{"id":3437,"date":"2016-01-19T23:06:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2016-01-19T23:10:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T07:10:55","slug":"unboxing-of-the-samsung-s34e790c-34-curved-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/19\/unboxing-of-the-samsung-s34e790c-34-curved-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing of the Samsung S34E790C &#8211; 34&rdquo; Curved Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As anybody who wrote a book in their free time can tell you, after a full day of work sometimes it\u2019s really hard to force yourself to spend the evening writing. Few months ago I found myself in a motivation crisis: to get out of it, I promised myself that if I would have turned in the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QS5kQK\">manuscript <\/a>on time I would buy one of those big-*** curved monitors.<\/p>\n<p>Well, guess what! I <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QS5kQK\">did hit all the correct dates<\/a>, hence I treated myself with a Samsung S34E790C, a 34\u201d monster with a beautiful, barely curved screen. Today I found a huge box waiting for me <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wlEmoticon-smile-1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/> here there\u2019s the unboxing, in case you are considering getting one. Warning: As you might imagine, this post is going to be pictures-heavy\u2026 and won\u2019t talk about identity at all.<\/p>\n<h2>The Packaging<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-17-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 17 27\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-17-27_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 17 27\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026is huge, cutter on top for scale, but in the end is just 15Kg. Can you imagine what monster box you would have needed for a 34\u201d CRT? It would have had its own ZIP code <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wlEmoticon-smile-1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-21-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 21 57\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-21-57_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 21 57\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Embedded in the styrofoam, in its own little niche, you find one box that neatly stores ALL cables, manuals and the like. NO need to hunt those down in a huge box! My inner OCD person is satisfied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-12_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 12\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is there anything they won\u2019t do with soy these days?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-25_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 25\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here there\u2019s the content of the accessory box:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Manuals, DVDs. Who use those these days anyway<\/li>\n<li>power adapter and cable<\/li>\n<li>USB extender cable<\/li>\n<li>HDMI cable<\/li>\n<li>DisplayPort cable<\/li>\n<li>Super useful and super appreciated: tiny DisplayPort-&gt;mini DisplayPort adapter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 04\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-04_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 04\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The adapter is on the big side, hand for scale, but the plug is delightfully angled and the cables are quite long. Thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-43_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 43\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First peek at the monster. This thing is HUGE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 56\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-22-56_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 22 56\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, this package has the largest amount of silica gel packages I\u2019ve ever seen. They must have known this was heading to the not-so-sunny Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-10_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 10\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally here it is, out of its box. No sticky tapes to wrestle with. Samsung has done an excellent job on this package.<\/p>\n<h2>The Monitor<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-24_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 24\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is, ready to be hooked up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 38\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-38_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 38\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The back. Very simple. The left side of the pic shows the power button, which dubs as 4-way joystick\/pad for navigating the onscreen menus. The right hand side shows the ports\u2019 arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-23-50_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 23 50\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Power, 2 HDMIs, 1 DisplayPort, USB extender, audio, and 4 USB ports. Did I mention that this monitor also has decent speakers?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 18\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-18_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 18\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, it\u2019s ON! Here it shows the amazing horizontal resolution by stretching my desktop background. Long fish is long! I swear I did not change background just for showing this effect, I have been using this background for quite some time now \u2013 I am sure it must have been captured in some demo or session recording, you can check <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wlEmoticon-smile-1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-34_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 34\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just because I can, here there\u2019s VS2015 with THREE vertical tab groups \u2013 opened on my little gender ratio estimator project (check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/19\/estimating-gender-diversity-in-your-organization-with-the-azure-ad-graph\/\">here<\/a>!). All perfectly legible. The 3K vertical lines of the Surface Book are just there as clipboard <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wlEmoticon-smile-1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-49.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 49\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/File-Jan-19-22-24-49_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"File Jan 19, 22 24 49\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026And here there\u2019s the feature that blows my mind. You can hook up two computers to this monitor, and show output for the two AT THE SAME TIME. Here my Surface Book is graciously sharing monitor space with my MacBook Pro.<br \/>\nThis is not a gimmick, the real estate both get is perfectly workable. I can see myself switching to this mode while working on demos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, I haven\u2019t done any real work on this monitor yet\u2026 and back in box it goes now, given that I plan to bring it to work (BYOM). But for what I have seen so far, this is an amazing piece of hardware. Recommended! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudidentity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wlEmoticon-smile-1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As anybody who wrote a book in their free time can tell you, after a full day of work sometimes it\u2019s really hard to force yourself to spend the evening writing. 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