Re: The great Netflix vpn debacle! (geofeeds)

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

On 9/1/21 7:58 PM, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE wrote:
> At the risk of going off-topic, there must be an over-representation 
> of network engineers as their customer: because I bought the same TV 
> to also use as a 4k monitor.
>
> And the power supply on it just died.  Samsung makes a 39” 4k and I 
> haven’t been able to find it.
>
> How’s this relevant?  We’ve been using them as 4k desktop monitors 
> visualizing fiber routing for years now.

Haha I'm not a network engineer, much more of a software engineer with 
lots of networking. the ability to get three browser windows up side by 
side is really nice for writing and testing code. There's probably more 
of a market out there then they realize. If you build it, we will come...

Mike


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>
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> > On Aug 31, 2021, at 6:01 PM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com 
> > <mailto:mike () mtcc com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 8/31/21 4:40 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:
> > > On the other hand, the last time I went looking for a 27” monitor, I 
> > > ended up buying a 44” smart television because it was a cheaper HDMI 
> > > 4K monitor than the 27” alternatives that weren’t televisions. (It 
> > > also ended up being cheaper than the 27” televisions which didn’t do 
> > > 4K only 1080p, but I digress).
> >
> > Back when 4k just came out and they were really expensive, I found a 
> > "TV" by an obscure brand called Seiki which was super cheap. It was a 
> > 39" model. It's just a monitor to me, but I have gotten really used 
> > to its size and not needing two different monitors (and the gfx card 
> > to support it). What's distressing is that I was looking at what 
> > would happen if I needed to replace it and there is this gigantic gap 
> > where there are 30" monitors (= expensive) and 50" TV's which are 
> > relatively cheap. The problem is that 40" is sort of Goldielocks with 
> > 4k where 50" is way too big and 30" is too small. Thankfully it's 
> > going on 10 years old and still working fine.
> >
> > Mike