PC Tech Thread

Thanks for the reassurance - yep, it's purely about the convenience of not having to think/plan.

I think it's not small in terms of actual usable area (I have my settings quite high so barely move my wrist at all - I'm not one of those people who moves their arm 70cm to line up a headshot) but just visually the size kind of irritates me. I've seen people testing that it charges through up to 17mm of solid objects (they used card, mil by mil, so obvs different densities and properties would likely make a difference). My current desk surface is a 40mm thick sheet of oak kitchen surface.

I'd probably route the top to fit rather than stick it from underneath - only thing is it looks like the actual USB /hub bit sticks out above the matt (the hub appears to be 10mm and the matt appears to be 2mm). In theory it'd still work if I routed say 10 or 10.5mm deep and then covered the whole desk with a 2mm surface. Unless it works upside down?

Interesting that your phone doesn't charge. I have a pixel stand (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Google-Pixel-2021-Stand-White/dp/B09K45K8MS) which sits on my desk but can't actually see the wire from where I sit. I'd consider adding another recess for a third party qi puck, though I do like the phone upright so I can see notifications/time/calendar etc.

If I did go back to looking at the Elgato Wave XLR I could always go for something like this: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1491891658/underdesk-mount-for-elgato-wave-xlr

Equally could probably fit a 1ru rack mount immediately under the desk - might be useful actually to fit stuff like card readers / thunderbolt hubs / maybe a video I/O.

Actually, I've got one of these: https://cvp.com/product/blackmagic-bmd-bdlkulsdmini4k-ultrastudio I could probably use that as an XLR interface without too much trouble...