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Tangentially related: I find many monitors that look great on paper are a real annoyance when it comes to controls, be it brightness/contrast or input switching
by 3np 4y ago
Tangentially related: I find many monitors that look great on paper are a real annoyance when it comes to controls, be it brightness/contrast or input switching, making those 4s irrelevant in comparison.
Between recent models of Acer/Dell/Eizo/LG, I found Eizos to pose the least friction so far, with the LG (may be model-specific) a surprising worst. Reply to this comment with your anecdotes!
EDIT: To address the OP: Switching from an offline source to an active one is def smoother than you describe on my Eizo FlexScan EV series - I estimate it to <2s. The input switching is bearable enough that using the PbyP (two input sources split) is something I occasionally do, whereas with Dells it was just annoying enough to make me not bother.
- alanbernstein 4y agoMy Samsung monitor has a 4-way joystick control for navigating the menu. It's the worst physical monitor menu UX I've used. It's also on the back of the monitor, which makes it a pain to reach. When I bought it, I only had one input, so it didn't bother me. Now that I have two inputs, and I switch a few times a day, I'm considering getting a new monitor, in some part to move to one with better input controls.