Who uses /wants dual monitors?

[tron3]

What size(s) are your dual monitor? Are they PC, DVI, or HDMI connector?

My main PC monitor is actually a 19" Sharp LCD TV. My main TV and 2nd monitor to the left is a Vizio 26". Both have pc inputs and not the preferred DVI, but the picture is awesome.

My desire for dual monitors actually dates back to 1998 when I found out that Windows 98 supported dual montors. One weekend while at the Air National Guard I was tasked to install a second video card in a pc and setup someone with two monitors. Let me tell you, that is no easy tast until I guessed what to do. Yes, I guessed and was lucky to get it working. Not like today where the cards come with two ports.

In 2004 I spent about $550 on a kick butt video card with dual DVI outputs, two adaptors, and even s-video for my new computer. Even years before that my old PC supported one pc output and s-video, but my old tv only supported coaxil. To get a PC picture on the screen I had to run the s-video to the VCR (With a composite adaptor!), turn it on & turn the TV to channel 3! Needless to say, even when I lowered the output resolution to 640 x 480 it looked like utter crap! Therefore, it was never used for a practical purpose, but was a novelty to show my nephew.

Well in October 2007 my brother gifted me with this 26" LCD Vizio. Located a cable for it the same weekend and now had a great LCD monitor and a piece of crap monitor in comparison. Now I realized I needed a new primary monitor. The Vizio is simply too big to fit in the hutch of my computer desk. Never really used it because the contrast of the two monitors was just bleck!

Last week I bought the Sharp 19" LCD TV because it fit and I could use the internal speakers, thus eliminating the external ones. No monitor I found could do both. If they did, they were too high to fit my 15" limit. Grrrr. But then I had to grab the cable off the Vizio to use my Sharp as the primary monitor.

So, I bought a great monitor cable off ebay for $5.49 shipped! Came today, and now I am writing this thread on my second monitor at 1360 x 768. My first official use of it. Both are 16:9 and have a nice blu-ray wallpaper.

Primary: 19" Sharp LCD HDTV / PC monitor - 1280 x 720 (Mostly used as a monitor.)
Secondary: 26" Vizio LCD HDTV / PC monitor -1360 x 768 (Mostly used as an HDTV.)

A simple 5-900 MHz splitter lets both receive terrestrial HDTV channels. I paid my life dues to have this, don't envy me. It didn't just come.

[CAB]

I use 2, 30" panels. It takes two cards to drive them. I haven't found a single card that manages 2x 2560x1600 x 24bit color.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by CAB

I use 2, 30" panels. It takes two cards to drive them. I haven't found a single card that manages 2x 2560x1600 x 24bit color.

You have the ultimate setup. I plan on going with a 30 inch screen as soon as a HDCP model comes out.

[JasonR]

I have dual 17" Dell DVI monitors at work. I am in the IT field and it makes it so much easier to multitask.

[CptGreedle]

I use 2 at work. I used to use 3 at home but since I moved into a new house I have never bothered to hook it back up that way. I am reorganizing things and about to buy a new computer so I will figure out dual monitor at home later.
But at work it is great! I use it all the time. It spoils me so.

[richteer]

I used to have a pair of 21" CRTs at home, each at 1600 x 1280, but I changed them for a single 24" widescreen LCD at 1920 x 1200. My desk isn't big enough for two 24" widescreen monitors!

Here at work I'm relatively slumming it with a 22" LCD at 1680 x 1050.

[miokti]

I have two 24" wide monitors at work... wouldn't mind having them at home. Didn't Sony initially promised that PS3 can drive two HDMI outs to two separate TVs for dual screen gaming? I was really bummed that it didn't work out that way.

[owa]

One 24" Dell LCD (1920x1200) and one 19" Viewsonic LCD (1280x1024). They're both connected to 2 computers. Using DVI on my main system and analog on my 2nd computer.

[bdLuvr]

Originally Posted by CAB

I use 2, 30" panels. It takes two cards to drive them. I haven't found a single card that manages 2x 2560x1600 x 24bit color.

Yes there are a few DVI DL (Dual Link) cards out there. I use an Nvidia 4600 on a MacPro for Motion Design. The latest Nvidia 5600 works as well. I have that on a PC though Im not sure but we have an ATI one that is also rated at DL but forgot the name. They are all hooked up to a Gefen 2x2DVI DL box to feed two MacPros into Dual 30 Cinemas

[xtop]

I used dual monitor back in the day with crt monitors. I don't see the point anymore with large/cheap lcd screens

[w_tanoto]

one monitor is sufficient for me.... well, I actually have 3 monitors. 2 in form of laptops, 1 in form of LCD (connected to either one of my laptop or one of my PS3.

yup, I own 2 laptops and 2 ps3s.

[nycomet]

I do not watch movies on the computer.

I work at home. I currently use an Apple 23-inch monitor. Since I do loads of Flash and Photoshop work, I considered adding a second Apple 23-inch LCD. However, I may just replace the 23-inch with an Apple 30-inch. I need all of the desktop real estate I can get.

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[prerich]

Originally Posted by tron3

What size(s) are your dual monitor? Are they PC, DVI, or HDMI connector?

My main PC monitor is actually a 19" Sharp LCD TV. My main TV and 2nd monitor to the left is a Vizio 26". Both have pc inputs and not the preferred DVI, but the picture is awesome.

My desire for dual monitors actually dates back to 1998 when I found out that Windows 98 supported dual montors. One weekend while at the Air National Guard I was tasked to install a second video card in a pc and setup someone with two monitors. Let me tell you, that is no easy tast until I guessed what to do. Yes, I guessed and was lucky to get it working. Not like today where the cards come with two ports.

In 2004 I spent about $550 on a kick butt video card with dual DVI outputs, two adaptors, and even s-video for my new computer. Even years before that my old PC supported one pc output and s-video, but my old tv only supported coaxil. To get a PC picture on the screen I had to run the s-video to the VCR (With a composite adaptor!), turn it on & turn the TV to channel 3! Needless to say, even when I lowered the output resolution to 640 x 480 it looked like utter crap! Therefore, it was never used for a practical purpose, but was a novelty to show my nephew.

Well in October 2007 my brother gifted me with this 26" LCD Vizio. Located a cable for it the same weekend and now had a great LCD monitor and a piece of crap monitor in comparison. Now I realized I needed a new primary monitor. The Vizio is simply too big to fit in the hutch of my computer desk. Never really used it because the contrast of the two monitors was just bleck!

Last week I bought the Sharp 19" LCD TV because it fit and I could use the internal speakers, thus eliminating the external ones. No monitor I found could do both. If they did, they were too high to fit my 15" limit. Grrrr. But then I had to grab the cable off the Vizio to use my Sharp as the primary monitor.

So, I bought a great monitor cable off ebay for $5.49 shipped! Came today, and now I am writing this thread on my second monitor at 1360 x 768. My first official use of it. Both are 16:9 and have a nice blu-ray wallpaper.

Primary: 19" Sharp LCD HDTV / PC monitor - 1280 x 720 (Mostly used as a monitor.)
Secondary: 26" Vizio LCD HDTV / PC monitor -1360 x 768 (Mostly used as an HDTV.)

A simple 5-900 MHz splitter lets both receive terrestrial HDTV channels. I paid my life dues to have this, don't envy me. It didn't just come.

I have a 32inch LCD monitor and a 106 inch projector (max resolution 1920x1080) both via HDMI (computer output goes into a 3x2 HDMI switcher amplifier/equializer).

[IMind]

I have two big ass'd CRTs at home... a 21" Hitachi that I've loved for years and a 20" ViewSonic. I've been itching to upgrade to two LCDs mainly because they CRTs just weigh so much and take up so much space. These are great monitors but they just take up soooo much room. Even with the Hitachi being a short depth. I used to use two 19" monitors at work, and now have one Dell 24" monitor... the 24" is really nice, but I kind liked having two different desktops. I'll probably go with two ~20" monitors at home soon.

[cyberxray]

I have two Samsung 24" 245T monitors thru one video card. It really boosts my productivity when I can have many windows tiled and still be able to see a fair amount of the contents of the windows. I'm in IT so I always have several monitoring tools and telnet windows open simultaneously.

[Solowist]

I have 19" Nec as main monitor and 17" Nec just used for Microsoft Outlook everyone always comes in my office and says why you using 2 computers and I always have to tell them it's just 2 monitors.

[guitarist155]

i have a 20in widescreen dell, a 15in dell and an output to the tv. i have been intending to get another 20in dell to replace the 15

[daronk]

I have two Dell 24" panels hooked up to my MacPro. I prefer this kind of setup to a 30" panel which I find a bit overwhelming when you sit rather close to it as is the case with a computer workstation.

[roopster77]

First, just to brag, my wife has 4 monitors at her workstation in her office, all 21 inch and an ability to put up any of those screens on a big plasma on the wall. Can you tell it's a government office? Actually it's the police.

I have wanted two monitors for some time now, but am trying to decide on the best way to do it, my present card supports 1 Digital and one Analogue, but I think I would prefer two digital... wonder if I would even notice the difference...

Anyone else done the setup? My card is an ATI Radeon X1300

[bdLuvr]

Originally Posted by roopster77

.. my present card supports 1 Digital and one Analogue, but I think I would prefer two digital... wonder if I would even notice the difference...

Anyone else done the setup? My card is an ATI Radeon X1300

Back in the day, most Multimedia dev/designers had to live with digital and analogue as display sources.
Designers went as far as using an LCD on one side and CRT on the other to avoid any color mishaps. Same for Web designers. Me on the other hand, Digital Video and Motion design required an output to NTSC (this should be over soon) but lately its all been HD

As far as your X1300 goes, checking these specs
http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1300/specs.html
Sounds like your card rocks!!