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Raised as a usability problem by 28 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 25 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Input switching takes over 5 seconds to show the UIUnreviewed
20152026- Takes about 5 seconds to open the settings menu2026-01-06
- Switching monitor inputs takes about 10 seconds, which is a pain2023-08-31
- UI takes over 5 seconds to appear when switching inputs2021-11-25
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 30 complaints
- DDC implementation is slow and broken, making settings hard to adjust2026-07-19
- No obvious way to opt out of the adware popups; only dismiss or close2026-07-18
- Remote-based input switching and volume controls feel janky to use2026-03-05
- Takes many laggy clicks to switch color modes and resets selection when toggling HDR2026-01-21
- Ports at different heights and recesses make blind plugging and unplugging harder2026-01-21
- Takes about 5 seconds to open the settings menu2026-01-06
- Monitor shuts off after 5-10 seconds without signal, too fast to debug, with no adjustable delay2025-05-07
- Power control is hard to operate and fails often, a regression in ergonomics2025-01-28
- Can't find how to enable good sub-pixel anti-aliasing for text sizes wanted2024-10-30
- Odd aspect ratio makes text too small for audience when screen sharing2023-12-29
- Brightness calibration images can never both be visible; settings can't make them work2023-10-13
- Switching monitor inputs takes about 10 seconds, which is a pain2023-08-31
- Can't configure behaviours like auto input switching, standby LED, and OSD timeout2023-08-31
- Monitor doesn't display an image after resume until power button is tapped2023-08-30
- Monitor brightness can't go low enough, too bright for use at night2022-12-12
- Macs sometimes send wrong resolution or aspect ratio, forcing a DisplayPort workaround2022-08-29
- Fiddly joystick makes getting to the brightness menu tedious to use all day2022-08-28
- Pixel density is too low to be usable for the commenter2022-07-09
- Connecting non-Mac devices requires hunting for dongles and extra cables2022-03-23
- Screen is too bright at night even at minimum brightness, forcing contrast to near zero2021-12-04
- UI takes over 5 seconds to appear when switching inputs2021-11-25
- Hand-wave gesture control to scroll menus doesn't work, making the TV almost impossible to control2021-07-14
- Display resets when charging laptop and driving 5K display together; hard to get working2020-10-01
- Brightness and contrast tool is slow and cluttered, with a fake picture-in-picture mode flashing red borders2020-07-09
- Brightness adjustment takes two or three menu layers using an awkward joystick2020-06-12
- Capacitive buttons are hard to use by feel2020-02-18
- Monitor fails to wake up from sleep most of the time2019-02-18
- Only full brightness or low brightness with flicker that causes migraines2017-07-31
- Connected external disks get disconnected without ejection when the display sleeps2016-11-22
- Screen edges are hard to use for full-time work because the display is so wide2015-08-18