<div dir="ltr">I saw a demo by a guy who built an entire capacitive display, not just Linuxifying existing product, at SFO17 but I can't seem to find his instructable. Worse, I can't seem to find his elevator pitch although you can see it briefly at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8YG9JMNDuc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8YG9JMNDuc</a> if you look to the far right of the vid... give me a day or 2, I will dig it up. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Bill Bogstad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bogstad@pobox.com" target="_blank">bogstad@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Over the years, I have used lots of different resolutions, sizes, and counts<br>
of display units. Currently, I primarily use a single 39" 4K television as my<br>
primary display device. It is a few years old at this point and I've wondered<br>
about getting a larger display, adding HDR, or upping the refresh<br>
rate. (I never<br>
do gaming so I probably don't need a particularly fast refresh rate.)<br>
I've noticed<br>
that I don't use the edges of the current 39" display much because I<br>
already find<br>
myself turning my head rather then just changing my gaze when I switch from<br>
one side to another. Still, bigger is better right?<br>
<br>
Still, I wonder if anyone has considered using a computer<br>
monitor/television as an<br>
actual physical desktop. i.e. Mount a screen horizontally rather<br>
then vertically.<br>
A generic 55" 4K television isn't that expensive at this point and<br>
compares favorably in<br>
size to your average physical desktop. The DPI on a 55" 4K screen is<br>
probably not high<br>
enough for use as a primary display, but it would be adequate for a<br>
secondary screen.<br>
I'm thinking that I would use it just like a regular desk. I would<br>
put my keyboard/mouse right on<br>
it and not worry about the fact that I would be covering part of the<br>
screen. Touch sensitive<br>
would be nice, but not a necessity. I would put my primary screen in<br>
a vertical position and set up<br>
dual monitor mode with the "desk" screen stacked underneath the<br>
vertically oriented primary<br>
screen. Just like in a regular dual monitor mode, I could move<br>
windows back and forth<br>
between the two screens as I needed to work with them. One advantage<br>
is that I might keep my desk cleaner as a result.<br>
<br>
So what is the point of this email?<br>
<br>
I'm wondering if anyone has heard of anybody doing something like this<br>
and just using it for normal everyday computing. I did a little<br>
research and I found a few examples of people exploring this in<br>
academic settings a few years ago using back lit projection screens,<br>
etc.; but nothing about everyday use. I also found some examples of<br>
regular people embedding smaller (20-24 inch) discarded/older screens<br>
into desks, but nothing taking advantage of currently available<br>
screens. Has anybody heard of anyone doing this recently? Any<br>
pitfalls? Am I crazy?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Bill Bogstad<br>
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