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evo8
currently have 2 monitors as I like to drag soft synth windows from Live onto the 2nd screen

Thinking of ditching these and getting a single 32" screen - could i still drag stuff from Live to the other side of the screen if I made Live not a fullscreen window?

not sure if anyone will get this question but help please!
tehlord
Yep :thepirate
evo8
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Originally posted by tehlord
Yep :thepirate


excellent. however looks like ill have to upgrade video card, i wanted to get one of those 34" behemoths...
tehlord
Well all I did was shrink the Live window and I was able to drag plugins outside onto the Windows desktop, it worked just fine.

I think if I was going to go with one monitor I'd go with a super widescreen one.

If you can run two monitors surely you can run one larger one?
evo8
My video card specs say otherwise, max resolution up to 2560 or something - i wanted to go higher res

Super widescreen is 21:9 ratio right? Cant decide if thats good or bad - from what i read this afternoon the consensus seems to be its better when you go past 32"
tehlord
Ah yes I guess if you have a single resolution limit.

I'm not sure what aspect ratio the big screens are, I have a feeling they vary.

I know OCUK have a good selection.

I have a couple of composer pals who are succesfully using large screen TVs as monitor screens which might save you a bit of cash, 4k would be the way to go though.
evo8
cool mate

yeah i mightnt bother in the end, the hassle of researching what brand blah blah
- main reason was for the summer time i was gonna hang in the studio room a bit more - so maybe wanted a better screen for watching the odd movie or whatever, the bezels spoil that on the 2 screens
tehlord
I dunno, there are some 32" 4k TVs around for silly money now. Might be worth a punt.
evo8
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Originally posted by tehlord
I dunno, there are some 32" 4k TVs around for silly money now. Might be worth a punt.


mate reckons the resolution is e on them for computer purposes, i dunno, would look a bit mad on my desktop anyway, height wise
Andy28
The resolution on them should be fine its not like you are gaming on them where other factors might come into play....

Tbh I personally find 32" (standard TV size) too big anyway I think 27" would be the max I'd go to unless it was a super wide ratio then yeah by all means I would go a bit higher. I guess it would depend how far away you're sitting from it?

I've got 2 24" monitors and I've often thought about ditching them myself in favour for 1 larger sized monitor.

evo8
quote:
Originally posted by Andy28
The resolution on them should be fine its not like you are gaming on them where other factors might come into play....

Tbh I personally find 32" (standard TV size) too big anyway I think 27" would be the max I'd go to unless it was a super wide ratio then yeah by all means I would go a bit higher. I guess it would depend how far away you're sitting from it?

I've got 2 24" monitors and I've often thought about ditching them myself in favour for 1 larger sized monitor.


Yeah i need to do more research on it - when doing music obviously ill be pretty close to it, I'm thinking 27" might be on the small side...
tehlord
I have a 27" IPS screen at normal desk/face distance and for me I wouldn't want to have anything bigger than 1080p resolution for comfortable viewing. Ideally I'd have a 1440p screen, 32" but another foot further back.

I think 1440p is too small for a 27" screen and encourages bad posture and squinting.
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