craigb
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Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-32-led-hd-monitor-black/5468001.p?skuId=5468001 Me likey! My current, old 4:3 aspect ratio monitor was bought before I moved to the Pacific Northwest and that was in 2003! About time for an upgrade me-thinks.  I'd go from a screen area of 11.75" x 17" to 17" x 27.14" - plus it will work with my current monitor arm so I can spin in into portrait mode too! Considering I spend all my time staring at my screen, this would be a HUGE improvement. I'd go from 1600x1200 to 2560x1440 too (my video card can handle dual screens at 2560x1600 so I'm good there). Tempting... Especially since I get paid next week... 
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 07:17:12
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I use a 30" for my DAW. At that price I could get that just for SONAR multidock (mixer and fx etc)
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 07:48:59
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I went from 2x21" (1920 x 1080) to a single 43" 4K I now have 4 x the pixel space and really, really close to the same physical window/font sizes. I could've gone slightly smaller, maybe 39-40", but a lot of folks go for a 4K monitor, then everything is so small they start futzing about with scaling to make stuff bigger and then complain that SONAR isn't vector based. I could NEVA go back!! Wanna see a screen cap? OK - look ma, no screen cracks!  ((I actually have 5x the space 'cause one of the 21" is off to the side for pdf, monitoring, whatever.))
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 08:44:05
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I am blessed to have the real estate at my DAW for two monitors, an 32 inch and a 27 I am going to replace the smaller one with another 32 inch , It really . for me., makes the workflow easier with console on one and track view on the other.
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 10:10:33
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For me, I really need it for work first. Most of my clients have two monitors (typically 23" or 27" jobs) and, when I perform remote maintenance, everything is tiny and I'm constantly having to hit the screen switch button... Bleh!
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 10:11:41
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Oh yeah, I still remember paying $1,300 for a NICE Sony 17" CRT monitor because it had the higher refresh rates that didn't give me a headache (completely worth it back then).
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 10:23:18
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If you've been traveling forward in time at a rate of 1 second per second, you're probably older than you used to be. In addition to getting the Senior discount at Denny's and going to bed at 4PM, you also need a larger monitor. It's a health care issue.
There is another factor to consider, however. You're not going to haul it around in the back seat, are you?
(Too soon?)
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 10:26:15
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So are you saying he needs 2 monitors....one for now, and one for the future refresh rate?
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 13:21:42
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craigb
Oh yeah, I still remember paying $1,300 for a NICE Sony 17" CRT monitor because it had the higher refresh rates that didn't give me a headache (completely worth it back then).
I had that same monitor! For years. I'd driven 80 miles to grab it at the incredible sale price of just $1,000. At the time 17" monitors were typically 2 or 3 times that and normally seen only on high-end CAD/CAM workstations (who else would need anything that big unless you're designing airplanes?). I kept that beast for for way too long, just because I'd spent so much money on it I couldn't bear to retire it. I recently had to replace a broken monitor, and shopped around to see if a single large monitor might be better than two small ones. I ended up sticking with dual monitors because two 22" monitors cost a mere $200. That's 44 inches total. I could have spent $600 for a single 42" monitor, and ended up with less screen space, or spent $800 to gain an extra 2 inches.
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 13:30:32
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craigb
Oh yeah, I still remember paying $1,300 for a NICE Sony 17" CRT monitor because it had the higher refresh rates that didn't give me a headache (completely worth it back then).
I had that same monitor! For years.
I'd driven 80 miles to grab it at the incredible sale price of just $1,000. At the time 17" monitors were typically 2 or 3 times that and normally seen only on high-end CAD/CAM workstations (who else would need anything that big unless you're designing airplanes?). I kept that beast for for way too long, just because I'd spent so much money on it I couldn't bear to retire it.
I recently had to replace a broken monitor, and shopped around to see if a single large monitor might be better than two small ones. I ended up sticking with dual monitors because two 22" monitors cost a mere $200. That's 44 inches total. I could have spent $600 for a single 42" monitor, and ended up with less screen space, or spent $800 to gain an extra 2 inches.
except that a 40+" monitor also has twice height of the 22"-ers. One 43" has 4x the pixels of 2 22" It's like having 4 22" displays arranged 2x2
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 16:18:13
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I love the idea of having one big huge monitor, but for me speaker position is too important. I have my speakers either side of my monitor (how confusing is it that the word "monitor" both refers to speakers and screens) and I like to maintain a nice equilateral triangle with them and my head for the best stereo image. That means I can only go as big as my 23-inch Samsung before the speakers are too far apart.
So I have a second monitor instead (another 23-inch Samsung). This goes to the right of my right speaker and rotated inwards a little to face me. It makes for a little more head turning than I'd prefer, but you get used to it. And one thing I find better about two monitors instead of one large one is the organizational element. I like dividing tasks up between the two screens, for instance tracking on the main screen and mixing on the other screen. It feels tidier than having everything on one screen.
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 16:18:39
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2016/12/02 16:26:20
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
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☄ Helpfulby bayoubill 2016/12/02 16:37:00
soens
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 16:37:34
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Thanks for the Fred craig!
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 17:30:20
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Thanks for the Fred craig!
I'm cornfused. Is it fred or Craig?
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 18:32:34
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craigb
Oh yeah, I still remember paying $1,300 for a NICE Sony 17" CRT monitor because it had the higher refresh rates that didn't give me a headache (completely worth it back then).
I had that same monitor! For years.
I'd driven 80 miles to grab it at the incredible sale price of just $1,000. At the time 17" monitors were typically 2 or 3 times that and normally seen only on high-end CAD/CAM workstations (who else would need anything that big unless you're designing airplanes?). I kept that beast for for way too long, just because I'd spent so much money on it I couldn't bear to retire it.
I recently had to replace a broken monitor, and shopped around to see if a single large monitor might be better than two small ones. I ended up sticking with dual monitors because two 22" monitors cost a mere $200. That's 44 inches total. I could have spent $600 for a single 42" monitor, and ended up with less screen space, or spent $800 to gain an extra 2 inches.
Back in the early 90s I worked on a high-end Unix workstation at my job that had a 21" monitor. Once I saw how much more productive you could be, I had to have one for my home computer. I paid maybe $1600 of my own money. It was huge in all dimensions and weighed maybe 80 pounds. The thing lasted maybe fifteen years before giving up the ghost. I replaced it with a current flatscreen that offered about the same resolution (a bit wider but not quite as high) for which I paid about one-sixth the price of the earlier purchase and it weighed maybe a tenth as much as the original.
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 18:54:08
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bapu
bayoubill
Thanks for the Fred craig!
I'm cornfused. Is it fred or Craig?
Craig b Fred? IFBHRN
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/02 20:25:07
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I just now got used to calling craig craig. Fred it is! Just don't call me Ray
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craigb
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/03 03:56:12
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I can't wait!
And, yes, Bob got the size correction in that I was about to write to Dave. Two 22" monitors is only half the size of one 44" monitor, so still much smaller than a 42".
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/04 13:58:06
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Ham N Egz
I am blessed to have the real estate at my DAW for two monitors, an 32 inch and a 27 I am going to replace the smaller one with another 32 inch , It really . for me., makes the workflow easier with console on one and track view on the other.
Here Here - the only drawback for me with this setup is sometimes I wish I just had a monitor straight forward..... however always looking one way for the console view and another way for the track view is good training for us types!
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/04 15:30:57
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Ham N Egz
I am blessed to have the real estate at my DAW for two monitors, an 32 inch and a 27 I am going to replace the smaller one with another 32 inch , It really . for me., makes the workflow easier with console on one and track view on the other.
Here Here - the only drawback for me with this setup is sometimes I wish I just had a monitor straight forward..... however always looking one way for the console view and another way for the track view is good training for us types!
All you need for this is a third monitor. Simples! (And it's "Hear, hear!" which means you're voicing agreement since it's short for "Hear him, hear him!" "Here, here" sounds more like you're trying to bring the focus to you - LOL.) ~Forum Spelling Police
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Re: Wow! Forget two monitors, this should be enough!
2016/12/04 16:13:13
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BobF
I went from 2x21" (1920 x 1080) to a single 43" 4K
I now have 4 x the pixel space and really, really close to the same physical window/font sizes. I could've gone slightly smaller, maybe 39-40", but a lot of folks go for a 4K monitor, then everything is so small they start futzing about with scaling to make stuff bigger and then complain that SONAR isn't vector based.
I could NEVA go back!!
Wanna see a screen cap? OK - look ma, no screen cracks!
((I actually have 5x the space 'cause one of the 21" is off to the side for pdf, monitoring, whatever.))
That's the way to do it!!!
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