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I have bought a curved high-res 21:9 screen with presence detection and automatic brightness and can not go back - actually thinking about a second one.

The curved aspect makes no difference for me, the other stuff does.

Never having to manually turn it on or off is very nice and removes yet another step from getting into work.

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Here I was thinking I was the only one. I have a presence sensor under my desk, when I sit down it triggers the following:

1) Turns on my monitors and desk lamp 2) Turns on the tv in my office 3) Using an hdmi multi plexer sets the hdmi switch to have 4 screens 3-work, 1-with apple tv. 4) Changes a busy light to red outside my office so family knows I'm working

As you say it takes no time to get to work, I was really surprised how automating this helped me get going in the morning because on it's own none of this is terribly time consuming.

I’d note to UI developers that on curved displays lines can appear different than they really are. It’s perhaps not a big deal, but something to keep in mind.

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