One BIG monitor or a couple of smaller monitors?

[Demhi]

I'm getting ready to build a new system and I was wonder about the
monitors. In the past I had 2 montiors running and liked what I could
do with it. But now, the prices of the larger monitors are very
reasonable and I was wondering what would be better 1 LARGE monitor or
2 smaller ones? I use my computer mainly for entertainment.
That might be games, music, movies, viewing-sorting-editing home
pictures or reading/listening to E=Books.

When I had 2 monitors I would play a game on one and pull up the
cheats on the other. Or game on one, email/Internet/facebook on the
other. I'm sure there are many things I've not considered but maybe
the brain trust out there can help me out.

So if you have any advice or opinions on THIS SUBJECT please respond.

Thanks
Demhi

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I'm getting ready to build a new system and I was wonder about the
monitors. In the past I had 2 montiors running and liked what I could
do with it. But now, the prices of the larger monitors are very
reasonable and I was wondering what would be better 1 LARGE monitor or
2 smaller ones? I use my computer mainly for entertainment.
That might be games, music, movies, viewing-sorting-editing home
pictures or reading/listening to E=Books.

When I had 2 monitors I would play a game on one and pull up the
cheats on the other. Or game on one, email/Internet/facebook on the
other. I'm sure there are many things I've not considered but maybe
the brain trust out there can help me out.

So if you have any advice or opinions on THIS SUBJECT please respond.

Personal option--I would hate it. I can't stand it when the monitors
aren't perfectly matched. It drives me nuts when the mouse jumps when
moving from monitor to monitor.

You'll be the one using it, though, what you like has to decide.

 

[Jon Danniken]

I'm getting ready to build a new system and I was wonder about the
monitors. In the past I had 2 montiors running and liked what I could
do with it. But now, the prices of the larger monitors are very
reasonable and I was wondering what would be better 1 LARGE monitor or
2 smaller ones? I use my computer mainly for entertainment.
That might be games, music, movies, viewing-sorting-editing home
pictures or reading/listening to E=Books.

When I had 2 monitors I would play a game on one and pull up the
cheats on the other. Or game on one, email/Internet/facebook on the
other. I'm sure there are many things I've not considered but maybe
the brain trust out there can help me out.

So if you have any advice or opinions on THIS SUBJECT please respond.

One setup I thought was pretty neat was in an office, where the person had
their second monitor oriented vertically, so they could read documents like
reading a piece of paper. Of course this might be a bit much nowadays, with
the large widescreens and all.

Jon

 

[Flasherly]

I'm getting ready to build a new system and I was wonder about the
monitors. In the past I had 2 montiors running and liked what I could
do with it. But now, the prices of the larger monitors are very
reasonable and I was wondering what would be better 1 LARGE monitor or
2 smaller ones? I use my computer mainly for entertainment.
That might be games, music, movies, viewing-sorting-editing home
pictures or reading/listening to E=Books.

When I had 2 monitors I would play a game on one and pull up the
cheats on the other. Or game on one, email/Internet/facebook on the
other. I'm sure there are many things I've not considered but maybe
the brain trust out there can help me out.

So if you have any advice or opinions on THIS SUBJECT please respond.

Thanks
Demhi

Get the big un first

 

[John Doe]

When I had 2 monitors I would play a game on one and pull up the
cheats on the other. Or game on one, email/Internet/facebook on
the other. I'm sure there are many things I've not considered
but maybe

I used various dual monitors for maybe a decade. For a while, I
enjoyed having some communication stuff on the secondary monitor
while playing a game. Then the idea waned, because a full screen
game is good for getting away from it all. Since you enjoy
watching movies, the obvious choice is a widescreen monitor. A
half decent version like mine, 1080P or whatever they call it,
with a TV receiver built-in is really quite cool, for not very
much money (maybe because the viewing angle sucks). And it has
HDMI inputs that will hopefully become useful if I get another
ultraportable computer phone thingy, one with interoperability
(not like an iPhone or iPad). Functionally, the only really nice
thing about a secondary monitor is that you can tilt it inwards.
Someday, maybe we will have concave widescreen monitors.

 

[Flasherly]

The best way to split the difference: two big ones.

They sat at $2000US for the longest, the 32" panels initially. I got
mine from Beach Camera when they dropped below $800. Those were
Syntax, called later Olevia. Pretty much held the biggest corner of
the market, too. My first "Syntax" crapped within a year, red
pixellation in black, and I hadn't read the fine print. I worked over
tech's phone time, on a blanket, swapping out control circuit boards
from the back separated from the flatscreen;- finally, someone other
than impressed with my technical concerns, in another dept.
enlightened me and I shipped the unit in, on their money, for a
replacement. Hit the sweet spot, too - this model had a "reputation"
and has lasted me going on over 10 years. It's near the last of
Olevia and released with support chipsets from ATI - they called ATI's
feature tweaking the "director's chair." Olivia-Syntax was listed on
the OTC exchange and traded as fast up, over a couple years, in techs
inversely as the bottoming of 32" pricing when Walmart and Newegg
busted it open with a likes of Vizio.

Also hit NEC right, too. Commercial grade units for hooking up to
operating room equipment or 24-hour terminal displays in airports and
such. Got one for $600 a year or two after the Olevia replacement
when NEC restructured and basically ate it, dropping them for the
going price of peanuts off $2000. Like you said, it's "nice" to have
two -- that way, makes it harder to say which one is going to crap out
first. Check back next decade and I'll let you know.

 

[Flasherly]

half decent version like mine, 1080P or whatever they call it,
with a TV receiver built-in is really quite cool, for not very
much money (maybe because the viewing angle sucks).

FAQ: How cool for how long is a little?
FAA: Today, but not much longer.

$205 shipped to your door total.

http://1saleaday.com/
Condition: NEW
Retail Packaging
1-Year Warranty
Manufacturer: ARIO
Model: HC3269

Features Include:
•720p HD (1366x768 resolution)
•31.5" screen 16:9 aspect ratio
•60Hz refresh rate
•400 nts typical brightness
•6.5ms response time
•178 degree typical viewing angle
•3000:1 contrast
•NTSC/ATSC TV tuner
•2 a/v input, 3 HDMI, 1 VGA, 1 s-video, 2 YPbPr, 1 PC Audio
•1 coaxial output
•Full-feature remote included
•VESA wall mount compatible
•Slim profile design with stand
•100-240V, 50/60Hz power rating
Package Includes:
ARIO HC3269 LCD TV, Remote Control, Batteries, Power Cord, User Manual

 

[ultraport]

I'm getting ready to build a new system and I was wonder about the
monitors.  In the past I had 2 montiors running and liked what I could
do with it.  But now, the prices of the larger monitors are very
reasonable and I was wondering what would be better 1 LARGE monitor or
2 smaller ones?   I use my computer mainly for entertainment.
That might be games, music, movies, viewing-sorting-editing home
pictures or reading/listening to E=Books.

  When I had 2 monitors I would play a game on one and pull up the
cheats on the other.  Or game on one, email/Internet/facebook on the
other.  I'm sure there are many things I've not considered but maybe
the brain trust out there can help me out.

So if you have any advice or opinions on THIS SUBJECT please respond.

Thanks
Demhi

Please do not post no-archive, especially not when posting original.

 

[GMAN]

FAQ: How cool for how long is a little?
FAA: Today, but not much longer.

$205 shipped to your door total.

http://1saleaday.com/
Condition: NEW
Retail Packaging
1-Year Warranty
Manufacturer: ARIO
Model: HC3269

Features Include:
=95720p HD (1366x768 resolution)
=9531.5" screen 16:9 aspect ratio
=9560Hz refresh rate
=95400 nts typical brightness
=956.5ms response time
=95178 degree typical viewing angle
=953000:1 contrast
=95NTSC/ATSC TV tuner
=952 a/v input, 3 HDMI, 1 VGA, 1 s-video, 2 YPbPr, 1 PC Audio
=951 coaxial output
=95Full-feature remote included
=95VESA wall mount compatible
=95Slim profile design with stand
=95100-240V, 50/60Hz power rating
Package Includes:
ARIO HC3269 LCD TV, Remote Control, Batteries, Power Cord, User Manual

Would you really want to use a 1366x768 TV as a pc monitor in this day and
age?

 

[Flasherly]

Would you really want to use a 1366x768 TV as a pc monitor in this day and
age?

Looks the same as my last NEC Synchmaster, old but just fine for
building up or fixing a system, except both panel TeeVees are bigger,
like two of them. Hands to trisect at the base and shoulders to
steady-eddy walking across the room with one. It's 6 pixels shy of
that, both natively run 1360x768, which as if sitting close up between
800x600 and 1024x800. I've two, now, if only I'd the room for
another, or could've flipped that sale for a quick hundred in my
pocket; . . . there's been others who've walked in my setup and wanted
something similar. Either that or they're quiet and don't say much.

I just woke up. Started up the Russian program AMP2 and put on some
music. Wandered over here and saw you. Works with some full-screen
effects that sync into the beat. One of two stereo systems is on a
Behringer 2-line mixer powered by a 5-50K ART studio-grade amplifier.
Nearfields. The other one is off, Carver and Polk Audio setup with a
Behringer UltraCurve through the Carver's loops. I still keep an old
DBX for expansion/compression for A>B/B<A feeds the UltraCurve's input
strength. Both run off dual signals out of the back of a Turtle Beach
Santa Cruz set for 4-channel. Nothing old school about it unless
discounting the amps aren't tubes. High on the hog, actually,
considering I don't need speed games or color-calibrated video
editing.

Excuse me. My espresso machine is a La Pavoni Pro and I profile
roasts for my coffee off the docks nearby with a Behmour. Want one or
not?

 

[ting]

Get the big un first

.... and reuse your current monitor as your secondary.

That's the route I went, with a 47" lcd TV as my main monitor. Hang
the TV on your wall, leave the secondary on your desk. If you go this
route, make sure the TV has vga or dvi inputs, as that makes life much
easier.