two 19" or one 21" monitor?

[StefanA]

two 19' is better. This way he'll also have an extra monitor when he's using a compositing application.

My vote goes for two 19 inch monitors.

best regards

.stefan andersson

[EdHarriss]

Given that choice, I would also go for two 19". Dual screens are a major productivity booster no matter what tasks you are performing.

[Renderman_XSI]

I also vote for Dual 19 monitors, for the reason already mention.
You can run XSI in one window and view a tutorail on the second window,etc.

my setup is dual 19 monitor now.

[okno]

OK thanks

[Aevium Viemme]

I'm now running in dual flatpanels with XSI and it's a real pleasure, having a bit more space to see/edit the objects and an entire screen devoted to tools. Duals are really useful for an app like XSI, whereas with Photoshop or Max, I saw very little reason.

[E.T]

Dual is the way to go.
Not in max or photoshop? We must be working very differently :rolleyes:

All the panels and floaters go to the right. The main picture/window goes to the left. Lots of space, clean and easy to look at :)

oh i also like to keep my mail on the right.

(i know, totally useless info, but im waiting for an upload:wip: )

[Tellerve]

Do you guys with dual screens typically have the same type screen, model, size, etc. for each one?

I just purchased a 20" lcd monitor and I won't be having enough disposable cash to get another one for awhile, so I might have to use my old 17" crt with it :(

Tellerve

[NickDW]

I was useing Dual moniters but since my second one went out on me I'm back down to only 1 :annoyed: It really killed my productivity bad.

As for 2 different sized moniters, it doesn't matter but your refresh rate and color bit settings will have to be set at what the worse of the 2 moniters can handle.

[E.T]

As for 2 different sized moniters, it doesn't matter but your refresh rate and color bit settings will have to be set at what the worse of the 2 moniters can handle.

Not true. Depends on what card youve got i guess. Ive got a 19 "and a 17".
The 17" is my old monitor and hes kinda slo in the refreshfrate, but the young fresh 19" is kicking a lot faster.
They can be set independently , at least with my quadro.

And its good that way too. only thing is some apps will maximize kind of strange.
At my last job i had 2 19":s and i could maximize 3dsmax over both screens and get one large perspectiveview on the left monitor. Cant do that if theyre different sizes, if the resolutions not the same on both of them. Well you can but the smaller res´d monitor will crop the picture for obvious reasons, so it gets kinda hard to work. But like i said, i keep all the palettes and windows on the right, and the viewports on the left, so its no biggie.

[allawy]

Since this is a monitor thread, what do you think guys, an LCD or CRT monitor? I can't just buy an LCD one and find out that I waisted my money since I heard allot that it's not good for design work, but I need to hear it from the proffesionals.

and if CRT, do you know which of philips, samsung or LG 19" monitors are better? and if I should by a flat one?

I have a viewsonic 17" that works wonderful, but when I have to go up to 1280x1024, I get 60Hz, this is fine, but only for the first 5 min. if you know what I mean.

[wolver1ne]

@allawy

If you aren't a die hard gamer then maybe your best choice would be an LCD monitor. LCD monitors tend to be pain in the neck with games, so I hear. Don't yell if I might be wrong, as I have never tried it myself. Another reason to go with an LCD would be lack of space on your desktop.

I'm personally quite happy with a CRT (Iiyama Vision Master Pro 454 - 19"). With 1600x1200@85hz (can be 100hz tho) it works very well for pretty much anything, whether it's a game or 3D program. I would suggest going with Iiyama but simply because I don't have any experience with the ones you have named. And whether you should buy a flat one.. well, it is certainly better to go with a flat screen nowadays, I wonder why one would buy a non-flat.. @_@

[StefanA]

CRT are cheaper, but they also have better color depth than a LCD. Very important when you are doin compositing.

LCD are smaller and don't generate as much heat as CRT.

my $0.02

.stefan

[Dan Wade]

Yea, i had the same dilemma last year. I went down the dual monitor road. Very glad i did after a year of use. Im not sure what certain apps r like with a dual setup, such as Max, but the great thing about XSI is that is was made to work properly with both dual and single screen display. For stuff like internal compositing, its great.


Cheers,
Dan.

[Renderman_XSI]

Originally posted by allawy
Since this is a monitor thread, what do you think guys, an LCD or CRT monitor? I can't just buy an LCD one and find out that I waisted my money since I heard allot that it's not good for design work, but I need to hear it from the proffesionals.



thats a common statement which holds true most of the time. However, take a look at the Apple 23" Cinema HD display. Picture quality is great(if you ever see it in action). Im switching to this display for XSI in about a month. CRT give off too much radiation, my eyes start to hurt after looking at them.

Though, there well be some interesting LCD related technology coming out in the near future, that would blow CRT alway in terms of picture quality. i.e. OLED,e-ink,and many others.

[killer397]

Im having this problem:
i have a IIyama pro 454 "19 running @ 1280x1024 but just mis the bottom part of XSI 3.5 where the animation track goes.
Ive tried higher resolutions but it wont change, anyone got any suggestions ?
Thanks.

[allawy]

I had same problem, but all what I did is bought 19", set it to 1600x1200, and made the taskbar autohide.

[StefanA]

the taskbar should always be unchecked for the option "always on top". It's in the installation manuals :)

best regards

.stefan andersson

[Razorb]

I run two flat panel 19in nec monitors and its great mostly because i can use the second moniter to open a full viewport view while working in the orthos on the other in XSI, also it works out great under AVID Xpress as well one screen is setup for the preview while i do all the editing on the other, the 21 inch monitor would be nice if you didn't have the option but for the two more inches of viewable screen vs two 19's, if you do any editing or animation work you'll be better of and happier with the 19's.
Peace.

[Razorb]

I have only found one fix for this strange behaviour which seems to effect all versions of XSI, think its more of a windows problem actually, but just go to www.edharriss.com click on plugins and find the viewports addons youll find one in there to fit your resolution and version that fixes the problem. it works i had to do this at the lab on 32 computers.
Peace

[StefanA]

didn't you read my post? it works if you uncheck the option 'always on top' in the options for the taskbar.

So it's not a windows problem. I'm running 1280x1024 and has no problems with it.

best regards

.stefan andersson

[killer397]

Thank you for your reply and i think i missed your post just there, sorry :/
Got it working !
Sorry for posting my question here but i didnt think it was worth a full thread.

[wmendez]

Are there any OpenGl peformance hits when running Dual Monitors? I am currently runnning a 22" SyncMaster 1200NF and was thinking of getting a 2nd.

Also anyone running Linux with dual monitors as well?

Thanks!

[E.T]

None that ive noticed. (perf-hits that is)
But then again im not on 2 22" monitors at 1600x1200
So maybe im not really pushing the card yet.

But its soooooo worth it.
You wont know how you ever managed without it.

[Jb5k1]

i know this is a kind of off topic post, but i was curious as to, how do dual monitors work.. i.e do u have a mouse for each one, or do u just keep moving it over until u get to the next screen?
also, how do u connect that to ur tower, my computer has two different monitor jacks, but one is video card style, and the other is the integrated intel piece o s**t

jw

[JDex]

Dual monitors can act in two ways... they can both display the same info, or it can expand your desktop as if your desktop is twice as large.

To do this Do not use the integrated video out!!!, you will need to purchase a new card that can support two monitors or buy a PCI vid card to put into your computer in conjuction with your existing AGP card...

[Jb5k1]

ooooooo, thats good to know. but i'm not gonna have to monitors anytime soon, unless my rents win the lotto, i'm a student (lol, goin into highschool as freshman) and have no job. what i want to do is get a wacom tablet, i'm getting there by sellin stuff on ebay

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