Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

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ED209 said:
ty, I do not tend to look at a monitor and think "thats nice" but that 1 I did.

some monitors have quite a big curve to them and I am not a fan but this 1 looks ok
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Yes, I nearly bought a flat one, but I figured that it would be a bit more 'immersive' for gaming. My last monitor was curved, despite only being a 27" 16:9 1440p screen. Generally think a slight curve is fine for a monitor as you sit quite close, whereas I prefer TVs to be flat.
 
Conscript said:
Finally joined the ultrawide monitor master race. Dell AW3423DWF arrived today.

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Man that is badass. Are these monitors any good for games like CS:GO?
 
dlockers said:
Man that is badass. Are these monitors any good for games like CS:GO?
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So far I've only tried 3 FPS games (Rising Storm 2, Insurgency: Sandstorm, and The Finals), and I only really mucked around in their offline practice modes for a bit - but yeah, it's pretty awesome. Gives you a wider field of view for better peripheral vision. Imagine it would be the same for CS:GO, although I don't play it.
Also just been playing Read Dead Redemption 2 which looks fantastic on the bigger screen with HDR enabled. Annoyingly, the cutscenes don't fill the screen, despite being the same aspect ratio. But I think there's mods for that.

Adam said:
That looks fantastic, it's OLED right?
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Yeah, QD-OLED. I understand they are less prone to pixel burn-in than OLED, but I'm still taking a few precautions like hiding the taskbar, and setting the screen to go off after 5 minutes.
 
IvanDobskey said:
Monitor looks great, can't beat oled.

Not sure I'd risk having one for desktop use though.
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It has built in safety features which remind you to run panel maintenance every 4 hours of constant use. It takes around 5 minutes. I just plan brakes around it, a minor inconvenience for the way the screen looks. It’s leaps and bounds better than any display I’ve used on my PC. If you get issues then Dell do burn in warranty and have fast turnaround times.
 
IvanDobskey said:
Monitor looks great, can't beat oled.

Not sure I'd risk having one for desktop use though.
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It will be used primarily for games; I do work from home, but only a couple of days a week, and I'm not usually looking at spreadsheets for hours on end.
I'll see how it goes. I use dark mode usually anyway, and I've set my power options so the screen goes off after 5 minutes. As above, the screen has maintenance options, and it will run automatically as long as the screen is in standby.
Some people go to extremes like hiding desktop icons and using only a black background instead of a wallpaper, but I figure I've bought a nice screen, I'd like to see some nice wallpapers on it :p

ChrisD. said:
I have one, it's a lovely monitor. The screen is something else compared to LCD monitors.
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Will Gill said:
Same same
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How do you guys find text legibility? I read up about pixel fringing before I bought it - so far, although I can tell that text clarity isn't quite as pin sharp as I'd like, it's still fine. I can only see fringing issues if I stick my nose up to the screen.
 
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How do you guys find text legibility? I read up about pixel fringing before I bought it - so far, although I can tell that text clarity isn't quite as pin sharp as I'd like, it's still fine. I can only see fringing issues if I stick my nose up to the screen.
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Fine for me but I mainly use it with macOS, and I'm in my 40s so my eyesight probably isn't as sharp as it should be!
 
Conscript said:
How do you guys find text legibility? I read up about pixel fringing before I bought it - so far, although I can tell that text clarity isn't quite as pin sharp as I'd like, it's still fine. I can only see fringing issues if I stick my nose up to the screen.
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All good, at least for me, I have recently started needing specs for reading, however, not when using this monitor.

Here are a few things I've bought for the kids, new bunk beds, mattresses, carpet, double glazing, door, lights, bulbs (yes tapo) and probably more, been an expensive couple of weeks!

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AA and AAA batteries, a spigen case for my fold 6, some bed protectors, a nurses fob for my ultra and a eufy camera.

Fairly quiet day for me amazon wise
 
I'm tempted to go for a Tapo C120. It did retail at £29.99 then went up to £39.99. Now it's on a Prime "sale" at £27.99.

Did just place an order on Ali Express for more tat though. :D
 
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Bending the rules here but I totally forgot had this. I just found it in the attic, from when I went to the San Siro in 2001 I think.

 
Mobius 1 said:
I’ve liked all creeds I’ve bought so far ! (erolfa, royal oud, aventus cologne)

Edit. I don’t know if it needs to macerate or whatever…but longevity leaves a lot to be desired. Like, woeful.
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The cologne was never great in that dept sadly.

Edit: just realised you bought the normal stuff. Maybe it needs to macerate, despite the batch variations, the one thing Aventus is, is consistently strong!
 
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