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Thoughts on using Gigabyte M32Q or LG C1 55" as my main PC monitor?

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I have a LG C1 55" that's mounted on the wall above my M32Q, but I rarely get to use the C1, and I do have to look quite a lot up when watching anything on the C1. Not to mention that I gotta shut off the light when watching anything on the C1, otherwise the lightbulb will be a disturbance. I do watch a lot of movies and series, but I also multitask a lot, so I often have to stop in the middle of the watching because of work, for example. And for that purpose, the M32Q is working great, but that means I rarely get to use my C1 tv for anything. I don't game that much newer consoles, only retro games. So yeah, any thoughts/suggestions/ideas on how I can "solve" this? I was planning to use my C1 as my pc monitor and have the M32Q as one of the side monitors. I have previously used a monitor as my pc monitor with great success, but now that I have a good monitor in M32Q in place, I've obviously used that as my pc monitor.

So, any thoughts on this and how I can "solve" this? :)

Here is how my setup looks for now (the monitor on the right will go to a different room soon, so nevermind that one):
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I'm not sure there's really an easy solution in this vertically stacked setup.

I bought my 43" QN90B with the intent of replacing my M32Q and S2721DGF but the lack of ultra viewing angle layer put an end to that immediately. Right now, I have two desk setups in an L shape next to each other, with the PC on its own small desk between them. The M32Q and S2721DGF are in a vertical stack and what I use every day for work and gaming, but if I want to use the QN90B for media/simming all I have to do is swivel over there.

It's hard to vertically stack monitors that big, even 43" is already impossible and causes a lot of neck strain to look up at whatever is mounted up there. Vertical stack should only be done with 32" panels at maximum. I think you'll have to work out some kind of side by side solution here.
 
I used a 55 in LG CX as my main for a while I found it to be to much and was worried about taskbar burn in so I swapped it back to my media monitor.
 
I'm not sure there's really an easy solution in this vertically stacked setup.

I bought my 43" QN90B with the intent of replacing my M32Q and S2721DGF but the lack of ultra viewing angle layer put an end to that immediately. Right now, I have two desk setups in an L shape next to each other, with the PC on its own small desk between them. The M32Q and S2721DGF are in a vertical stack and what I use every day for work and gaming, but if I want to use the QN90B for media/simming all I have to do is swivel over there.

It's hard to vertically stack monitors that big, even 43" is already impossible and causes a lot of neck strain to look up at whatever is mounted up there. Vertical stack should only be done with 32" panels at maximum. I think you'll have to work out some kind of side by side solution here.

A 55 inch is not overly practical for that use case a 42 would be a lot easier to manage.

Somthing like this is already about as good as you can expect


I used a 55 in LG CX as my main for a while I found it to be to much and was worried about taskbar burn in so I swapped it back to my media monitor.

Thank you for the valuable inputs. After considering and looking at what you wrote, I will most likely try to figure out a solution, one way or the other, but yeah, I will most likely keep it as it is. It's not THAT bad for me anyways + I do have a good enough pc monitor to keep it as things are now anyway. :)
 
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