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Originally Posted by Renate
So, I wanted a 29" ultrawide 2560 x 1080...
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Since I know that you've all become fixated on my saga, I provide closure.
The main problem in choosing was that it had to mount on a custom mount. LG put the connections in a strange place. There is a connector for HDMI and one for DisplayPort. The DP connector would mostly be occluded by the mount. I thought, "That won't matter, I can just use the HDMI". I connected the new monitor up with HDMI. Windows insists that it's 1920 x 1080. I bought a new DP to DP cable. I modified the end that went into the monitor. I sawed through the metal shell on the connector and stripped it off. I stripped off the molding under that. I removed the metal shell under that. Using a heat gun I softened and removed the molding under that. I softened some more and bent the cable. In the end I didn't have a right angle connector, but at least it was 45° and fit. The monitor looks nice.
BestBuy sent me a code for 3 free months of YouTube premium. I'm not sure what the worth of this is as YouTube gives one month free trial anyway. Hmm, that's a $12/month service, so $24 worth. Worth more to Google if they hook you. The deal is that you're defacto subscribed. They warn you in your last week and you can cancel.