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I noticed you have the taskbar copied on all monitors. Check out a program called Ultramon. I use it to extend the taskbar through both my monitors. It only shows programs I have open on that screen on the taskbar of that monitor. It has some other multimonitor perks and features as well, but I haven't really looked into them.
You might want to try UltraMon. I use it with a Dual screen setup(One regular, one Ultrawide) on Windows 10. You can override all kinds of settings, set specific wallpapers for each screen, save icon position, among other things. All of this stuff should be built into Windows, but it is not.
Stardock has stuff like this: https://www.stardock.com/products/
I don't use any right now, but back when metro full screen was forced, they had a product to push those apps into a normal window. And same with taming the full screen start menu... /shudder/ So wouldn't surprise me if they came out with something to address crap like this.
UltraMon was mostly to make Win7 usable with multiple monitors. It's not something I'd go grab, but as they are used to customizing Windows including the taskbar, I'd imagine/hope updates may include some stuff around this. Something to check in to later: https://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/overview/ (I was able to stop using it with Win10.)
And there are others... (ClassicShell/OpenShell hopefully will get some updates too.) I wouldn't get anything yet, but once Win11 is out, we'll probably have options to work around it.
I have two dual-head PCI-Express video cards in each PC to run the groups of monitors. The bottom quad are on one PC, the upper triple is on another. I use Synergy to create a virtual KVM through the network to setup a seamless mouse and keyboard switch over between the PCs as the mouse crosses the screen boundary. It manages the clipboard too so that you can cut from a window on one PC and paste to a window on the other. I use UltraMon software to create a full taskbar for each monitor.
The screen partitioning can be done with a Tiling Window Manger program. I haven't used it, but there are several software packages that should work the way that you want.
I'm really impressed with your recent dumps (/r/nocontext anyone?), lots of interesting artwork in there. Your jib cuts are likeable, so uh yeah, thanks for sharing!
Where do you source them from outside reddit? My go-to site is [wallhaven](www.alpha.wallhaven.cc) - seems to be the cleanest, least-spammy site. Very good tagging system if you want a specific style / genre. The movie / film tag brings up some great ones.
Flickr and tumblr regurgitate some decent walls on occasion, and google and bing have versatile image search functions. I've found a good chunk of walls just by right-clicking an image in chrome and then "search google for this image", then setting image size to 1MP or 2MP. Sometimes you'll find a few high-res copies floating about.
> I've probably already seen about 90% of it, and of the remaining 10%, I doubt there will be many I'd like enough to keep
Yeah, exactly! That's why I'd rather search through dumps of only a few hundred at a time. At least you know people have gone through some sort of culling process, and the quality starts to show through.
As for Windows showing the same 30 walls over and over, I had the same problem. I looked into it a while back and can't remember the exact reason, but whatever it was, it doesn't give truly random walls. I'd get the same image popping up first on the screensaver. So I made the transition to [Picasa 3](www.picasa.google.com) (freeware) because it fixes the random element, and as a bonus it has good multi-monitor screensaver/desktop support and if you pair it with Ultramon (shareware) you're absolutely sorted. You can set each monitor up to rotate independently and other things of that nature.
Haha yeah there's so many cliches it's not funny... exo-planet moonscapes, why so serious, and low-poly anything. We should set up bingo cards.
Date, Drives and Media buttons - [Onioncake](www.deviantart.com/art/OnionCake-142187212)
Time - (image slightly modified) [Cubes](www.deviantart.com/art/Cubes-474729769)
Histogram - [ColdEQ](www.deviantart.com/art/ColdEQ-1-1-472830836)
Tiny edits to several ini files for alignment and colour.
Wallpaper program for mismatched resolutions - Ultramon
Wallpapers from this album on /r/animewallpaper from /u/TheManWithTheStache http://imgur.com/a/oqREj
Actual Multiple Monitors is okay - if you're curious about other alternatives, I used UltraMon, which I found to be a bit more lightweight (in both UI and memory usage.)
For setting up wallpapers, I use Dual Wallpaper, a very tiny program that allows all the controls needed for setting up wallpapers for dual monitors.
Just my preferences, anyway.
Windows doesn't bring the task bar over to your secondary monitor, only the one you have set as your primary. If you want the task bar on a secondary, you'll need to download a third party app to facilitate this.
One that I used in my career in IT is UltraMon https://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
This will allow the taskbar to span multiple monitor displays.
You Should Try UltraMon it will give you the task bar for all 3 screens. Also Clover Which give's you the Google Chrome like Tabs for any file you have open.
I use Ultramon for this, it makes profile switching fairly easy. There is a free trial but buying it is damn expensive.
I've heard Multimon is a free alternative. You might want to look into that.
I don't know about this problem specifically, but I've been using UltraMon for many years now for all my multi monitor setups. It's absolutely fantastic, and saves device profiles that you can set to autoload on boot.
Yeah, I ended up buying it and it works just fine sans the G-Sync - but you only need that for gaming, so what I ended up doing is leaving both the CableMatters adapter and the HDMI port connected and I useUltraMon display profiles bound to hotkeys to change display modes. I use 1440p@120 over HDMI with G-Sync for gaming.
I have all my HDMI 2.0 devices fed into a switch on port 4 of the TV, so the laptop's HDMI port is connected to that switch. Port 1 on the TV is the CableMatters adapter, with 2 and 3 being used by the Series X and PS5. No big deal just to change inputs quickly.
Hi there, I run an ultrawide and conventional monitor at my desk, with an HDMI going over to my living room tv (all from a 2070 GPU).
What has been be SUPER useful for me is Ultra Mon. I set up several profiles: one for each monitor, then all desk monitors, and the TV by itself. Profiles are pretty granular; you can set all the parameters found in Win10 and more.
All these profiles are tied to hot keys I set up. So as long as ultramon is running, I'm a hot key away from any monitor configuration I need.
Use laptop hdmi with the Dell for 1440p 60hz.
Purchase a usb3 graphics hdmi adapter for the samsung to drive its 1080p 60hz.
You can use extended mode to keep 1440p and 1080p, also purchasing ultramon will make extended mode more useful.
Buy Ultramon and use its hide monitor function so the TV will not appear as part of the monitor setup until you require it.
Another option is there are hardware HDMI clone devices, look on Amazon for HDMI 1 in 2 out.
So you take HDMI on GPU and put it into the device and connect one to your monitor and the other the TV so now the desktop is cloned to both and Windows only sees one display.
General office work and long web browsing sessions are bad for OLED.
These applications have a huge number of static elements.
I would recommend keeping a regular LCD monitor for such work and use the OLED as a second monitor for watching video full screen and gaming.
Get Ultramon which expands the multi-displays features of Window and apply the ribbons screensaver to the OLED and just use it for video/games, no other extra precautions needed other than don't over do one game too much like 7+ hours, vary your content.
RGB 444 PC mode is enabled by changing the relevant input icon to PC in the home screen.
Get two of this USB C to HDMI or VGA adapter to connect both monitors, you cant use only one for both monitors.
Next purchase Ultramon which can split the windows desktop to two displays instead of the basic extended or mirror modes built into windows.
a very large image/photo is needed for this.
besides that, Ultramon is a small utility that can help you set up multiple wallpapers if you're keen on light photo editing (cropping, really) to get the desired effect.
Basically if all you do is play games you will be fine with the OLED. Dont overdue one game too much change it up after 5 hours of playing one game to something else.
The above applies both to PC and console.
The risk from PC usage come from general desktop usage, web browsers, office, windows etc all have lots of static elements. If you barely use your OLED for this then you have nothing to worry about.
If you are going to be using PC desktop a lot then you must take steps to minimize the risk like no desktop icons, screensaver, auto hide task bar etc.
Alternatively leave the OLED for games usage and get a secondary cheap LCD monitor for desktop usage, purchase Ultramon too which better manages screensavers on multiple monitors.
1) Use HDMI as your within range of the PC, yes also get the Xbox wireless PC receiver as Bluetooth can bit hit or miss.
2) In Nvidia (or AMD) control panel for the TV display properties go into the nvidia color settings, change the dynamic output range to Limited, this will match AV device style output for the TV. For AMD it will be 16-235 Low/Limited.
3) Use game mode preset on the TV, ignore the PC mode if it has one.
Ultramon is quite useful in expanding upon Windows multi-monitor setups, if you want a different arrangement for the monitor and TV.
43" may be too large for the most common PC monitor stands out there. The largest I've seen is up to 32", you may have to look at TV stands but that would mean replacing desk or modifying one for use with TV stand that has a vesa mount.
According to the specs the Philips is an IPS panel, while it is possible to get some image retention with IPS/VA type panels it is usually not full blown burn in and will fade away, a screensaver like ribbons should be fine in protecting it. Check out Ultramon it enhances what you can do with the monitor in windows and using it as a desktop, it has better multi display screensaver controls than stock windows.
Some modern games have built in temporal reconstruction were you can set an internal rendering resolution to a percentage instead of full 100%, you can still get decent image quality at 80% or thereabouts close to 4K if your system can handle it but not all games have such features, if you have an RTX card DLSS helps a great deal but again only some games have this.
Then its a design issue by LG, not much you can do about it.
LG have a community section but its USA only were you can ask about product issues however the odds of it getting addressed are very low.
See if something like Ultramon can help save the window arrangement state instead of looking for TV fix.
this program is pretty decent and can do what you need...note you MAY need the full version though, not sure if the free copy has that feature
9 series TV is excellent for both, it has a 13ms input lag at 4K 60hz and 6ms at 1080p/1440p 120Hz making it one of the lowest input lag TV's there is and comparable to the best IPS/VA PC monitors. G-Sync support is coming in a future firmware update but it will only work with RTX 20xx and GTX 16xx cards, the G-Sync/VRR range is 40-120Hz.
To enable PC mode change the HDMI input name/icon to PC in WebOS home/dash, however PC desktop usage means taking some precautions as Windows has a ton of static elements which can cause image retention.
- Remove any icons on the desktop.
- Auto hide the taskbar.
- Remove any wallpaper leave it black or use video/cycle wallpaper.
- Switch OS to dark mode.
- Enable screensaver with short activation time.
For general PC desktop usage a multi monitor set up is useful, use the OLED sparingly for games and creative work, use a regular LCD monitor for everything else, tools like Ultramon can manage different config profiles for multiple displays.
Had the same problem. Plugged my 2nd monitor into mothboard via hdmi. Now 2nd monitor is running off of on board graphics (cpu) And downloaded UltraMon. Force main display into 144hz by right clicking UltraMon icon in system tray and selecting display settings then selecting 144hz. Works like a charm. UltraMon is neat lightweight little program for multi display settings.
https://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
Tried most of the Google fixes and nothing worked for me. Windows and Nvidia multi display settings either get changed all the time or flst out don't work. But this did. Good luck. Typing this from bed on my phone sorry for lazy formatting 😜
Ich hab sogar ein Flachband HDMI-Kabel, das 10m lang ist. D.h. ich kann sogar ein Monitor an meine Konsolen anschließen. Habe ich sogar ein paar mal gemacht! Aber dann hab ich für den PC ja "nur" einen Bildschirm, und das hat mich so hart genervt, dass ich das nur ein paar mal gemacht habe. Ich hatte zeitweise sogar MirrorMon installiert, damit ich quasi beide Bildschirme auf einem habe. Selbst das war mir zu nervig. Es müsste echt ein ungenutzter Bildschirm sein. Richtig absurd :
I used to do this with Ultramon back in the Windows 7 days. I've since moved to Mac, but it looks like they support Windows 10 if you want to give it a try!
Ultramon may work for you if you're looking for more control
Also, which windows version are you on? This is a feature on windows 10 >I can't find any way to have a taskbar on each monitor showing only the windows that belong in the corresponding monitor.
Look at this for moving the mouse. You can bind the batch file to a keyboard shortcut for certain spots where you want the mouse to be.
W10, you can disable specific monitors as pictured. Should be able to do it on other versions of Windows as well. You can take it from there for automation.
Alternatively, UltraMon has this feature. Just setup two display profiles- one with your monitor enabled, one disabled- and set a hotkey to switch profiles.
Only thing I can think of is to use a third party program such as Ultramon. https://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
I've used it for years and absolutely love it. There are tons of little extra tweaks that you change when using multiple monitors. Totally worth the $30 or whatever it is now.
Nice setup. Get UltraMon though, useful and small utility to extend your taskbar onto all of your screens - including per-screen processes and some options to manage which windows are on which screen.
I use a program called UltraMon. Works really well to set different backgrounds on each monitor or stretch one across all. Also has a lot of other cool features.
Either Ultramon or display fusion will get the job done. Once you get a task bar on every monitor. You never look back.
Ultramon https://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
Display fusion http://www.displayfusion.com/
First off, Why the Hell would you pay money for something you can get for free?
Something I use at home on my 3monitor setup is Ultramon
Super easy to setup and install, and it allows you to control each monitor as its own desktop if you want it to.
It also allows for amazing custom wallpapers like The One I Have
Something I use at home on my 3monitor setup is Ultramon
Super easy to setup and install, and it allows you to control each monitor as its own desktop if you want it to.
It also allows for amazing custom wallpapers like The One I Have
So far the only programs I've found to do this are (none seem to be free):
But not sure if these will allow you to stick programs to the task bar, I think it just extends it. Furthermore I think nVidia or someone allows you to create a "big" desktop in their settings somewhere...