why does everyone here have 2 monitors?

FabienO said:
No one is admitting it's so you can read your cheats while gaming -_-

I wish Windows would have better multi-monitor support. For instance I want certain apps to open in certain windows fullscreen. Better wallpaper support. etc
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Hehe, hush now our secret is out.:eek:
 
i have 2 at work and 3 at home.

3 at home mainly for eye-infinity (surround) gaming.

but also handy for having a game on the centre, OCUK forum on the left and msn/fb on the right.

i would be lost without 2 at work as a software dev, code in debug on one screen, application running on the other.
 
I have two at work (only 17 :() colleague has 4! ANd i have 2 24" at home (want more also :D.

When you get used to them they are fantastic, have a movie in one while browsing etc, really nice :) and productive too!
 
ellingham said:
Can someone aware me as to why two monitors are needed?
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I work from home so I have several monitors in use at a time but when I am not working it's still handy for me as I watch a lot of sports streams and I can have several on at a time. (sometimes up to 8 matches)
Also handy to use 1 just for IRC (or other chat clients)

Once you have gone multi display there is no going back. 1 just doesnt cut it unless you just do 1 thing at a time.
 
Oh and having two monitors is great for Dreamweaver, all the code etc on one monitor leaving a full screen for the rest...:)
 
Defunkt said:
I work from home so I have several monitors in use at a time but when I am not working it's still handy for me as I watch a lot of sports streams and I can have several on at a time. (sometimes up to 8 matches)
Also handy to use 1 just for IRC (or other chat clients)

Once you have gone multi display there is no going back. 1 just doesnt cut it unless you just do 1 thing at a time.
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any chance you could send me a message in trust about where you watch those sports streams? ;)
 
Interesting..

I have two 24" at work, and 2 x 19" at home and Im seriously considering moving back to one monitor at home, mainly because I have never tried gaming on a large 27" screen. I like the multi-tasking factor of two screens, but having to alt tab out of the game to do anything kinda makes it a bit pointless..
 
1 for gaming 1 with chat programs on it

or 1 with photoshop and 1 with 3ds max

or 1 with UDK main window 1 with UDK content manager

or 1 with 3ds max main window 1 with 3ds max uv editor

I could go on...
 
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I would like to have two for multitasking, e.g watching a film/playing a game in one, and using the Internet on the other.

Quick question, if you are using two monitors, do they have to be run at the same resolution?
 
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Just recently went to 1 23" 1080 monitor and 1 17" 1024 monitor and I'm loving it already itunes, msn and tweet deck in one firefox in the other or watching a movie and doing other stuff. Some change from being stuck with the single 17".
 
40inch tv for me; Things like iplayer and youtube are 19 inchs before i flick to full screen. So using windows 7 split screen i can comfortably see two 19 inch videos next to each other or surf the web while watching a video on the other half of the tv. I didnt find using dual monitors particularly usefull while gaming as the games would either minimise or the mouse would be fixed to 1 screen so more annoying than usefull.
 
I bought a Dell 2209WA awhile ago and relagated a Samsung 2032BW to secondary monitor duties. The downside is that I notice the flaws of a TN panel more than I did before, the upside is that I can have apps. or video (Delicate Sound Of Thunder at the moment) on the Samsung while I play, surf or whatever on the Dell.
I've never thought of doing what John24 does with the F1 feeds, but from now on I guess thats another use for me.
 
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