Horizontal and Vertical monitor combo?
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Possibly a bit of an obscure question, but does anyone run a setup with one monitor in landscape and one in portrait where the vertical dimensions match?
Yes I know I’m anal but a portrait monitor on the side suits my work much better and I really want them to ‘match’. At the moment I have a 24” Philips 245E which is running in 2460x1440 and is a perfect resolution for me. Matching this with a portrait screen would require something about 13” which seem to be few and far between.
Any suggestions welcome? Maybe I need to look at ultra wides? Are there any with 2 HDMI inputs where I could divide it 70/30?
Thanks in advance.
Yes I know I’m anal but a portrait monitor on the side suits my work much better and I really want them to ‘match’. At the moment I have a 24” Philips 245E which is running in 2460x1440 and is a perfect resolution for me. Matching this with a portrait screen would require something about 13” which seem to be few and far between.
Any suggestions welcome? Maybe I need to look at ultra wides? Are there any with 2 HDMI inputs where I could divide it 70/30?
Thanks in advance.
I currently run a Dell U3417W 34" ultra-wide (3440 x 1440) with 2 x 15.6" (1920x1080) 'portable' monitors on either side, one of which is orientated vertical and only about 0.5cm difference in height to the ultra-wide - so looks quite neat (similar to this example https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/comme...).
I should mention that it was tricky to find a relatively 'plain' looking portable screen and some of these smaller portable screens don't remember their previous settings on power off - due to a lack of a proper standby mode - and/or 'disappear' from the OS, which can be extremely annoying.
Aside from the physical dimensions, you need to be wary of each monitor's resolution, the difference between 1920 on the 15" and 1440 on my primary screen is manageable for me as I only use it a reference screen, but YMMV (obviously you can mess around with scaling etc. either OS or in-apps, but this can all be very hit and miss depending on the OS used.
Many ultra-wides do support dual input (sometimes with annoying limitations), however depending on your OS and or available tools, you can either use appropriate window snapping/zone configs or split your screen into 2 virtual monitors on a single input.
This site is very useful for playing around with screen options: https://multimonitorcalculator.com/
I should mention that it was tricky to find a relatively 'plain' looking portable screen and some of these smaller portable screens don't remember their previous settings on power off - due to a lack of a proper standby mode - and/or 'disappear' from the OS, which can be extremely annoying.
Aside from the physical dimensions, you need to be wary of each monitor's resolution, the difference between 1920 on the 15" and 1440 on my primary screen is manageable for me as I only use it a reference screen, but YMMV (obviously you can mess around with scaling etc. either OS or in-apps, but this can all be very hit and miss depending on the OS used.
Many ultra-wides do support dual input (sometimes with annoying limitations), however depending on your OS and or available tools, you can either use appropriate window snapping/zone configs or split your screen into 2 virtual monitors on a single input.
This site is very useful for playing around with screen options: https://multimonitorcalculator.com/
I have a 2 monitors with one vertical but my horizontal one is a widescreen samsung. The vertical one was a relatively cheap one from PC WorlD: https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=2v7u...
Been doing a good job so far. 2 of those wouldn't be too bad a setup but the ultrawide horizontal is a much nicer way of working.
Been doing a good job so far. 2 of those wouldn't be too bad a setup but the ultrawide horizontal is a much nicer way of working.
one thing to watch out for is DPI.
If for example you have a 30 inch 4 monitor next to a 30 inch 3k monitor the screen will be the same size but there are more dots on the 4k screen.
This means when you move a window from 4k to 3k screen, it will get larger. When half the window is across the split, it will split and the image won't be contiguous'
If you use 2 of the same monitor at the same resolution and sync rate it will be okay.
I personally use 2*4k in landscape as my desk just about permits them side by side.
If for example you have a 30 inch 4 monitor next to a 30 inch 3k monitor the screen will be the same size but there are more dots on the 4k screen.
This means when you move a window from 4k to 3k screen, it will get larger. When half the window is across the split, it will split and the image won't be contiguous'
If you use 2 of the same monitor at the same resolution and sync rate it will be okay.
I personally use 2*4k in landscape as my desk just about permits them side by side.
devnull said:
Not my desk, but I do run an LG DualUp Monitor (the one on the right), which is a 16:18 monitor - basically two 27" monitors worth of real estate stacked on top of each other.
I have looked at that but it's a bit punchy!Thanks all so far, keep the ideas coming. Now where's that "show us your workstation thread"?
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