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Post by wisconsinite on Feb 17, 2012 19:11:54 GMT -5
Just picked up 3 Dell U2410 screens  Not my setup but it will be |
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Post by Darksky on Feb 17, 2012 21:19:32 GMT -5
I have two and love it. You never know how much you need multiple monitors until you have them for about a week.
Three like that is spectacular.
The only bad thing I see is that you will have to deal with the seam if you watch videos, or you will be limited in size by the width of one monitor.
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Post by wisconsinite on Feb 17, 2012 21:42:38 GMT -5
I have two and love it. You never know how much you need multiple monitors until you have them for about a week. Three like that is spectacular. The only bad thing I see is that you will have to deal with the seam if you watch videos, or you will be limited in size by the width of one monitor. just for the wife world of warcraft I got 3 for 800.00 shipped couldnt pass it up |
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Post by jlafrenz on Feb 17, 2012 23:43:59 GMT -5
I would think you could just buy a TV that size for less money and not have to deal with the edges of the monitor breaking up the picture. I guess the downside is that you can't have separate desktops if you went that route though.
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Post by tmusfam on Feb 18, 2012 3:04:26 GMT -5
I'm legally blind and use a Sony 32XBR6 for my monitor (12"-18" viewing distance). When I upgrade my HT and retire my 52XBR4, I will use the 52" on my desk as my monitor. I use ZoomText Magnifier/Reader software @ 1.5x - 5x depending on the situation. So far these TVs work well for me at the 1080P resolution. The frames would be a problem for me, but I have several friends that use 2 and 3 monitors without a problem. That is a good price! Enjoy! TMM -  |
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Post by wisconsinite on Feb 18, 2012 6:29:33 GMT -5
I would think you could just buy a TV that size for less money and not have to deal with the edges of the monitor breaking up the picture. I guess the downside is that you can't have separate desktops if you went that route though. There is a big difference between a TV and a monitor when it comes to gaming |
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Post by choirbass on Feb 18, 2012 6:38:20 GMT -5
I would think you could just buy a TV that size for less money and not have to deal with the edges of the monitor breaking up the picture. I guess the downside is that you can't have separate desktops if you went that route though. For PC games as he mentioned, a very high resolution display can pay dividends over having a simply diagonally larger display. There's just not nearly as much possible useability with the latter. |
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Post by jlafrenz on Feb 18, 2012 9:08:51 GMT -5
I'm not a gamer so I never even thought about that, but it does make perfect sense.
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Post by tmusfam on Feb 18, 2012 12:01:43 GMT -5
I am not a Gamer either. What resolution's are required, or are normally used in current high-end gaming? These Dell U2410 are 1920 x 1200 max resolution. TMM |
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Post by copperband on Feb 18, 2012 13:07:29 GMT -5
Just picked up 3 Dell U2410 screens Not my setup but it will be It would be great setup for work! I currently use two monitors at work but it's far from enough as I need to look at so many applications at the same time. |
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Post by Porscheguy on Feb 18, 2012 13:21:09 GMT -5
Wow...
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Post by jlafrenz on Feb 18, 2012 17:02:54 GMT -5
I am not a Gamer either. What resolution's are required, or are normally used in current high-end gaming? These Dell U2410 are 1920 x 1200 max resolution. TMM I am not sure that it is just resolution that is important for gaming. I believe that refresh rate is also a big factor. |
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Post by tmusfam on Feb 18, 2012 17:27:01 GMT -5
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Post by choirbass on Feb 18, 2012 17:32:19 GMT -5
For gaming, usually the more the better largely depending on what the game is able to support. Some games essentially aren't limited, whether allowed through file edits or native support in game. Although a lot of older games are typically very limited in this respect.
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Post by wisconsinite on Feb 18, 2012 17:37:45 GMT -5
I am not a Gamer either. What resolution's are required, or are normally used in current high-end gaming? These Dell U2410 are 1920 x 1200 max resolution. TMM I am not sure that it is just resolution that is important for gaming. I believe that refresh rate is also a big factor. I have ran games at 2560x1600 on my 30" dell , but you need more than a stock PC ;D |
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Post by bobbyt on Feb 18, 2012 18:06:47 GMT -5
1920x1200 monitors are getting harder to find because some marketing idiot decided all people care about is seeing "HD". Now all I see are 22-23" 1080 monitors, which are only useful if you're watching a movie. 16:9 is infinitely less useful day to day than 16:10. I finally replaced my 24" Dell with a 30": 2560x1600. Now that's some resolution! For some reason they've yet to really come down in price like everything else, but I'll never go back. This is what we should be working towards.  |
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Post by garbulky on Mar 2, 2012 0:55:59 GMT -5
Higher res would be GREAT if they could figure out how to scale the OS, text and web pages fast and without any issues on higher resolutions. I actually have to drop the res of my HDTV to 720p to read the text without strain on a living room setup. Using large fonts or zoom functions in 1080p just result in text, button and font imabalances or slow and awkward browsing in zoomed in mode. IE almost got their zoomed mode right, but ...it's IE  |
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Post by bobbyt on Mar 2, 2012 7:50:57 GMT -5
Higher res would be GREAT if they could figure out how to scale the OS, text and web pages fast and without any issues on higher resolutions. I actually have to drop the res of my HDTV to 720p to read the text without strain on a living room setup. Using large fonts or zoom functions in 1080p just result in text, button and font imabalances or slow and awkward browsing in zoomed in mode. IE almost got their zoomed mode right, but ...it's IE It sounds like your problem is that the resolution is too LOW. A big TV just means stretching the same 1080 lines across a huge area, so of course everything will look blown up. Unless you're very far away, there's no way to make fine text look better. With higher resolution, you have fine detail at whatever size you use, so up close you can fit a ton of information (high-rez monitor distance), and when you're too far back to see tiny text you can just zoom without turning everything all pixelated (TV distance). Hold control and use either the mouse wheel or +/- keys. That's zoom in most applications. |
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Post by garbulky on Mar 5, 2012 10:55:15 GMT -5
Higher res would be GREAT if they could figure out how to scale the OS, text and web pages fast and without any issues on higher resolutions. I actually have to drop the res of my HDTV to 720p to read the text without strain on a living room setup. Using large fonts or zoom functions in 1080p just result in text, button and font imabalances or slow and awkward browsing in zoomed in mode. IE almost got their zoomed mode right, but ...it's IE It sounds like your problem is that the resolution is too LOW. A big TV just means stretching the same 1080 lines across a huge area, so of course everything will look blown up. Unless you're very far away, there's no way to make fine text look better. With higher resolution, you have fine detail at whatever size you use, so up close you can fit a ton of information (high-rez monitor distance), and when you're too far back to see tiny text you can just zoom without turning everything all pixelated (TV distance). Hold control and use either the mouse wheel or +/- keys. That's zoom in most applications. Thanks for the advice. Actually, for me, I sit about 4-5 feet away from the HDTV. So my problem is not the quality of the text resolution but getting the text to appear in large enough size so I can read it from far away without making things look awkward. For instance, in one form of zooming in browsing the text is made larger but the pictures aren't, and usually it looks awkward the way the browser increases the font size. In the other, everything including the pictures and fonts are zoomed in at the correct proportions BUT then this happens: 1. Scrolling becomes much slower in response time on my old dual core system. 2. I'm constantly scrolling side to side to read certain web pages. If I adjust down to 720p the text is bigger but of course,I lose resolution which isn't as bad as it sounds on a big tv. 3. Video window size becomes outlandish. The other problem is windows 7. If I zoom in using Ctrl + the mouse wheel, the icons will get bigger but not necessarily the text. So it looks awkward. Adjust it to extra large fonts and you get a few hits and misses. I assume this is all because the look of websites and windows user interface was designed to run on displays that were not that high-res and designed to be read with ones face very close to the screen unlike me who uses it as a living room setup. |
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Post by sidvicious on Mar 5, 2012 11:57:57 GMT -5
That will be an awesome set up with the Dells, I use three 23" Samsungs on a single stand on the desk, but in portrait mode and at 5760 x 1080, gaming mode less. I have 2 Nividia Gtx 460's.
I have a computer in the basement hooked up to the plasma and would have the same problem with text, but the nvidia drivers are pretty decent , not perfect and I two sit 4-6 feet back. But on my projector it's fun gaming.
The best part of Eyefinity is the ability to use one card with all but the highest resolution in games, except the 7970. Nvidia is two cards until the gtx 590 series. Those monitors are nice, would like to have three thirty inchers. Good luck with your set up.
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. That is a great price a1uc.
