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Discussion on: Dear Developers, What's Your Work/Home Setup Like?

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Ben Halpern

I work from home and have a single 43” 4K LG monitor to go along with this desk situation.

monitor and desk

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Matt Ballance

Very nice, how do you like the glass desktop? I'm on the fence about getting one on my next desk. I love the look, but I worry about mouse 'quirks' and the sound of my coffee mug clanking after every sip of magic bean juice.

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Johan du Plessis

I'm assuming a 43" tv monitor? How do you find working on that compared to computer monitors?

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Ben Halpern

Actually it's this monitor:

lg.com/us/monitors/lg-43UD79-B-4k-...

The difference between a TV and a monitor is pretty minimal if you actually dive into it. But it does have features that probably make more sense for a monitor than TV, so it's nice that way. It costs a bit more than a comparable TV would be but not by a huge amount.

Either way, the key to having a big monitor is that it needs to be 4k. 1080 HD TV just isn't crisp enough for reading and general monitor stuff.

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Gift Egwuenu

Looks nice. Love the lamp and the octocat thing you have on your desk.

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Ben Halpern

Thanks! Yeah I’m pretty happy with the setup. Because the screen is quite big I have it on a smaller pedestal behind the desk.l and not directly in the desk.

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Cheston

Im liking the bench press!