Try to buy an IPS monitor as it will have much better color representation and viewing angles.

I have the 27" version of this monitor and I'm very happy. You'd probably want to look at the 23" monitor.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...ailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1

JP

Whatever you buy, make sure you end up with two monitors. And it’s much better if they’re the same size. It’s been a known truth and has been studied, two monitors are more productive. You can google and print out an article for your biss’ Boss.

I have two monitors hooked up to my laptop for a total of three. They’re all the same size: 15.6”

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Whatever you buy, make sure you end up with two monitors. And it’s much better if they’re the same size. It’s been a known truth and has been studied, two monitors are more productive.

A single ultra-wide is far more even betterer too! Not only do you get the same or more real estate, you can move the size of the split, rearrange into 3, 4, make split horizontal or vertical, whatever you need plus the benefit of dropping the two bezels between the two.

If you've never tried, you should. As mentioned, same or less cost for comparable quality and very versatile.

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Originally posted by Nickelsig229:
does it have to be hdmi, this is display port (better performance then hdmi). 159 but its quality

newegg samsung 24"

Yes, DP is better, but on a little 24" monitor with 1080 resolution, would anyone be able to notice any difference between HDMI and DP?

Go bigger than you think if you can afford it and have the space.

It's kind of like ammo ... having too much is not really a bad thing.

I have a 27" iMac and at first I was like "holy shit that's too big." That opinion was gone within an hour or so and now I wish I had bigger.

As an aside, when I was working at UnitedHealthcare, they "upgraded" us from a 15 inch to 17 inch monitor. I was thrilled I might be more productive. Then I got the monitor ... it had the EXACT SAME maximum resolution specs as the 15 inch... WTF were they thinking?

There were times I literally brought my monitor from home to get some shit done.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Whatever you buy, make sure you end up with two monitors. And it’s much better if they’re the same size. It’s been a known truth and has been studied, two monitors are more productive.

A single ultra-wide is far more even betterer too! Not only do you get the same or more real estate, you can move the size of the split, rearrange into 3, 4, make split horizontal or vertical, whatever you need plus the benefit of dropping the two bezels between the two.

If you've never tried, you should. As mentioned, same or less cost for comparable quality and very versatile.

Here's three articles on Dual versus single ultra-wide with the third recommending a single ultra-wide with not much data and in limited situations (> 34").

I didn't pick and choose the articles; these are the first three that came up when I googled the topic. I added a 4th one that argues for a single monitor but he even uses just a 24"; I think it's just for how he works and not necessarily applicable to everybody in general.

Do Dual Monitors Improve Productivity?

Dual Monitors vs. Ultrawide Displays: What Should You Buy?

Ultrawide vs Dual Monitors: Which Are Better for Productivity?

Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors

I have a 34" ultrawide at work, and dual 24" at home.

The duals win for productivity.

OK, I'll bite. How do you get different displays on 2 monitors connected to the same computer?

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
OK, I'll bite. How do you get different displays on 2 monitors connected to the same computer?

flashguy

In most cases, through multiple plug in connections on your graphics card. Most better graphics cards will afford you at least three HDMI and/or DisplayPort connections.

15" screen? Just how old is the computer? I ask because 15" 4:3 monitors used to be common, but the video cards in those computers couldn't do 16:9 resolutions like 1920×1080. No sense buying a monitor that the computer can't effectively use.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
15" screen? Just how old is the computer? I ask because 15" 4:3 monitors used to be common, but the video cards in those computers couldn't do 16:9 resolutions like 1920×1080. No sense buying a monitor that the computer can't effectively use.

Ehhh...I'll take a look when I go back to my office Saturday. I also have to check to see what type of connection it is capable of using. That's a distinct possibility.

I prefer one larger monitor and would not want to work with 2 monitors that were different sizes, as someone else mentioned. If you have a 15" monitor now I think you would be better with a single larger monitor as a replacement but that also can depend on the type of work you do.

99.9% of people I work with have 2 monitors but don't type well. They're also constantly taking their hands off the keyboard to click around with the mouse and drag windows from one monitor to another. It's much faster for me to flip between open windows using the keyboard.

Also, at least some of the "you'll be more productive with multiple monitors" studies were done by companies that sell monitors so the results aren't surprising.

Concur. I'm quite happy with a quality 24" monitor on my desk top and manually swapping between app views. No need for an uber wide job or dual monitor setup. And I've yet to see the value (for me) of the Windows Task View feature. Obviously YMMV.

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Originally posted by cyberiad:
I prefer one larger monitor and would not want to work with 2 monitors that were different sizes, as someone else mentioned. If you have a 15" monitor now I think you would be better with a single larger monitor as a replacement but that also can depend on the type of work you do.

99.9% of people I work with have 2 monitors but don't type well. They're also constantly taking their hands off the keyboard to click around with the mouse and drag windows from one monitor to another. It's much faster for me to flip between open windows using the keyboard.

Also, at least some of the "you'll be more productive with multiple monitors" studies were done by companies that sell monitors so the results aren't surprising.

Two monitors or displays are very important to the work I do. One example is keeping the screen up/visible for pending and ongoing calls, so I can review them while I'm doing other work on the second screen, as it's hard to multitask and listen to the radio all the time.

Another is watching body camera videos and typing summaries/audits, or reviewing reports/calls and putting the information into the daily log.

Another is verifying time cards and comparing them with their schedules.

I could go on...but it's easy for anyone to imagine. Everyone I know at work has two screens, having pillaged seconds or just bought their own. It's insane that our IT dept won't automatically issue them.

I'm getting 15 hours of OT this week. I may just drop it on a new set of monitors, instead of one nice one and the itty bitty one. I'll find out the video card when I go back.

I did procure a new used chair today for free. Making progress...sucks to be the new guy on third shift. You're really on your own. Can't even get stinkin post-it notes or pens without forward planning, because the office admin goes home at 5 and I roll in at 7.

The other thing I'll suggest is getting a monitor with a 16:10 or even 5:4 aspect ratio. Wider isn't better. I miss my 1920x1200 16:10 screen. I could see more rows on my spreadsheets.

I bought a Samsung 32" curved monitor from Sam's Club during Christmas promotions. Price was $169 and it was to replace a quality 24" Samsung.

I tried it for a few days and returned it. 32" was too wide for my eyes on a desktop application and the 1080 high def was very grainy wgeb reading text. Color and picture was very good for movies or video

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Originally posted by trapper189:
The other thing I'll suggest is getting a monitor with a 16:10 or even 5:4 aspect ratio. Wider isn't better. I miss my 1920x1200 16:10 screen. I could see more rows on my spreadsheets.

Well, if the wide monitor is as tall as the narrow monitor, then you can see the same number of rows and more columns. The trick is to realize that you will need a larger wide monitor to display the same number of rows as a narrow monitor of the same published size. I have a 28" wide monitor on my desk, which has a hutch on it. I could not fit a monitor that was too much taller under the hutch, regardless of the aspect ratio.

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Well, if the wide monitor is as tall as the narrow monitor, then you can see the same number of rows and more columns. The trick is to realize that you will need a larger wide monitor to display the same number of rows as a narrow monitor of the same published size. I have a 28" wide monitor on my desk, which has a hutch on it. I could not fit a monitor that was too much taller under the hutch, regardless of the aspect ratio.

Not really. A 1920x1080 16:9 that's as tall as a 1920x1200 16:10 won't show the same number of rows. It can't. It has 10% fewer rows of pixels.

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Originally posted by cyberiad:
I prefer one larger monitor and would not want to work with 2 monitors that were different sizes, as someone else mentioned. If you have a 15" monitor now I think you would be better with a single larger monitor as a replacement but that also can depend on the type of work you do.

99.9% of people I work with have 2 monitors but don't type well. They're also constantly taking their hands off the keyboard to click around with the mouse and drag windows from one monitor to another. It's much faster for me to flip between open windows using the keyboard.

Also, at least some of the "you'll be more productive with multiple monitors" studies were done by companies that sell monitors so the results aren't surprising.

It's going to depend on the type of work you do.

I have a 34" curved monitor at work, and a pair of 24" widescreens at home. I'm proficient at window switching and desktop switching on both a Mac and Windows. For me, dual monitors win.

For the work that I do, I need windows open side by side. On a pair of 24" screens, I can get 4 full sized, document-proportioned windows up at the same time. For example, that means I can have an original document up, new document that I'm working on, and two reference documents up--all side by side and in a comfortable portrait orientation (each window sized similar to a sheet of paper).

On a 34" ultra-wide monitor, I can't do that. I can only get 3 documents up side-by-side.

The benefit of having two monitors over a single one is also when you full screen a window. Almost nothing makes use of a full 34" of workspace at full screen. Some applications that have lots of toolbars and windows (Adobe Photoshop, Premiere) can benefit from having a single large workspace--but even in those instances, I find that having a second screen works just as well. I put the tools on one side, the canvas on the other.

Bonus point: you can focus your gaming into a single monitor at full screen for faster frame rates, rather than deal with pillar boxes on an ultra-wide. For me, I can full screen a game on one monitor, and then have ancillary applications (hardware temperature monitors, voice chat app) on the other.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
OK, I'll bite. How do you get different displays on 2 monitors connected to the same computer?

flashguy

In most cases, through multiple plug in connections on your graphics card. Most better graphics cards will afford you at least three HDMI and/or DisplayPort connections.

That tells me how multiple monitors could be hooked up, but does not explain how the information displayed on them would be different.

flashguy