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edit: geok1ng is correct, post amended \( ﾟ◡ﾟ)/ The cheapest option is to use your desktop's VGA output and an active DP to DVI dual-link adapter/cable for your laptop. This will cost ~100USD. Note that the quality won't be great for VGA at that resolution, but it would be...

OLED displays do not have backlights, and thus do no support strobing backlights.

Framing channels are plenty strong; use regular nuts though. If this will only ever be leaning forward and the springs aren't too stiff there is a lazier option of using a pair of turnbuckles.

These guys: Pre-drilled holes are optional and nothing is to scale. They will be subject to what we'll call a bending force, and the extra cost is negligible for a one-off thing.

Assuming the bottom of the desk is flat an extension would definitely be the easiest route. Some thick slotted steel angle (and bolts) should do it, though tubes would be better. Just be aware that the clamp becomes more reliant on friction, and more prone to slipping off as you extend it...

I'd like to throw some ideas at you but it would help if we had a cross-section or picture of the desk you're trying to mount this to. Is it a solid 5" slab?

Probably, most games are fixed vertically and the FOV extends with higher aspect ratios. And I've said this many times before in many other threads, dead horse indeed, but 1920x1080 can be displayed pixel for pixel on a 1920x1200 screen. Either there is a very large demographic that is...

As much as I like our fancy IPS/VA panels I have to say that I would give this serious consideration. Despite probable color shift at any angle I could live with it for 'non-graphic' work and web browsing in exchange for what it would do for games. There is the slight matter of putting enough...

Depending on your disposable income you might even look into the older dell or HP models that don't have scalers. For games it's probably 50/50 since the older monitors lack input lag while the newer panels respond slightly faster, but second hand screens can go for less than half of their...

Video cards have had built-in scaling capability for quite some time; this is essentially not an issue for PC use. It does, however, prevent you from hooking up just about anything else like game consoles or bluray players. I own a 3007-WFP HC and wish it forced them into windows as I'm still...

Here, I fixed the gif. It does go both ways though; you can have a fixed vertical width where 16:9 > 16:10 > 3:4 or a fixed horizontal width where 3:4 > 16:10 > 16:9. Personally I would just opt for the largest screen possible, but there is the 'evil black bar' camp that prefers 16:9. I've...

Most monitors are cooled by convection, this is natural.

Personally the $100 is significant. Even for $400 the Acer currently costs you can get two 2048x1152 panels and the benefit (while nice) is exclusively for gaming.

I have another laptop without screw-holes for the monitor out, sucks; maybe we can form a support group. Anyway the best you can do without preforming laptop surgery is to get an extension cable with longer pins on the male end. With analog being phased out and all you might want to check...

Technically, for the 24"+ monitors, they are equally wide and the 16:10 is taller. There is nothing stopping you from playing a game at 1920x1080 on a 16:10 monitor. Or if you're playing a 16:9 movie with subtitles you can have them under the video. Sure, if you view 16:9 content exclusively a...