Dual Monitors

[Thetyim]

I have just set up dual monitors on my computer.
All I can say is that it adds a completely new dimension to using a computer.
It is one of those things that once you have it you begin to ask yourself how you managed with a single screen before.

If you are running XP then setup is a doddle.
The biggest headache for me was getting the hardware.
It took me ages to source a VGA/DVI adaptor that I needed for my monitors.

So who else is running Dual monitors here ?

[Gerbil]

Me. I want a third

[Spin]

funnily enough this afternoon i set up my laptop to output to my plasma via s-video, but that was only to output porno movies onto the big screen

are you saying that you have the use of 2 monitors at the same time?

[Gerbil]

Me. I want a third.

[NickA]

I used to use a monitor with a TV, so i could work on the monitor while watching films or football on the TV.

[Thetyim]

are you saying that you have the use of 2 monitors at the same time?

Yes.
They are not cloned they are in dual view mode
Its bloody great

[Thetyim]

Me. I want a third.

So do I but after the hardware sourcing problem I had for a silly little adaptor I don't think I will find a triple header.

[Spin]

so what happens when you move the mouse pointerr off one screen in the direction of the other? does the mouse pointer appear on the other screen?

[Thetyim]

Yes

[Spin]

I don't think I will find a triple header.

did you check in Soi 6?

[Gerbil]

^ Yes. You can drag windows between screens as well. Basically your desktop just extends onto the second monitor.

[Thetyim]

^ I live in Phrae.
Soi 6 only sell fruit

[man with no head]

Wow, I have a ton of those adapters in my spare parts drawer.

[Thetyim]

Wow, I have a ton of those adapters in my spare parts drawer.

Exactly. Most vga cards come complete with the adaptors in the US.
I couldn't find any cards that came with an adaptor.


When I eventually found the single shop in Phrae that had an adaptor I wanted to reward him by buying a vga card from him.
Guess what. He didn't have any .

[klongmaster]

but what is the advantage of this guys...you lost me there...

[friscofrankie]

Depends n what you do drag on application over to one screen leave the otehr with another you maybe working in. Development work it can be very helpful. But even working on a report or article and being able to do research and check quotes side by side or..
Two monitors are definitely better than one.

[NickA]

^Don't lie Frankie....it's for double the porn

[lom]

^ For that 3D effect you get if you also buy the special glasses..

[Marmite the Dog]

Cool! One monitor for each eye.

[The Basket Weaver]

So who else is running Dual monitors here ?

I got my macbook laptop hooked up to an old 17incher. a recommended upgrade

[bustak]

I have dual monitors @ work.

Monitor #1 (Apple 30" Cinema Display) For Flash, Photoshop, BBEdit, etc.
Monitor #2 (Apple 15" LCD) For my Firefox windows usually populated by Teakdoor.com, gmail.com & the many other non-work related materials I spend my day looking at. This monitor is PERFECT for hiding windows from prying eyes.

[Bobcock]

have done for years at work, though my current job doesn't need it so I took one off.

[El Gibbon]

one of the 'puters here has two 24 in LCD monitors... beeeeaaaaaaaaaautiful.

Especially when editing an Acrobat document and all the stages you have to go through...

I typically have three docs up. The original, the notepad version and the Word version I'm actually doing the editing on. Looking at a third monitor of the same size so that we can do the drawings at the same time in either Photoshop or Autocad.

Could NOT live without multiple monitors now. Just saves a lot of clicking on various windows and gives a much nicer work flow.

E. G.

[Shakatak]

A computer newbie here, how do you wire up multiple monitors and view different applications?

[Thetyim]

how do you wire up multiple monitors and view different applications

Fit a Graphics card with two output sockets.
Then run it in dual mode