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I have the same control doodad on my LG monitor. Not only does it apparently fail quite often, it sucks entirely to begin with and is an incredible regression i

I have the same control doodad on my LG monitor. Not only does it apparently fail quite often, it sucks entirely to begin with and is an incredible regression in ergonomics and human interface. So stupid.

etskinner 2y ago
It beats figuring out which of the 5 typical buttons are up/down/left/right, in my opinion. It's only the build quality that seems to be the issue, not the concept
- gorkish 2y ago
  In truth it actually does have an ergonomics issue. Since the button position is orthogonal to the screen and mounted upside down, the left and right directions are evident but up and down directions are ambiguous. It turns out you 'pull' the thing toward you for 'down' and 'push' it away from you for 'up'. Did you guess right?
  - 05 2y ago
    > It turns out you 'pull' the thing toward you for 'down' and 'push' it away from you for 'up'. Did you guess right? The only thing dumber than that is that DJI remotes use the same braindead scheme to control camera tilt: pushing the wheel moves the camera up and pulling on it - moves it down. Anyone who piloted anything would, of course, agree that it's insane (you push the stick to go down and pull on it to go up). I had to open mine up and swap the wires because DJI in their infinite wisdom didn't make that configurable in their app.
    - brokenmachine 2y ago
      Oh my god, I've had this exact problem. So many "cinematic" drone videos ruined by me tilting the wrong way... I spent ages searching for that option in the app, but never thought of physically swapping the wires in the controller. You've just given me a new project. It's so stupid that DJI doesn't make that configurable.
jjice 2y ago
Anecdotally, I'm using a 27" 4K LG monitor I got in about mid 2017, so going on eight years now, and I've never had an issue with the nub, except that when the monitor turns on, it will automatically pull up the nub menu after a few seconds, so if you go to change the input at the wrong time, you'll accidentally shut it off. Not saying you're wrong about the ergonomics, but I personally like it.

etskinner 2y ago

It beats figuring out which of the 5 typical buttons are up/down/left/right, in my opinion. It's only the build quality that seems to be the issue, not the concept

gorkish 2y ago
In truth it actually does have an ergonomics issue. Since the button position is orthogonal to the screen and mounted upside down, the left and right directions are evident but up and down directions are ambiguous. It turns out you 'pull' the thing toward you for 'down' and 'push' it away from you for 'up'. Did you guess right?
- 05 2y ago
  > It turns out you 'pull' the thing toward you for 'down' and 'push' it away from you for 'up'. Did you guess right? The only thing dumber than that is that DJI remotes use the same braindead scheme to control camera tilt: pushing the wheel moves the camera up and pulling on it - moves it down. Anyone who piloted anything would, of course, agree that it's insane (you push the stick to go down and pull on it to go up). I had to open mine up and swap the wires because DJI in their infinite wisdom didn't make that configurable in their app.
  - brokenmachine 2y ago
    Oh my god, I've had this exact problem. So many "cinematic" drone videos ruined by me tilting the wrong way... I spent ages searching for that option in the app, but never thought of physically swapping the wires in the controller. You've just given me a new project. It's so stupid that DJI doesn't make that configurable.

jjice 2y ago

Anecdotally, I'm using a 27" 4K LG monitor I got in about mid 2017, so going on eight years now, and I've never had an issue with the nub, except that when the monitor turns on, it will automatically pull up the nub menu after a few seconds, so if you go to change the input at the wrong time, you'll accidentally shut it off. Not saying you're wrong about the ergonomics, but I personally like it.