3 monitors: all wide?

[RSaylors]

I was thinking of going with 3 monitors; all of them flat-panel. The first option is all wide-screen, one land scape the other two smaller but set to portrait. The other option is to get a wide-screen for the center display and two 3:4's for the two off-set screens.

My general work flow involves having a PDF open, a word file open, an excel spreadsheet open and a web browser open.

That or having a video editor open, a sound editor, a web browser open and a folder open with images in it.

That or a 2 test browser windows open, .net editing environment open, a database program open and another web page open.

 

[mfenn]

Budget?

 

[RSaylors]

on yea!

details!

1.) I have not got a single monitor on hand for this
2.) I have a budget of $500-$700 for a new video card and monitors
3.) My mobo supports pci express 16 2.1

I have been looking at three these:
ASUS VW224U Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ HDCP Support 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 5000:1) Built in Speakers
or one of these:
Hanns·G HH-231HPB Black 23" 5ms HDMI Widescreen Full HD LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DCR 15000:1 (1000:1) Built-in Speakers
and two of these
Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor Built-in Speakers

I don't know if there is something regarding quality i need to keep an eye out for though;

Also, with the 23inch asus I'm using right now the monitor starts rocking when i get into a typing groove.

along with this card:
HIS H575Q1GD Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Like i said, I'm not a gamer... I own a ps3 and spend about 4 hours a week consuming non-educational media (netflix, hulu, little big planet).

 

[mfenn]

19" is just way too small IMHO. Go with the 3 22" monitors.

 

[dawza]

If you plan on spanning apps across monitors, I would strongly suggest matching physical panel size and resolution, or else alignment will be off. If applications will not be spanned, this is less of an issue.

As far as panel quality is concerned, if you are doing color-critical work, it absolutely helps to have a non-TN panel. I have a triple 4:3, 20" 1600x1200 (IPS/S-IPS) setup at work, and my co-worker directly across has a triple 25" 1920x1080 (TN) arrangement. The difference in image quality between my monitors and his is noticeable to me, but not to the average person who does not pay attention to viewing angles, color shift, etc. Then again, we mainly use our workstations for processing data.