2nd monitor or not to?

I recently had a little experiment going with my old 19 inch crt, I'd set it up to run dual display next to my 20.1 inch viewsonic widescreen LCD. It made me think about getting a LCD, the thing had a slight blur to it. I admit I'm running it on a KVM switch but I don't think that really affects it.

So you guys think I should get a 150 dollar range LCD to run next to my monitor? It'd probably save some power but it'd be really nice to mess around with two displays without the blur. Also what size you think would be best and if either wide screen or standard screen would be best to go along with it.

My desk is about 46 and 1/2 inches and the 20 inch LCD takes about 17 1/2 of them. I had a picture upload of my desk but I can't seem to get into my photobucket account... password is wrong that was stored in FF. How easy is it for someone to hijack photobucket accounts?

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vCole

Pash wrote:

I love your desktop background F2B.

Vista 64 bit and office 2007 in a duel screen environment is also very very good. I can see business adopting it in the next couple of years, infact some of our sites have rollout plans for next year.

Even general admin, hr personnel at work are asking for duel screens now. Increased productivity is one excuse maybe, but to be worth it you have to know how to use it's advantages!

I'm running XP (Windows Blinds) with office 2007. Our purchasing department has been converted to dual monitors.

Silentsoul

FadeToBright

I have that same Acer monitor, got it right before they stopped carrying it, right after my return period was up i got two stuck pixels(lime green) I have tried everything to get rid of them. Only bugs me on a black screen but still!

Dual monitors is great just make sure they are the same resolution and size. Like dual 22'' wide screens

Otherwise it looks weird and it messes with the eyes.

dynamik

Have you tried something like this?

http://www.jscreenfix.com/

Silentsoul

dynamik wrote:

Have you tried something like this?

http://www.jscreenfix.com/

Yea I even tried to "massage the pixel"

vCole

Silentsoul wrote:

FadeToBright

I have that same Acer monitor, got it right before they stopped carrying it, right after my return period was up i got two stuck pixels(lime green) I have tried everything to get rid of them. Only bugs me on a black screen but still!

Dual monitors is great just make sure they are the same resolution and size. Like dual 22'' wide screens

Otherwise it looks weird and it messes with the eyes.

I massaged my pixel out in my Acer, no problems since.

Also, I won a $100 gift card to Best Buy from Dice.com (will be receiving it tomorrow.) and will be picking up another 22" monitor to match my 22" Westinghouse. (I will be selling the 19" Acer.

)

Tyrant1919

Two monitors are the only way to go. I'll probably be getting a third dell 24" monitor with my next computer build. I use a whole monitor just to watch TV. I'll probably have to build a custom stand to hold all three of them.

Mmartin_47

I have dual monitors myself.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009094

And the stand:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824994005

My dad works in a datacenter. Himself he has 9 monitors on his desk.

2 of these on his desk
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824994004

And 1 monitor in the center.

What he does? He's a computer analyst. Basically he monitors all the servers and runs jobs for well servers and our StorageTek tape silos.