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

[PaulMest]

My business had a good year and I have some extra budget I'd like to spend to upgrade my home office and to help reduce taxes. Any suggestions on what to spend it on?

1) Sit-to-stand desk?

2) Monitors for MacBook Pros? Boom arms?

3) Shared storage solution (e.g. a NAS with RAID 5)? What types of hard drives should I put into it?

4) ~55"-65" that I can easily use as a projector for metrics? Should I get an Apple TV? ChromeCast? Something else?

5) What are some other great gadgets to improve a home office?

[PaulMest]

Currently these are my choices...

1) Fully Jarvis sit-to-stand desk with rolling casters

2) LG 27UD88-W - 27" 4k Monitor https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-27UD88-W-LED-Lit-Monit...

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" MacBook Pro.

3) Synology 1517+ with 8GB of RAM https://www.amazon.com/Synology-DS1517-8GB-Disk-Station/dp/B... Haven't determined which hard disks yet. Will check the latest Backblaze report. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2...

4) Haven't looked into a TV yet

5) Already upgraded my router and modem...

Wireless router: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-X4S-R7800-100NAS-Co...

Cable modem: https://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-ARRIS-SURFboard-SB820...

Blue Yeti microphone: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Yeti-USB-Microphone-Blackout/dp/...

Considering getting a drone, too... but haven't researched that yet.

[mcrider → PaulMest]

The HP Envy is another great 4k monitor with USB-C and much cheaper the LG models. Getting it working with a macbook can be extremely frustrating but once you got it configured you can plug/unplug at will.

[matt_the_bass → PaulMest]

+1 for the desk. I generally stand all the time but gettin the right height is critical. The adjustable allows for that.

[Random_Person → PaulMest]

Drone: Get a DJI Mavic. Amazing pro-sumer drone that packs easily.

[usaphp]

I recently got this monitor arm by VIVO from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NH0HTM5/

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.

[hkmurakami]

Big fan of monitor arms. Get separate arms rather a dual arm setup if you use multiple monitors. More range of angles available.

[tedmiston]

Philips Hue bulbs. Being able to finely control lighting and reduce glare was big for me.