Positioning for dual LCD's?

[technogeeky]

Hey y'all:

Quick (and sort of strange) question: What kind of positioning do you use with dual LCD's?

Something like this /\ with the two lcds both angled and you sitting in the center?

Something like --\ (of the would be lined up at an edge, not in the middle of one of the LCDs.)

Thanks...

 

[Geekbabe]

Positioning for dual LCD's?

In my living room would be best

 

[Electric Amish]

Depends on how you will use them. For my dual CRT's I have my 21" directly in front of me for doing the majority of my work and a 17" to the right where I keep open apps, email, etc...

Gaming, on the other hand, they'd probably need to be in the "V" shape in front of you.

amish

 

[blackdogdeek]

mine are positioned in boxes at the newegg warehouse waiting for me to win the lottery. they also may be positioned on a couple of people's desks in the fs/t forum.

 

[ScoobMaster]

My co-worker has THREE Dell E151FPs in this configuration: /--\

 

[Looney]

For dual i have one infront of me and one to the right side.

 

[dman]

I think for gaming the ^ config would be annoying, imo, as the center would be blocked by the LCD/monitor borders (at least visually). Thus, I'd have to go w/ 1 or 3 or some other ODD # such that you have one screen in the middle.

Unfortunately my desk won't accomodate dual displays (at least not to my satisfaction) so I'm still on a single 19".

 

[technogeeky]

Well I can't use multiple monitors as far as gaming goes, but I'll just keep trying stuff out and seeing how I like it.

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Depends on how you will use them. For my dual CRT's I have my 21" directly in front of me for doing the majority of my work and a 17" to the right where I keep open apps, email, etc...

My set up is similar..

My 19" CRT is right in front of me and my 15" CRT is to my right.

I don't think I could function efficiently w/o dual monitors.

 

[SUOrangeman]

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I'd again like to that Dell for my 1800FPs. $383 + tax was too good to resist (times 3!).

-SUO

 

[woowoo]

To properly position your monitors:
Close your eyes
reach your hands out and
Think BOOBIES!
That's where they go......

 

[dabuddha]

one of my coworkers at my old job had 4 18.1" LCD screens all hooked up to his linux machine. He had the quad monitors working too. Was a sweet setup

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Depends on how you will use them. For my dual CRT's I have my 21" directly in front of me for doing the majority of my work and a 17" to the right where I keep open apps, email, etc...

Gaming, on the other hand, they'd probably need to be in the "V" shape in front of you.

amish

Who the hell uses 2 LCDs in a V configuration to game?

 

[elzmaddy]

I use my 19" CRTS in this shape:

...///\\\\\..........////\\\\\\
..////\\\\\\\.......//////\\\\\\
./////\\\\\\\\...../////\\\\\\\\\
##****'''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''

.........[ My Head ]


You should see that the first monitor is slightly angled; the second is straight. So I am just about centered with the CRT border, but that gives me greater flexibility for looking at stuff on either screen.

 

[Derango]

the forum removes all white space in your post, so that diagram isn't gong to work really well

I have my 19" CRT and my 17" arranged in the -- \ configuration, because I wanted the bigger monitor to be front and center. The /\ config doesn't make much sense because you're going to have to turn your head to look at one of them

 

[elzmaddy]

the forum removes all white space in your post, so that diagram isn't gong to work really well

Hey , i fixed it! The dots represent air particles.

 

[FuzzyBee]

I do a /\, but i sit facing \, so the / is to the side.

2 x 21" crt

 

[notfred]

I have mine set up like this

 

[JEDI]

Facing each other at a 0 degree angle. or 180 degrees back to back

 

[propellerhead]

Mine.