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Originally posted by teknasia I'm thinking of buying a second 17" monitor. How many of you are using dual screens for producing? What do you use it for? thx in advance!! Vylix

Been doing it for a couple of years now. I could never go back to 1 monitor! I set up Cubase with the arrangement on the left (main) monitor and the mixer on the right.

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Can't work with one anymore. Two is way more productive. Saves you a lot of time swiching between diefferent app screens or whatever you throw at it..

thx!

btw nice studio Dirty

do you have any pics of your studio xls?


grtz

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I work with 2 aswell. Can't do with one anymore.

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yep, i love to use 2 screens!

and will switch soon to 2 acer 2021ms (20" TFTs with a resolution of 1600x1200 )

nice!!

I'm gonna buy one within 2 hours

thanks all for the support & info!!

Really love this forum

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dual screens is teh rocks... I am definitely gonna get dual-screen.. its practical.. looks damn good and proffesional... its important to have 2 identical ones though imo..

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I think dual screens really work well.

But, I have been using 1 screen up until now and I can't really say that adding a second one is worth paying the extra $300-400 for.

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Originally posted by DJ Chrono I think dual screens really work well. But, I have been using 1 screen up until now and I can't really say that adding a second one is worth paying the extra $300-400 for.

Buy a refurbished/second hand monitor for your secondary one then. In TO you should be able to find a 17" for well under $100 CAN. A 19" will probably run you $120-$150 CAN. Unless you plan on doing high-end graphic work on your secondary monitor, you don't need it to be a super high-end monitor. As long as you've already got a video card that supports it, a 2 monitor solution can be cheap!

On a related note, my dual head card is showing it's age. Anyone have any recommendations for a current video card that does dual monitors without any problems? Preferably under $150 US?

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bought a new one!

only €130 (+/-$150)

installing it now

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