Well if we copies Silky's setup of 5 monitors, then that's $1k, and many more pixels !!
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Joseph Cooney <[email protected]>wrote: > Greg would still beat you total # of pixels by about 500000 (assuming your > 23" monitors are 1680 x 1050 - a fairly common resolution at that size). If > they're 1920 x 1080 then you probably beat him by about 500000. > > Joseph > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Grant Molloy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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, <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >>> *Sender: *[email protected] >>> *Date: *Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:19:31 +1000 >>> *To: *'ozDotNet'<[email protected]> >>> *ReplyTo: *ozDotNet <[email protected]> >>> *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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Joseph Cooney > > http://jcooney.net >
