I've noticed a lot of "portable" monitors popping up lately, some with really nice specs on paper. I decided to craft a layout that matches a 34" 1440p165hz OLED Ultrawide with 2x 16" 1200p120hz "portable" monitors on the sides. Using some basic measurements, I found that 16" monitors are almost the perfect height of a 27" 16:9 or a 34" 21:9 when mounted in portrait. This ended up working very well.
I designed a custom wallpaper using Wallpaper Engine that has my old VHS-themed wallpaper design from my old setup, but has a rotating slow-pan-slideshow of stills from Studio Ghibli films to ensure uniform aging of my OLED.
I go with a VHS theme due to my collection of VHS tapes and awesome CRT setup right nearby! I'm a little squeezed into the space I have after a recent move, but it's a really nice and cozy space to get immersed in some games.
If you want to see more, check out this imgur gallery of a bunch more photos of the setup, including some of my favorite details, process photos, and CRT setup: https://imgur.com/a/2025-pc-setup-upgrade-eRKVYfJ
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What are the monitors and mounts? I also got an AW3423DW that I’ve been trying to find what’s the closest fit for this.
Looks great, what name brand side monitors did you go with?
How’s your neck?
that’s so fkn cool, I wish I had that kind of room to work with
Is that Alienware a decent monitor for gaming?
Love that Hitachi alarm clock!
Could I ask where you got the Sony wallpaper?
Would like to know the model details of the portable monitors you’ve used here. Looks really good.
Love this! I’ve been thinking about ditching my triple monitor layout for a double monitor layout to cutdown on space but this is genius!
Isn’t that just an ultrawide with extra steps?