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Monitor Upgrade: 2x LG Ultra Gear G6 32G60WA

 

Going curved, from flat

     Why upgrade? If you have been following along from previous posts, it's been quite a while since I've upgraded my monitor.. six years to be exact. I've been rocking the same 27" Acer Predator 272B with 240hz refresh, the shitty View Sonic 27" with decent color, and the Samsung frame above that.. for quite a while. I'm very happy with the Acer- it's been a capable gaming monitor now for that whole time, with zero issues at all. It is a little heavy, so not easy on monitor arms, but that is not a big deal and almost not worth mentioning. I just think it's time 1080p does not do it anymore for the games I'm playing. I realized I don't need 240hz for FPS games- I really can't see the difference after 150 or so that I'm aware of, and that I'm more sensitive to screen tearing and frame drops. After much research without the money to really do anything about it, I decided I wanted identical monitors, curved, and from what reviews and the general consensus says, 2k high refresh is where it's at, curved if you want to go that route. 

I found these on sale- $19.99 each.

     The price to upgrade made no sense when I was happy with the current monitor situation, but when I saw these two G Ultra Gear G6's out on clearance at Walmart for $166 each, I jumped at the chance. 32 inches, two of them, 2k, high refresh.. let's go. The monitor arms were also on clearance, and I'm still working on getting them perfect with tension. I think I'm at the very limit of weight and tension that they will allow. 

They look great at least!

     The bevels are really slim, the size is much larger than I'm use to, but the 74" desk was easy to accept the size difference without looking stupid. Getting the monitors to line up was actually pretty easy, the desk has a split in the middle so I lined everything up with that, and mounted the monitors in the same position, then fine-tuned from there. Overall, I'm really happy and think this is a significant upgrade from the previous configuration. I do plan on getting a whole new PC in February, so this was needed to bring me in to the next generation of computing.

Almost there. Need some cable management. 

Monitor review: 

• The unboxing was easy, and general set up was good, no issues. 
• HDMI only supports 2k at 144hz, and I've tried a very good cable, so had to switch over to Display Port, which is not really a big deal. 
• No matter which ones I plugged in, the PC would recognize the monitor order backwards from where they were previously, but that was an easy fix. 
• Power supply to the monitor is a large brick, as opposed to the previous standard PC power cable needed for the other two monitors, so I had to source another power strip and make that work.
•  These monitors do not have a USB hub, so I have to find out what to do with the 3 things I had plugged into the monitor, which was more work than it should have been. I miss that feature. 
• They look and feel like a premium product.
• Navigating options and menus built into the software of the monitor was easy, and had all the features I want. 
• I could sit the monitors farther back, and higher up, being they have the exact same mounting height, allowing me to bring my seat up into a high position
• 2k is a bigger difference than I thought it would be, even in the desktop, coming from 1080p. The physical size of the monitor makes up for the difference in window/text/icon size, so I have no problem seeing them. I find that I have more room now for tabs and windows, even more than before, allowing me more freedom when doing multiple things at once. I have no shortage of monitors, but this just seems better.
• I'm not sure I'm use to the curve of them yet. Windows seem concave at the edges to me. The glare is reduced, so the coating on the monitor is great, but there are 8 windows behind me, so there is now a bright-ish spot during some times of the day. Overall, I do like being surrounded by screen, and it does feel immersive. 
• I've tried gaming over both monitors with Nvidia surround, and while a huge pain in the ass to set up, (and it does not allow the Wacom tablet screen to work) it does perform flawlessly. I'm on the fence if I should buy the screen lighting bending apparatus to put between the screens to blend the edge. 

Just a quick video my son playing Doom over both screens for example

Legend of Crystania: The Chaos Ring (Full series)

 

Historical Badass Fantasy.. Go!

Legend of Crystania: The Chaos Ring is a well known series from a 1993-2002 series of novels, and is a sequel to the full length Motion Picture, released in 1998 on VHS. The dub is actually pretty good, and keeps the theme intact. I love this Record of Lodoss War-like anime series, and is easy to watch in the background. Don't get me wrong, this has everything you want in a anime of the time- Blood, violence, nudity, and that gritty 90's aesthetic. 

Cross-posted on r/animefulleseries with other free anime online.