Buddy of mine has 6 Dell monitors he inherited from a network upgrade that have no VESA holes.
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Thorry84@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Huh? Dell makes monitors that don’t support VESA mounts?
I’m 99% sure this monitor has a the ability for a VESA mount. The specs you linked say it has. According to Dell they even sell the thing without a stand, that wouldn’t make sense if it didn’t have another way to mount it.
The manual explains the VESA mount: dl.dell.com/…/dell-p2417h-monitor_user's_guide_en…
ikidd@lemmy.world 9 months ago
rambos@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I could be more specific. You are right, it supports VESA, but only if you remove pivot stand (the reason I bought the monitor in first place). This way I can have it wall mounted and still use tilt/pivot/vertical motion. Pivot stand build quality is great
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 9 months ago
Pivoting (tilting+swivelling) VESA wall mounts are also a thing, so you wouldn’t have needed to choose the display based on its stand
I personally wouldn’t have risked my monitor on being able to design a part that is able to last just to save the few bucks a mount costs. So props to you, I guess.
rambos@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Im aware all kind of mounts exist, my setup is made from parts I had at home (including monitor ofc). I didnt want to spend 50€ or more on decent mount for 140€ monitor, but I respect that most people would just buy off the shelf product. Just sharing what I think someone might find usefull.
Strength wise, Im not worried at all, but Im clumsy enough that one monitor fell and screen broke while moving last year (RIP)
WoodenDing@lemm.ee 9 months ago
This just goes to show that people with a 3d printer would rather design their own solution rather than taking 10 seconds to figure out an already existing one.
rambos@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Haha I agree Im like that! But IMO, In this case it really made sense to design and print a custom mount to keep existing pivot mechanism, at least for me