I’ve used this set-up, it was great or a few years, I went back to an ergonomic chair and a precision screen.
Some games did look prettier on the TV, it has a much better colour contrast!
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LANIK2000@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Lol, that’s my setup, but with an actual computer, not some dinky console. You wouldn’t belive how comfortable coding on a TV with a good wireless keyboard is. And if I feel like laying back and watching something or gaming? HAHA! Already on the couch BABY! Man, it makes me feel old, but I have no shame. Also have a little lap table, so I can use a mouse for the odd occasion I’m playing something with an FPS camera.
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spicytuna62@lemmy.world 6 days ago
After I graduated college and got my first place on my own, I had my desk set up in the corner of the living room with a long HDMI cable strung around along the baseboards and into the TV. It was clean. It was a Vizio 37" panel from 2011 so it had no smart features. I kept a Logitech keyboard/trackpad combo on the coffee table and that’s essentially how I had a smart TV running full blown Windows 8 Pro in 2013. Tired of desk gaming? I got a DualShock 4 and a Bluetooth adapter so all I had to do was turn the controller on and walk to the couch. Sometimes, switching my sound device did mean saving and restarting my game. Some games handled the Alt + Tab to the Control Panel just fine. I put a Blu Ray drive in my computer too so with some software, I used it as a Blu Ray player.
These days, I have 10 TB on board so I keep my movies stored on my disk, and I stream them over my local network these days. I’d like to build a proper always on NAS one day, but for now, my gaming PC is also my network share.
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Hell yea mate! Wonder if it would be possible to somehow over engineer it to automatically switch. Theoretically should be possible, but yea, some games are really stubborn when it comes to sound outputs.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
As someone who regularly connects their laptop to their OLED TV, I just can’t agree.
Ill watch movies, or youtube videos, or whatever… But word processing, or even web browsing on a TV? Fuck that… Kills my eyes.
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Understandable I guess, my gf also doesn’t get my setup. It really shines best when you can control 99% of all actions with a keyboard or controller alone. Sadly can’t do my day job on this setup either, not because it wouldn’t be possible, but because my company uses old ass shitty software that requires you to use clunky UIs. Not an issue with my personal projects tho! :)
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
My condolences for your back
Psythik@lemmy.world 6 days ago
My back is the very reason why I ditched desks and office chairs and replaced them with a comfortable recliner. I have yet to find an office chair that didn’t fuck up my back. A recliner with a pillow behind it eliminates the pain.
LANIK2000@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Condolences appreciated. Luckily I get to walk around quite a bit, because my work and errands are in walking distance, but yea…