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joshbr7257:


--- Quote from: pointdablame on July 27, 2005, 11:48:45 am ---
I have a dual monitor setup and stare at a CRT and LCD every day, and find both of them to be excellent screens.
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pointdablame:


--- Quote from: joshbr7257 on July 27, 2005, 12:19:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: pointdablame on July 27, 2005, 11:48:45 am ---
I have a dual monitor setup and stare at a CRT and LCD every day, and find both of them to be excellent screens.  .

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im interested in doing that, iv seen many people have two screens set up. but what is it for? why is it needed? does the desktop just stretch across both monitors, or do you have 2 desktops?

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You can either have a mirrored image (2 of the same desktop) or one desktop stretched across two screens.  I see no point in Mirrored screens for a normal desktop.

It's not quite "2 desktops" its just one big desktop across two screens.  If you wind up doing it, I HIGHLY recommend a piece of software called "Ultramon"  It is the best dual monitor software IMHO.  You can set seperate resolutions, background images, etc (you can also do this without ultramon tho).  You can also have a seperate taskbar on the second screen, and the normal XP bar on the first.

Most people ask why I do it, and if they use it for a bit, they understand.  I'll never go back personally.

For school, you can write a report on one screen while your research/class notes are on the other.  You can open up two web pages with similar information to bounce between them.  If i'm just web surfing, my main screen has Firefox open while the secondary screen has IM windows and Winamp and stuff like that.  That way I can see everything, but nothing is in the way of my browser.  You can watch a movie while talking to friends on the other screen... or watch some TV episodes and surf the net.

It's also very handy for some applications.  Photo and video editing programs can have all your toolbars and tools on one screen with another screen totally dedicated to the actual image/movie.  You can code on one screen while FAQs or manuals are on the other (handy for me cuz I sucked at my Java class :) )

I love dual monitors, as this rant probably shows.  If you have any questions, let me know.

ChadTower:


I'll take a look at Ultramon myself.  I actually tried to get a dual setup in the spring, have a pair of 21" monitors sitting on my desk, two ATI cards in the machine, but never did get them both working.

joshbr7257:

i think i saw this on attack of the show once. but as your saying all you do is open up two internet windows and then drag one of them to the other screen?

JB:


--- Quote from: pointdablame on July 27, 2005, 11:58:18 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 27, 2005, 11:56:46 am ---
I see people trying to give away 17" CRTs every week, 15" every couple of days... a used but still good CRT monitor is easier to get than a newspaper around here.

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yeah, especially if you are known even slightly as a "computer person"  If I took every old desktop and CRT people offered me, I don' think I'd have room for my bed in my bedroom :)

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You say that like it's a bad thing.

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