im a student / soon to be full ringer. I wanted to know whats better for poker/schoolwork. One bigass monitor, or two 20 something inch monitors.
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im a student / soon to be full ringer. I wanted to know whats better for poker/schoolwork. One bigass monitor, or two 20 something inch monitors.
I love having a second monitor for school work purposes purely.
my friend has a 30" i think, it cost almost double than both my 21s, and i :heart: my setup waaaaaaaaaaay more.
like my 2 20s fwiw, plus u get like nerd cred or something and ooohs and aahssss from people that see TWO MONITORS!
haha yah... and when they use your computer and ask how you use the other monitor, then you just slide the mouse over for them.. they are so amazed, they seem to think its magic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Triptanes
24, 24, 17
17 to check your torrentz
mmmm pornography....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer
Where can i get ch33p 204b's? They seem to be the weapons of choice..
two monitors and it's not even close for me
lots of places have insane deals going on right now
im canadian
that must suckQuote:
Originally Posted by Jishu
:)
Looks like it's an overwhelming majority, but I'm giong to add my vote to the hat too.
Dual monitors. You'll wonder how you ever did without.
Should i go for two widescreens, or two normal screens?
QFT.Quote:
Originally Posted by ensign_lee
I didn't give my reasoning, but I love having two monitors for just about anything I'm doing at my computer. If I'm surfing I might have some other programs up on my other monitor (AIM, WINAmp, word documents, whatever). If I'm working I like to have word documents on one (or both) with possible web sites up on the other so I can cut and paste easier. With poker it's easy, too, you can have all of your tables on one screen and any poker clients/software up on the other, along with whatever else you need to keep you going through a session.
When I'm at work with my one shitty monitor I hate it. Never again will I have just one monitor.
http://www.techforless.com/cgi-bin/t...fE7rp&mv_pc=56Quote:
Originally Posted by Jishu
Looks like they have only one left though...
There was a thread about back in April when I got mine, and they had over 100 in stock.
Still the best price you will find... $142 USD that's like ...$70 CAD.
Haha, now it's our turn to be ignorant!
Two normal screens should be fine, two wide-screens might be a little much as you might have to turn your head or something to see the edges of each screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jishu
Jishu. Tiger Direct on Woodbine and 7 or in the west end at 427 and Queensway. Always great deals, but not always on the 204b's. I got my 22' WS Acer at Costco. $10 less than Tiger Direct but TG gave me my 19" for $104.
get a stand and vid card that supports rotation. Love it for writing papers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jishu
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/792...5984181es1.jpg
Bang for poker buck: 2x20". Balliness/movies/games/6-tabling w/o resizing: 30".
30" + 20" is sweet for tables on the 30", lobbies/etc on the 20".
What is rotation?Quote:
Originally Posted by vqc
Dude one 30 inch trumps it all seriously.
1. Way more ballin
2. better for poker
3. Did i mention its %&$^ing sick?
*Sigh wish i had one instead of my laptop and a 22.
i use a laptop and a 20". With resizable tables, I'm fine.
puff, puff, pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigred
ok so right now I already have a 19 inch dell.. normal 1280x1084... I don't want to be frivilous since I could just pick up another 19" for around $100, $150 now. Or I could go for a bigger, widescreen monitor that is roughly 19" vertically and use that as my main. It probably gives me close to the same square inchage as 2 204b's. Or would that be goofy?
lol, so true, i was like that when i first used my bro's computer.Quote:
Originally Posted by boost
i have a 19" dell and a 22" widescreen dell that has the same vertical dimension. This setup works perfect imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jishu
Damn.. i know when i spend $350ish after tax on a 22" widescreen dell.. after xmas there will be sick deals on bigger widescreens.. and i will never really be happy with my choice
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by boost
The Graphics card makes one side of the screen the top of the screen so you can rotate your monitor onto its side and use it in portrait mode instead of landscape mode.
So like the iphone? That's cool but how easy/convenient is it to rotate a monitor?
it depends on the stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigred
http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-33-31.../dp/B000FLXW90
just get dual 30's obv? Right now i'm running two 21's and a 30, thinking about getting another 30.
i have dual 24inches and id prefer a single 30 by far
Dual 30's, a 42 plasma and a 42 LCD obv.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bmxicle
30" is sweet for porn.
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Im going to head to costco and be cheap and pick up a 22" WS dell that goes with the existing 19" i have already. a few years down the road when the prices of 30" lcds are reasonable (they can only make a monitor so large before it becomes impractical) I will get one then.