- My setup at work hasn't changed much in a long time.
I've got the same chair, the same custom desk PC,
and even the same peripherals that I've had
for years now because once I find something
that I'm comfortable with,
I generally like to just stick with it.
The one exception is my monitor.
Over the years, I've gone from 16x9 to ultrawide
to even ultrawider, and as you guys can see here,
I am still struggling to fit all the things that I do
on a very regular basis onto a single display.
So, today I have the solution.
This is actually something that I've wanted to do
for quite some time and I'm finally pulling the trigger.
I'm going dual monitor.
But not in the way you might think.
I'm going dual super mega ultrawide
49-inch monitor.
And they're gonna be stacked.
On the face of it, an upgrade like this is pretty simple.
You open up the monitor, chuck it on the desk,
plug in a display cable, and you're pretty much good to go.
The problem is that as you guys can see,
fitting two of these side by side on my desk
is not going to work very well.
Fortunately, we're gonna try this,
which I think will work
even though it's not technically rated
for the full weight of these two displays.
Caution heavy.
All right, so let's start by opening up the monitor.
Unlike some of the earlier 49-inch extra wide monitors,
this one has a very similar pixel density
to the original 3440x1440 UltraWide.
So because it's even wider, it's still 1440 pixels high,
but it's actually 5120 pixels wide.
So it's kind of the equivalent of 5K,
except sliced in half down the middle.
That gives you effectively both the resolution
and area of two 27-inch 1440p monitors
side by side with no bezels dow the middle.
It occurs to me I don't actually need the stand.
(clears throat)
One moment please.
Oh, touched my face.
Sanitizing time.
- [Dennis] You already touched it, it's too late.
- And I might touch it again, so I'm gonna sanitize.
Oh.
Man, these things are beasts.
Oh boy.
It's really nice that most curved monitors these days
still manage to include a standard VESA mount
because there was a while there where you had to get, like,
weirdo special adapters that you had to purchase
assuming you could even find them.
And it's easy to say, well, curved monitors are stupid.
Why don't you just get a non-curved monitor?
but the thing is, when something is this wide,
the curve actually does make a difference.
So it'll help with any color shift that you might get,
I mean, it's an IPS panel, so it won't be a ton,
but you will get a little bit.
And also just makes it a little bit more natural
so you're looking head-on to the display
even when you turn your head, which you'll do.
This is really heavy, I need to put this down.
(grunts)
Okay.
Whoo! None of this has been a surprise so far, though,
that's the exact same monitor I'm already using.
The X-Factor is the Vivo Monitor Table Stand.
It's rated for 27 inches stacked on top.
These are basically 27s, but two of them,
so as long as their weight restriction here
has some buffer built into it, I figure,
eh, we should be all right.
And that's down.
(upbeat music)
Where did this come from?
It must go the other way then.
The slotted ones are here,
so unless you want it to be able to slide out,
but then I guess you anchor it with,
you know what, I'll look at the instructions.
Oh I missed a step.
- Gee, pull cover.
I don't see an obvious way to detach the plate
from the mount here, so yeah, I really think it'd be easier
to slide the monitor on.
Then again, maybe not, I don't know.
It's gonna be so heavy by the time I'm doing that.
There really doesn't seem to be an industry standard
for who is supposed to provide the screws for a VESO mount.
Here, LG has included the screws,
but I have seen lots of monitors
that don't include the screws.
I'm gonna use LG's screws.
They're black and they match.
Oh shoot, I forgot the washers.
- [Dennis] Does it matter?
- We're gonna put the washers on.
Okay.
This here.
This thing weighs about 30 pounds.
Ow, my finger.
You know, maybe there's something to be said
for Apple's $1000 stand.
I don't know if I can wrench this any tighter.
Okay
Oh boy.
Oh man, I'm cranking this so hard,
I'm worried it's gonna shear off.
(grunting)
Oh! - Oh, oh!
- Whoa, I think it's holding.
Wow, that was an uncomfortable amount of pressure.
Time for the tricky part now.
So long there, buddy, nice knowing you.
Wow, where am I gonna put my webcam?
Okay.
This time I'm gonna crank this mount while it's easy
to get at because we are way over the rated weight.
- [Dennis] How are you gonna do that?
You need to two people, I feel.
- No, I got this, don't worry.
- [Dennis] Oh my God, it's so long
- Yeah, that's what she said
(all laughing)
Oh no, the plastic insert is coming out,
but it's on there too much to easily get it off now
Hopefully I don't get guillotined here,
Ow!
Okay, that's heavy.
Maybe that's our thumbnail.
Okay, come on.
Okay.
Both of the plastic inserts came out.
These suck and they're bad, and I hate them.
Now they're back in there, but what keeps them in there?
I don't know.
- [Dennis] Do you need help?
I don't think-- - No, I'm good, I got this.
I got this.
Look, the people paid good money to watch me struggle.
Don't worry about it, it's fine.
- [Jake] The table's flexing a lot.
- [Dennis] Ow!
Ow, my back. - Are you okay?
If you need to take a break, you should take a break.
And if we need to switch to a lighter camera,
we should switch to a lighter camera.
- [Dennis] I'm fine, I'm fine.
- Dennis! (beeps)
Making fine adjustments to this is not going to be possible.
Oh, come on.
Stop!
No!
What are you stuck on?
Getting my fingers crushed.
That's going on easy.
- [Dennis] Are they on there properly?
I feel they're falling.
- Do they look like they're on there properly?
- [Dennis] I thought you were gonna say we're done.
- No
Jake said even for his 34s
he had to crank the bejesus out of these.
Ow!
I just bruised my palm.
Wait what, what is it even hitting?
Okay, well that's progress.
Hey, credit to LG for the packing material for this monitor.
And if you think this looks horrible,
you should've seen what Jake had to do for 16K gaming.
That was 16 monitors. (laughs)
I think the whole stand is leaning forward.
I think the whole desk is leaning forward.
- [Dennis] Oh my God.
- [Linus] Can we switch to a lighter camera?
It's not on right.
- [Riley] Recording.
- So we're down to our fifth string camera operator.
Don't move anything heavy, and go fill out the (beep) form.
Dennis!
He hurt his back.
He was laughing at me, that's how he did it.
- [Riley] Oh yeah, well.
- So if you guys notice the camera's a little whoo!
- [Riley] Wow!
Yeah, sorry, guys.
- That's Riley, he's helping us out here.
(all laughing)
- [Riley] Whoa, that looks crazy.
- You know what, I'm gonna run my display port
and power cables first,
because this is gonna be challenging.
I didn't cut an entry slit for a second monitor here.
Ow!
Oh. - Oh.
- Riddle me this, Riley.
Should I go with the not quite butted together,
but with the top one angled down at me a little bit,
even though that means a slightly bigger gap here?
- [Riley] I feel like you probably should angle it down
a bit, eh?
- How triggered am I gonna get by this gap though?
I'm gonna butt them up together.
Tighten this up, that's my specialty.
(coughs)
That's what I like, settling.
(laughing)
- [Riley] It'll do.
You need help, you need help?
- No, I can move it. - Okay.
- Don't move anything heavy.
Oh God, that's heavy.
Okay.
Ah. (laughing)
- [Riley] Do you want me to move the keyboard?
- Hopefully it won't scratch the glass.
No, no, I got this, I got this, I got this.
Oh, oh, twist it a little.
People paid good money to see me struggle,
and right now they can't see me
'cause I'm behind the monitor, but, ooh,
I assure you the struggle is real.
I think they just need to, like that.
There's a chance it's still aligned.
Oh, oh, that's good.
That's where the DP goes in.
This is where the second DP goes in.
I can't get behind it to lift it, you know?
- [Riley] This is where you could almost
use help of some kind. - Nope!
I'll get it, all the way back.
Yeah, it held 50% more than its rated weight.
You know what's funny is I believe LG actually moved
the nipple from the bottom here to over here
in case of installations like this,
and I laughed at them.
At CES, I laughed at them, I was like,
nobody is gonna do that.
(Riley laughs)
Now all I need to do is get all my windows arranged.
Now LG, and they're actually third parties
that have window management programs that allow you
to split your screens up into many more zones
than the normal window snap where you just,
or aero snap or whatever they call it now
where you kinda just go like that.
But in the meantime,
this is where I kind of expect things to land.
So I want something for my Microsoft Teams chat.
Yes, we use Microsoft Teams.
No, it's not perfect but, well, we're using it.
Here, whatever I am currently writing
or reviewing with someone else,
a web browser or maybe I'm doing some research
or browsing the forum
to see what people are saying over there.
Here, where I can go through all of our video ideas.
This is a much older version of this sheet
that I can show you guys
'cause it's all stuff that we did ages ago.
And then up here.
This is the big one.
Being able to stretch out Trello here
so that I can see every stage of the production queue
and all of the assignments.
I can't show you the writer's ones
'cause there's a lot of projects
that we haven't released yet.
By the way, make sure you're subscribed
so you don't miss any of them.
But being able to see
what everyone's supposed to be working on all at once,
and then organize things into it
without moving back and forth
between different browser windows and stuff like that.
Really, very excited about this.
I'm not 100% sure on the ergonomics.
Could I have just put a TV on my desk?
Yes.
But dammit, this is LinusTechTips, okay?
That's not how we do things around here.
Here, we mount our webcams
- [Riley] Where?
- I'm gonna end up with the solution for all those laptops.
Put it up here and point it up the nose.
- [Riley] No!
Now that you're done watching this video,
you might actually wanna check out the video
where I tried out a 55-inch OLED monitor.
All right, well, TV, I mean they call it a monitor.
Whatever, 55-inch OLED display as a gaming monitor
it's pretty cool, it's from AlienWare.
Go watch that video, it's a good video.