r/ultrawidemasterrace

Finally I was able to upgrade my setup and really happy about the outcome. I know, the cable management could be better but I'll fix it someday.😅

Monitors:

- Odyssey G8 21:9

- Odyssey G9 32:9

- Xeneon Edge

The G8 feels perfect for watching movies, series, Twitch or YouTube while playing strategy games like CIV 5 or Football Manager.

Also have thrown my printer in the cabin cause I only use it like ones a year.😅

Some may wonder why I've put the monitors to the corner now. It honestly feels just nicer to me and I'm not as close to the screen as I was before which feels like a good thing especially with the G8 on top, so my neck won't start hurting at some point.😄

What you guys think?

Hallo wenn ihr den neuen Monitor vorbestellen wollt, bekommt ihr 200€ Rabatt mit 5 Jahren Garantie. Habe hier einen Vorregestrierungscode mit 300€ und 5 Jahren Rabatt. Alles Groß schreiben dann funktioniert der Code.
Ist kombinierbar mit den 5% habe somit Endpreis von 1409€
Viel Spaß damit 😃

Ascended to the ultrawide yesterday after receiving 49 inch qd oled monitor. It is indeed something you never know you needed until you have it.

Been gaming on LG C1 since 2021, so the colours and contrast are nothing new but view, hot damn it's good. Forza has never been this good.

Should have the first gameplay video out later today I’ll update this post which each one I upload 🙂

Order Of Game Pictures
Returnal
Cyberpunk 2077
Expedition 33
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Red Dead Redemption
Dead Space

Links

• Website: https://raybeam.live
• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/raybeam/id6762012061

Problem

A few years ago I got my first ultra-wide monitor. It was a 49" Samsung monitor. I work as a software engineer, and in my line of work I need to screen share a lot. This almost immediately became a problem due to the size of the monitor. I would either need to get a second display just for screen sharing, share one window at a time (which required me to constantly stop/start sharing to select the new window), or share my entire screen making it difficult for other participants in the call to see what I'm doing due to the size of my display.

I wanted a solution to this. At the time, I was on Windows. So, I wrote a very basic application and released it for free on GitHub. This was called "FrameCast". It had a lot of issues, including usability issues. But at the time, it got the job done. After a while I moved away from the ultra wide monitor, so I stopped using the application.

Fast forward to 2026 when I again purchased a new Ultra Wide monitor. This time, using macOS. I ran into the same problem again, and when I loaded up my old FrameCast application, it no longer functioned properly on macOS.

This led me to creating Raybeam.

What is Raybeam

Raybeam is a native macOS menu bar application that aims to make screen sharing more accessible for users.

It features:

• A draggable, resizable region of your screen that can be shared in video conferencing applications.
• The ability to filter out specific applications from being included in the shared region (this is useful for keeping things like Messages or Discord out of the shared feed, even when they are visible on your screen)
  • I believe this is one of the key features that sets this application apart from other similar applications.
• The ability to notate the shared region with hand drawn notation.
• Customizable hot-keys for quickly changing what region of the screen is being shared, toggling the live feed and quickly toggling "draw" mode.

Compare

I'm only aware of one similar application to this, which is AnyFrame. Having purchased and tested AnyFrame, it seems to be very laggy when dragging the overlay around, doesn't offer anything similar to Raybeams "hidden apps" feature, and has a much higher barrier to entry with a $70 lifetime license. None of these are issues with Raybeam.

Pricing

I've tried to remain fair with the pricing on this application. I see far too many applications being released with subscription based pricing models that I don't personally believe are reasonable considering the application that's being offered. I didn't want to do that with Raybeam.

This application is priced at $9.99 for a lifetime license on the Apple App Store.

About Me

My name is Nathan. I have been working in software for around 15 years and normally focus on open-source software with my free time. I have many well received OSS projects across my GitHub. Raybeam is my first paid application. I'm excited to share it with everyone!

You can connect with me on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanial-fiscaletti-91120b208/
Github: https://github.com/nathan-fiscaletti

AI Disclaimer

While posting an AI disclaimer isn't required from what I understand in the PCP standards, I felt it would be reasonable to be fully transparent here. Parts of this application that were aided by AI include: The website (all video content was created and edited by hand without the help of AI) and some aspects of the applications user-interface and the applications icon / branding (I'm not much of a designer myself, I'm a back-end engineer.) The core functionality of the application was written by me in Swift.

I was trying to slow down on buying new tools for a bit, but seeing the DCS356D1 at $100 might ruin that plan. 😄😄 Seems like a pretty solid deal with the battery kit included, do you think it's worth it at this price?

Hey I wanted to get yours guys suggestions about a new monitor. Currently I am using a lg curved QHD 1440p 34 inch monitor with 160hz, and I’ve had it for a bit over 3 years now and it’s a great monitor for day to day tasks, but the editing any pictures or videos on it suck. I’ve played around with the setting a bit to see I can make it work but the colors aren’t just not right. Anything I’ve edited on the monitor look very off on other devices. I’ve been just doing everything on the actual MPB display for now but am looking to make a upgrade soon, but I’m having trouble finding any ultra wide bigger then 45 inches that would fit my needs under $750ish, everything seems to be well over $1000. I am looking for a decently large display that is at least 4k with 120hz or higher. I do also have a pc I use pretty much use exclusively for games so having decent performance there would be nice but not as important. Any ideas or suggestions would be nice. Also i was planning on stacking my current monitor on top of whatever I get next and would like to know if anyone has done that before and found it worth while or was it too impractical to keep looking up. Thank you