I've been patiently waiting for a 32" 4k 144hz hdmi 2.1 ips display. I've noticed manufacturers seem to like making them in 27" (too small) and 43" (too big!) sizes. I have questions. How far away do you sit? How is a 43" screen for coding? Do you use a tiling window manager to allocate all that space? Do you use it for gaming at all? If so, how hard is it to keep track of everything on the display? Do you find yourself having to turn your head to keep track of everything?
- michaelt 6y ago
  Not the OP, but I use a 40" 4k screen. > How far away do you sit? 70cm - closer than a TV, further than a smaller monitor. I have it wall-mounted on an arm, so I can adjust the distance if I feel the need (which is rare) Browsers and IDEs and terminals all let you scale the fonts, and I apply a modest amount of zoom. > How is a 43" screen for coding? I like my 40" screen, and I'd recommend one to anyone with the space. I chose a single large screen in preference to a multi-monitor setup. I'd probably have liked it even more when I was a teen with great eyesight. > Do you use a tiling window manager to allocate all that space? No, but you will often want to use multiple windows - CAD software and things you might still fullscreen, but webpages and suchlike don't generally benefit from it. When I got it, Ubuntu let you tile windows with Ctrl+Alt+Numpad - alas they dumped that feature, so now I have to resize my windows manually. > Do you use it for gaming at all? If so, how hard is it to keep track of everything on the display? Yes, but I generally play slow-paced games like Civilization. Many games scale up the entire UI with screen resolution, and you can always move your chair back if you want the small-screen experience. Obviously, if you want to play fast-paced games like FPSes in 4K you'll need a $$$ graphics card; initially, I had a "4K capable" GPUs and it would run spreadsheets and web browsing and 4K video no problem - but not a triple-A FPS. > Do you find yourself having to turn your head to keep track of everything? With my seating I move my eyes rather than my head.
- Toutouxc 6y ago
  This is a monitor that I took from the office where I have a larger desk that allows me to sit around 100 cm from it. ATM it's around 75 cm from my eyes and it's a little too close. I don't use scaling, so it's basically like having four 21.5" FullHD panels, and the distance isn't that problematic because of the pixel density, but mainly because of the fact that it occupies my whole visual field and it feels a bit weird. I have it hooked to a vanilla Ubuntu machine with GNOME, nothing special. I usually put RubyMine (I do Ruby on Rails) with all the bells and whistles and sidebars and toolbars on the left side of the screen, full height, which gives me a FullHD code editor and a FullHD debugger window, and on the left side I have a browser window with a terminal or a JS console. And some Spotify peeking behind it or something. This gets me through the whole day, I don't need any i3-style black magic to handle my 5 windows. The screen has been sitting in the office for quite a while. People tried it for a bit and went back to their 3X" 4K panels, but I fell in love with it immediately. Actually the "having to turn your head" is the most interesting aspect. Yes, I do have to turn my head a lot. I have to turn my head and sometimes move my whole body when I need to see some detail somewhere and I like that about this setup. Not sure whether it's ergonomic or healthy but I like that I can physically move myself further left or right and focus on one part of the screen. Unfortunately, I use a PS4 for gaming and my laptops are an iGPU-equipped Dell and a M1 Macbook Air, so 3D gaming in 4K is out of the question.
- jnwatson 6y ago
  I have a 49" 4k curved TV as a monitor. 43" is in no way too big. I'd say that 49" is slightly too large, but 43" would be about perfect. Turning your head is a function of field of view, which is a function of screen size and distance. It is easy to change the distance with a keyboard tray or a monitor mount.

wing-_-nuts 6y ago

>instead of the 43" 4K screen I have on the desk. I've been patiently waiting for a 32" 4k 144hz hdmi 2.1 ips display. I've noticed manufacturers seem to like making them in 27" (too small) and 43" (too big!) sizes. I have questions. How far away do you sit? How is a 43" screen for coding? Do you use a tiling window manager to allocate all that space? Do you use it for gaming at all? If so, how hard is it to keep track of everything on the display? Do you find yourself having to turn your head to keep track of everything?

michaelt 6y ago
Not the OP, but I use a 40" 4k screen. > How far away do you sit? 70cm - closer than a TV, further than a smaller monitor. I have it wall-mounted on an arm, so I can adjust the distance if I feel the need (which is rare) Browsers and IDEs and terminals all let you scale the fonts, and I apply a modest amount of zoom. > How is a 43" screen for coding? I like my 40" screen, and I'd recommend one to anyone with the space. I chose a single large screen in preference to a multi-monitor setup. I'd probably have liked it even more when I was a teen with great eyesight. > Do you use a tiling window manager to allocate all that space? No, but you will often want to use multiple windows - CAD software and things you might still fullscreen, but webpages and suchlike don't generally benefit from it. When I got it, Ubuntu let you tile windows with Ctrl+Alt+Numpad - alas they dumped that feature, so now I have to resize my windows manually. > Do you use it for gaming at all? If so, how hard is it to keep track of everything on the display? Yes, but I generally play slow-paced games like Civilization. Many games scale up the entire UI with screen resolution, and you can always move your chair back if you want the small-screen experience. Obviously, if you want to play fast-paced games like FPSes in 4K you'll need a $$$ graphics card; initially, I had a "4K capable" GPUs and it would run spreadsheets and web browsing and 4K video no problem - but not a triple-A FPS. > Do you find yourself having to turn your head to keep track of everything? With my seating I move my eyes rather than my head.
Toutouxc 6y ago
This is a monitor that I took from the office where I have a larger desk that allows me to sit around 100 cm from it. ATM it's around 75 cm from my eyes and it's a little too close. I don't use scaling, so it's basically like having four 21.5" FullHD panels, and the distance isn't that problematic because of the pixel density, but mainly because of the fact that it occupies my whole visual field and it feels a bit weird. I have it hooked to a vanilla Ubuntu machine with GNOME, nothing special. I usually put RubyMine (I do Ruby on Rails) with all the bells and whistles and sidebars and toolbars on the left side of the screen, full height, which gives me a FullHD code editor and a FullHD debugger window, and on the left side I have a browser window with a terminal or a JS console. And some Spotify peeking behind it or something. This gets me through the whole day, I don't need any i3-style black magic to handle my 5 windows. The screen has been sitting in the office for quite a while. People tried it for a bit and went back to their 3X" 4K panels, but I fell in love with it immediately. Actually the "having to turn your head" is the most interesting aspect. Yes, I do have to turn my head a lot. I have to turn my head and sometimes move my whole body when I need to see some detail somewhere and I like that about this setup. Not sure whether it's ergonomic or healthy but I like that I can physically move myself further left or right and focus on one part of the screen. Unfortunately, I use a PS4 for gaming and my laptops are an iGPU-equipped Dell and a M1 Macbook Air, so 3D gaming in 4K is out of the question.
jnwatson 6y ago
I have a 49" 4k curved TV as a monitor. 43" is in no way too big. I'd say that 49" is slightly too large, but 43" would be about perfect. Turning your head is a function of field of view, which is a function of screen size and distance. It is easy to change the distance with a keyboard tray or a monitor mount.