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Ask HN: Recommended Products for Home Office? – Dec 2017

23 pointsby PaulMestover 7 years ago
My business had a good year and I have some extra budget I&#x27;d like to spend to upgrade my home office and to help reduce taxes. Any suggestions on what to spend it on?<p>1) Sit-to-stand desk?<p>2) Monitors for MacBook Pros? Boom arms?<p>3) Shared storage solution (e.g. a NAS with RAID 5)? What types of hard drives should I put into it?<p>4) ~55&quot;-65&quot; that I can easily use as a projector for metrics? Should I get an Apple TV? ChromeCast? Something else?<p>5) What are some other great gadgets to improve a home office?

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PaulMestover 7 years ago
Currently these are my choices...<p>1) Fully Jarvis sit-to-stand desk with rolling casters<p>2) LG 27UD88-W - 27&quot; 4k Monitor <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;LG-Electronics-27UD88-W-LED-Lit-Monitor&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B01CDYB0QS" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;LG-Electronics-27UD88-W-LED-Lit-Monit...</a><p>I was thinking about getting the LG UltraFine 5k, but it seems like there are mixed reviews on it. Hopefully Apple will come out with a better monitor in 2018 that will also charge my 15&quot; MacBook Pro.<p>3) Synology 1517+ with 8GB of RAM <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Synology-DS1517-8GB-Disk-Station&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B06Y4VFRQP" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Synology-DS1517-8GB-Disk-Station&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B...</a> Haven&#x27;t determined which hard disks yet. Will check the latest Backblaze report. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.backblaze.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2017&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.backblaze.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2...</a><p>4) Haven&#x27;t looked into a TV yet<p>5) Already upgraded my router and modem...<p>Wireless router: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;NETGEAR-Nighthawk-X4S-R7800-100NAS-Compatible&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B0192911RA&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;NETGEAR-Nighthawk-X4S-R7800-100NAS-Co...</a><p>Cable modem: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Next-Generation-ARRIS-SURFboard-SB8200-DOCSIS&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B01N6SKK1G" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Next-Generation-ARRIS-SURFboard-SB820...</a><p>Blue Yeti microphone: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Blackout&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B00N1YPXW2&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Blackout&#x2F;dp&#x2F;...</a><p>Considering getting a drone, too... but haven&#x27;t researched that yet.
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usaphpover 7 years ago
I recently got this monitor arm by VIVO from amazon: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B01NH0HTM5&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B01NH0HTM5&#x2F;</a><p>It is just $29 and the quality is decent and it holds my 32 inch 4K lg monitor with no problem. There is a weight limit so check your monitor weight before you purchase, but do NOT spend more than that on a monitor stand, most of them are identical.
hkmurakamiover 7 years ago
Big fan of monitor arms. Get separate arms rather a dual arm setup if you use multiple monitors. More range of angles available.
tedmistonover 7 years ago
Philips Hue bulbs. Being able to finely control lighting and reduce glare was big for me.