Thread 105733704

I hate how much of a godsend this retarded overpriced lamp is
>Just get a cheaper one
They don't perform half as well with stuff like reflections on the screen

>>105733704 (OP)
put your window blinds down

Why do you need a light if you're sitting in front of two brightass monitors

>>105733870
because op is a faggot who sits in dark room
turn the light on nigga
this isn't a real problem nigga

>>105733704 (OP)
My Xiaomi bar died this year after 4 years. I cheaped out and replaced it with a Quntis bar from Amazon. It's fine. It's one of those products you don't understand until you have one.

What is the use case of this lamp?

>>105734126
>Quntis bar

>>105733704 (OP)
what's the make/model? can't tell from the image

>>105734252
https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=https://i.4cdn.org/g/1751119660744657.jpg

bro is putting this much cognitive effort into a fucking lamp
the consoomer brain knows no bounds

>>105734216
Yes. It was the affordable choice. I like these style lights, but I'm not dropping $200 on one.
>>105734182
It allows me to see things on my desk, like paperwork and shit. The backlight reduces eye strain.

>>105733704 (OP)
personally I think the angle is off a bit. if you have it on a big monitor that is several inches higher than the desk it will throw light on your body. then my pasty white stomach can be seen in the monitor glare.

>>105733704 (OP)
nigger, what? why the fuck do you need a light on your monitor when the monitor isnt a e ink screen?

>>105734616
They are designed not to shine on the monitor.

>>105734182
It's a niche use case.
It's for retards that never learned to touch-type and choose to sit in the dark.
This monitor-lamp is a beacon, exposing how fucking incompetent the owner is.

>>105733704 (OP)
Where does the webcam go?

>>105735300
up your ass

>>105735300
to the side or on the other monitor.

>>105733704 (OP)
If you need a lamp pointed at your fucking monitor, you probably need a better monitor.

>>105736320
>>105734686
illiterate retard

>>105733704 (OP)
i got one of these (benq halo) because of the memes and it's ok but I've never experienced a bad one so I don't really know the difference

>>105736348
Get a better monitor, dumbass. One with a backlight.

>>105733704 (OP)
I've considered one, but I have a graphics display tablet that lives below my monitor, so I'm concerned about reflections or it washing the screen out

>>105733704 (OP)
Have desk setup and everything is on batteries, i really don't understand modernism.

ITT: actual use case for an RGB lightup keyboard

>>105736398
where does RGB fit in this use case

>>105736413
where do you fit in life

>>105736444
you don't know what RGB is or what monitor lamps are for, got it

>>105736467
>my only entertainment for today is talking to a zoomer who's currently filled with brainrot

>>105736522
go sleep off whatever you're on.

>>105736379
>his monitor lights up his keyboard, mouse and entire desk
damn anon sick monitor, how many nits, 10k?

>>105736383
>everything is on batteries
grim

>>105736561
I am very fucking confused
just get a RGB keyboard so you can see the fucking keys lit-up instead of relying on the light from above

>>105736622
Yeah, or just learn how to touch-type, you literal 12 year old.

>>105736622
still haven't explained what the RGB is for. why doesn't a white backlight work?
that's assuming that's even what the monitor light bar is for (it's not what they're for)

>>105736538
>60%
LMAO fuck off with that BS stat. USA is 41% white and nowhere near 60%

>>105733704 (OP)
I'm considering getting one. I have a lamp on my desk currently but I'm planning to upgrade to an ultrawide monitor and if I do I won't have space on the desk for the lamp anymore.

As for the criticisms:

>inb4 just turn on the ceiling light
Ceiling lighting is overkill for most uses. Ambient lighting will almost always look better and more intentional
>Just open the curtains
Sometimes screen glare is an issue, but even if it's not, sometimes people need to be on their computers after it's dark, especially in the winter when it gets dark early
>Just use the backlight of the monitor
That can cause eye strain, especially if you're having it so bright that it's able to illuminate the desk sufficiently by itself. Also again, it doesn't look as nice imo
>overpriced
Yes, I agree on this one, especially the benq ones that are most recommended
>can't mount webcams above it
Depends on the model of webcam. There are workarounds presumably, like different ways of clamping it, or putting it on something higher than the screen bar

>>105736622
It's got nothing to do with the keyboard you retard. Or the monitor backlight. You don't have to reply to threads you don't understand.
>>105736683
I have my webcam to the side, with a small amount of zoom I can recenter myself.

>>105736622
>just get a RGB keyboard so you can see the fucking keys lit-up
This could be mildly useful for my tech illiterate family but they just turn the light on instead. It's just fucking garbage.

That style of lamp is useful if you do stuff at your desk like taking notes, painting, or soldering. I have a cheap one (~$40) from Amazon and it works fine, no problems with screen reflections. The control dial is kind of shitty because it doesn't have actual buttons, but it works.

>>105733704 (OP)
if its pic then its a total ripoff just get a led strip some aluminum foil and print a case or paint some cardboard. Or 3d print a fancy case I don't get why anyone would be stupid enough to buy it.

>>105737045
because they value their time (monetarily)

>>105734572
Do you not have a light in your room?

For curved monitors, do you need to get light bars that fit the curvature? Even if a regular one can still fit, would it illuminate things incorrectly?

I realize a lot of you live in 3rd world countries so you dont have the space for a proper sized desk. I got a literal desk lamp and here I am on /g/ seeing people trying to get fucking small ass lamps for a problem solved by 1800s tech.

>>105737045
This has to be bait

>>105737647
Literally the opposite, a lightbar is an unnecessary luxury because it costs mutiple times the cost of the average desk lamp, hence why people are saying it's a ripoff or they should use overhead lighting and the monitor's backlight.

It helps reduce eye strain, it's one of those things you see as retarded (they kinda are) until you try it. It's a lamp but it's positioned in a way that doesn't flash the screen or you, it's really nice
>>105734252
Benq lightbar halo 2
>>105735300
There's a mount for it included

Insane that most of the "Technology" board couldn't figure out the use of this lamp

>>105738432
but the keyboard rgb...

>>105733704 (OP)
I ended up using a full-blown 100W video light mounted on my monitor arm pointing to a A1 sized white cloth reflector (mounted on the same arm). Without the lens. Much better and softer than these stupid bars, and it also doubles as a great webcam light.

>>105738578
post pic of this setup

>>105735178
i shit you not most of gen z don't know how to touch type and still consoom expensive custom keyboards

>>105739142
>i shit you not most of gen z don't know how to touch type
This is mindblowing, when I was in school in the 90's typing was a class. Everyone was taught how to type, with the internet being so ubiqutious these days I don't see how everyone doesn't know how. Heck my kid self taught herself just because she wanted to talk to her friends. It's not even like it's super difficult like learning another language. It's like a couple hours for a week or two at most. It's just getting a bit of muscle memory, I couldn't imagine even typing out this post having to henpeck looking at my keyboard and the screen back and forth.

>>105734078
I turn on the lights as well.
Sitting in the dark with a bright screen in my face is just too uncomfortable.
With the lights on I can stay up all night if I want.
I considered something like in the OP, but why bother? Just turn on the lights...

>>105739142
>>105739178
fuck me the whole time i thought these lamps were about reducing eye strain or some ambience shit not monitor backlight or that zoomers can't fucking type properly lmao my sides are in orbit

>>105733704 (OP)
Just put any run of the mill lamp behind your monitor.

>>105736467
lol this is a made up problem in your mind.

>>105739265 >>105739178 >>105739142 >>105735178
>getting mad at zoomers over their typing skills

>>105739142
i was shopping around for a new keyboard and i saw one of those keyboard enthusiasts with 1M subs who can't even touch type kek

>>105735178
Yeah no you're full of shit. Anyone autistic enough to constantly sit in the dark can touch type in some way. I do 100wpm using WASD as a home "row" and blind-pecking with one finger on the right because I never learned proper home row, and it's fucking retarded but still touch typing.
That, and backlit keyboards have existed for much longer than this lamp. And those, in turn, are still useful whenever you want to press a key in the dark without moving your hand(s) to any kind of default position first. Admittedly, some will just reflect enough light from the monitor that you won't need any more.

>>105740517
>And those...
On second thought, it applies to both. It's just that getting the lamp just for that would be overkill.

>a whole thread seething about a lamp
you niggers are fucking RETARDED

>>105739852
what is