Multimonitor goodness... whiich combination though?

[thraxes]

I have a bit of money coming my way and I want to get a new display setup. I've had my current 19" Samsung CRT for 5 years and now need more screen space and something easier on the eyes, that means a multimonitor setup with 2 LCDs

I've got a few choices that are within my budget and am looking for opinions! My budget can be extended by a reasonable amount if the deal sounds good.

At the moment I am leaning on getting the two identical screens,simply to have an evenly spread desktop. Does anybody have any other Ideas?

 

[cbehnken]

1 2001FP
1 1704FPT 17 inch dell

These two monitors would look great together and provide plenty of desktop space.

 

[tren001]

Originally posted by: cbehnken
1 2001FP
1 1704FPT 17 inch dell

These two monitors would look great together and provide plenty of desktop space.

1 2005FPW
1 1704FPT

imho this is a better solution, and here's why:

1. you get a faster widescreen monitor (compared to the 2001fp), perfect for movies and side by side word processing or web browsing.

2. 2005 is like 1680x1050, while the 1704 is 1280x1024 -> so your two monitors will physically have nearly identical hight, and you'll end up with a really wide strip of lcd panel goodness. This is my setup, except I have a crappy E173P except for the 1704, so while the screens line up, the wider plastic bezel on the E173P kind of ruins the continuity somewhat. But a 2005 and a 1705 ought to line up nearly perfectly in every way.

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: tren001

Originally posted by: cbehnken
1 2001FP
1 1704FPT 17 inch dell

These two monitors would look great together and provide plenty of desktop space.

1 2005FPW
1 1704FPT

imho this is a better solution, and here's why:

1. you get a faster widescreen monitor (compared to the 2001fp), perfect for movies and side by side word processing or web browsing.

2. 2005 is like 1680x1050, while the 1704 is 1280x1024 -> so your two monitors will physically have nearly identical hight, and you'll end up with a really wide strip of lcd panel goodness. This is my setup, except I have a crappy E173P except for the 1704, so while the screens line up, the wider plastic bezel on the E173P kind of ruins the continuity somewhat. But a 2005 and a 1705 ought to line up nearly perfectly in every way.

Cool I was mostly wondering how they would line up... but it seems that this shouldn't be a Problem

 

[Green84061]

i say the 2405fpw but thats just me...

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: Green84061
i say the 2405fpw but thats just me...

Unfortunately it costs alot more than I am willing to spend. Dell Germany currently has some sweet 25% off deals on the 2005WFP and 1704FP series which I was able to take advantage of