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07-15-2017, 11:37 PM
Once, I bought a cheap 24 inch flat screen TV and used it as a monitor while on the road. I wrapped in my jeans and threw it in the suit case and it worked OK when i got home.
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07-18-2017, 04:23 AM
I've worked on a laptop for years and it's never bothered me. I couldn't imagine bringing a full monitor with me. I'd recommend getting a 15" macbook pro (only because of the high screen resolution) and forcing yourself to adjust.
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07-18-2017, 04:31 AM
If you need a big screen have you considered a 17" laptop? They still make a few of them
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07-18-2017, 05:31 AM
Or take a hdmi cable with you and book Airbnbs that have TVs and use the tv as a second monitor.
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07-18-2017, 06:08 AM
A thin VESA-mountable monitor + some kind of collapsible desktop VESA stand would work well, I think. Or at least a monitor with a stand that comes off and disassembles very easily.
If you kept it in the middle of a relatively robust suitcase with clothes all around it I think it would be fine. The biggest concern there is some fuckwit TSA type dumping your luggage out or digging around in it and damaging your monitor. I'd rather ship an expensive monitor + any other non-carry-on computer equipment from place to place than deal with airport security and baggage handling. But I'm used to US air travel; maybe things are different elsewhere.
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07-18-2017, 06:38 AM
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07-18-2017, 08:12 AM
Why not simply sell that monitor / TV before leaving the country?
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07-18-2017, 08:18 AM
Disappointment when I realized this thread was about traveling with a computer monitor and not this:
(that's a monitor lizard for those of you in Rio Linda)
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07-18-2017, 08:40 AM
A 20" monitor runs about $80usd these days. Unless you're moving on a weekly basis its just much easier to buy a new one in each place.
I'd happily pay $80 every couple of months not to have to deal with carrying a monitor through airports.
Plus giving a monitor as a present to someone every time you leave a country will leave you with plenty of good karma around the world for a couch to crash on if you need to at some point in the near future.
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07-18-2017, 09:49 AM
Is it a matter of needing a bigger screen or simply needing a second monitor?
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07-19-2017, 10:01 AM
I recently flew a 7 hour flight with a 50 inch flat screen tv, a older model that was pretty heavy. I just threw it in a cardboard box with padding and wrapped it with tape and marked it fragile. TV came with no issued.
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07-19-2017, 11:06 PM
This, is, a, thread, about, traveling, screens.
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07-20-2017, 12:17 AM
In Soviet Russia, monitor takes you on trip.
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07-20-2017, 10:08 AM
If you simply need a second monitor, you can use an iPad with the app 'Duet'.
Granted it's not much space but it worked for me in a pinch at times last year.
Now I have a monitor, ha!