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I wish there were good squarish displays. The best/closest one is the Huawei Mateview at 3:2 (3k*2k resolution IIRC), or the Microsoft studio computer (4.5k*3k,
by user_7832 4y ago
I wish there were good squarish displays. The best/closest one is the Huawei Mateview at 3:2 (3k*2k resolution IIRC), or the Microsoft studio computer (4.5k*3k, also 3:2). But the mateview is 500EUR+, while decent 4K monitors are available for significantly less. I wish 3:2 and 16:10 took off properly - MacBooks have been doing the latter for forever, yet no one copies that good part :(
(PS I had a comment earlier here on HN on diying a monitor, let me know if anyone wants more info.)
- ComputerGuru 4y ago> (PS I had a comment earlier here on HN on diying a monitor, let me know if anyone wants more info.) Do you mean salvaging two laptop display internals and placing them rotated vertically side-by-side, sticking them in an enclosure, and converting the 2x LVDS to an HDMI? That was the only option I was left with after my last hunt for a well-proportioned display.
- layer8 4y agoRotating makes the subpixel orientation incompatible with ClearType (subpixel font rendering) though.
- user_7832 4y agoNot really (though you can do that too), what I had suggested was buying a display using panelook to first choose a suitable panel, and then make a frame around it. You’ll need to hit up Aliexpress/Alibaba for the panels and their drivers though, so shipping/import taxes can be funky. The advantage of this method is that you can pretty much find almost any commercially available monitor panel including the Dell/LG 8k panel and many at lower resolutions too. However it isn’t always very cheap.