{"id":1586,"date":"2022-12-31T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T00:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2023-01-09T02:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T10:49:29","slug":"computers-put-the-screen-above-a-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/computers-put-the-screen-above-a-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"computers: put the screen above a laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you search for &#8220;external laptop monitor&#8221;, most images show a screen <em>beside<\/em> the laptop. So you have to look sideways at it, or use a separate keyboard. Some even show a tray raising the laptop to the screen height (so you have to type in mid-air), or show a closed laptop, often with <em>two<\/em> connected screens, when you paid money for that laptop&#8217;s display, keyboard, and touchpad. It&#8217;s madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Every<\/em> monitor should come with a stand with enough vertical rise to put an open laptop underneath it! I think none do. Apple solves this by selling a separate $999 Pro Stand&#8230; Someone should sell a mini riser for an external monitor that replaces its crummy built-in stand, plus a version that supports two quality speakers either side of the raised monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/computers\/external_monitor_sideways.webp\" alt=\"monitor awkwardly placed to side of laptop\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nice monitor uselessly placed way off to side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/computers\/retina_on_stand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raise laptop up to monitor height, rendering its keyboard and touchpad useless<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/computers\/laptop_closed_under_stand.jpg\" alt=\"monitor lifted up on a stand with closedly laptop stupidly slid under it\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The monitor&#8217;s own stand isn&#8217;t tall enough, but why close a valuable laptop?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m typing this staring straight at an external monitor that I&#8217;ve put on an 11-inch (28 cm) two-shelf box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/house\/2014_office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"884\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My way to raise a computer monitor (now it&#8217;s an Acer 1900&#215;1200 monitor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you search for &#8220;external laptop monitor&#8221;, most images show a screen beside the laptop. So you have to look sideways at it, or use a separate keyboard. Some even show a tray raising the laptop to the screen height &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/computers-put-the-screen-above-a-laptop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}