[dba-Tech] New Flat panel display

I tried to use a 19 inch and a 17 inch monitor on a dual monitor setup
and didn't have much luck with it. I ended up abandoning the idea.
Then I switched some systems around and now have two 19 inch flat
panel monitors on the same system and it works fabulously. I also have
two 19 inch CRT monitors on my work system and it works great too. I
previously had to 17 inch monitors here. This system uses a single VGA
output with a splitter thing to connect the two monitors. On my home
system one of the monitors is connected to the analog vga port on the
video card and the other is connected to the digital DVI output. Once
you work with a dual monitor system you will find it hard to ever work
on a single monitor system again.

So it's been my experience that it works great with the monitors using
the same screen format and size and resolution. I did have some
difficulties getting it to work with different sized monitors. It
seemed to cut stuff off on the smaller monitor. Truth be told I didn't
really work at fixing it all that long though before I decided to bag
it.

One funny thing I have to add. I have a Television right next to the
two monitors system on my desk at home. I do sometimes try to drag
something over to that "third monitor."

GK

On 11/7/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> I also want to run dual monitor.  My biggest question is how it works when
> one monitor is at one resolution and the other is at a different resolution.
> I do a LOT of remote desktop stuff into client systems, and it is a PITA to
> switch back and forth between the remote desktop and my desktop.  So one
> thing I hope to accomplish is to have the remote desktop on the external
> display and my desktop on the built-in laptop display.  What is still
> uncertain is how the mouse behaves in a case like this.  I suppose I need to
> hook up my old CRT monitor to my desktop and experiment with this before I
> go do this.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:05 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] New Flat panel display
>
> I got an Acer 22" for a mere $209 CDN recently. And that was before the CDN
> dollar surpassed the US dollar. But that's beside the point. Currently I'm
> doing a gig writing Excel VBA code at a place called Franklin Templeton
> Investments. The department I'm in is about 90% Macs, and several of the
> workers have just acquired 30" monitors. Wow! (Mind you, they now have to
> upgrade their video cards because the new permissible resolution is beyond
> the capability of their current video, so what they get is the same old
> desktop writ large.
>
> Nice as the 30" is, I'm thinking that I want a pair of 22" monitors side by
> side and configured to behave as one really wide-screen monitor. My question
> is this: the HP box on which I want to set this up has only one video
> outlet. Can I simply buy a video card and plonk it in and hook the second
> monitor to it, or must I buy a video-card with a pair of outlets on it and
> hook both monitors to it?
>
> TIA,
> Arthur
>
> On 11/7/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am about to spring for a flat panel display to use on my notebook in
> > addition to the built in notebook display (two monitors).  The laptop
> > is a Dell M90 with the 17" 1440 x 900 display (which I really like).
> > I am looking at a 22" external monitor.  These all appear to be
> > standardized on the 1680 x 1050 resolution.
> >
> > I am looking for tips, suggestions, gotcha's and "don't even think about".
> > Does anyone care to pipe up?
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> > www.ColbyConsulting.com
> >
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