The great Netflix vpn debacle! (geofeeds)

Thu Sep 2 15:46:15 UTC 2021

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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> Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE
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>> On Aug 31, 2021, at 6:01 PM, Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com 
>> <mailto:mike at mtcc.com>> wrote:
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>> 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
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