I've recently purchased 2 x 23" wide screen LG LCD's for $200 each.. 46" of widescreen for $400.. much better than $1500 for 30"..
I guess it comes down to whether you can justify spending the money.. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:34 PM, <djones...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's three machines, using input director to share one keyboard / mouse. > Screens 1 2 3 are in a line. 4 and 5 are above 1 and 2 > > BBM pin:2589AEE0 > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Greg Keogh" <g...@mira.net> > *Sender: *ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com > *Date: *Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:19:31 +1000 > *To: *'ozDotNet'<ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *ReplyTo: *ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject: *RE: [OT] 2560x1600 widescreen LCDs > > >I never found bigger screens to increase productivity, they just give > me a larger code window. > > >I prefer 2 or more screens when writing code. I'm currently sat looking at > 5 screens. > > > > I have a gut feeling that one large screen has certain ergonomic (and human > perception) advantages over multiple screens. I find that swinging my head > and eyes over to my second screen too frequently is uncomfortable. Sometimes > by accident I will start typing something long on the second screen and I > realise I feel a bit queasy and I move the window to centre-front and > suddenly it all feels better again. I try to keep infrequently used windows > on the second screen, ones that I glance at but don’t “work” at. For example > I have Outlook on the second screen, but I read and compose emails on the > first screen. > > > > I reckon that if I had a huge screen then I wouldn’t just fill it with a > bigger code window, I’d dock more stuff open and around me to use the space > wisely (I’ll have to wait and see if I’m so disciplined in reality). I also > theorise this is true because our eyes and brain like to look at one > continuous surface rather than many disjoint ones. > > > > How on earth have you wired-up 5 screens and how are they positioned and > supported? > > > > Wallace, we must always try to justify spending money on hardware by > convincing ourselves and others that it will increase productivity. I told > my wife that a spa, turbo Porsche, private helipad and wine cellar would > help my productivity, but she just said I’d have to work harder and send out > more invoices. > > > > Greg >
