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It looks cool, but the marketing doesn't address the fact that most people have laptops and desktop monitors on their desks. Nobody will want to take their desktop+laptop off the desk everytime they go into their bed - 7 inches of height (collapsed) isn't going to cut it.

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You're right taking the monitor off the desk every day is not fun, my desktop case does fit in the storage area underneath the desk so I do not have to move that everyday.

I have been working on a monitor mount that will work in conjunction with the UrbanDesk but it is not yet finished and I have been anxious to launch. Check back soon, as I hope to post a video of the finished mount within the next week or two.

Good point. How cool would it be if the desk included a folding monitor stand that could fold a flatscreen flat onto the desk origami-style?

If your monitor has a VESA mount, you could mount it to the bottom of the bed, perhaps?

This is definitely a possible solution, but I found this put the monitor too far away for my liking. I am working on a folding mount for the monitor which I hope to finish in the next week or two.

If it is articulating, then it would simply be pulled out toward the user. One would just need to retract it before pulling down the bed.

Can't you just put the monitor face down on the desk surface in most cases? Another alternative would be to mount the monitor on the duckboard or on the wall with a long flexible arm... THe latter option would provide a big screen TV to watch movies while lying on the bed... :)

Can you imagine doing that every single day of your life(putting the monitor face down on the desk surface, then bringing it back up)? This is engineering - I think we can come up with something better (like your monitor mount idea).

> Can you imagine doing that every single day of your life(putting the monitor face down on the desk surface, then bringing it back up)?

If every day i was collapsing my bed to get to the desk, sure. Just a minor extra step.

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