Just got my tax return & I am downgrading/replacing my 32" flat screen as a computer monitor & throwing it in the bedroom.

The only problem is, I don't know if I want another smaller TV or 2 - 19" computer monitors. Does anyone have any input as to what I should get & if so any brands that are good but somewhat cheap?

I got a 23" LED monitor and it was only 220 bones I think.

I think you should get a nice big monitor

I was gonna answer you til you had Kid Rock Jr. flip me off.

(02-19-2012 02:05 PM)esto Wrote:  

Man, I hate that song.

If it were me though, I'd go with dual monitors. Never used two monitors at the same time, but from what I've seen it makes it pretty easy to separate work from play. You could have Photoshop (or whatever program you work with) on one monitor, and KBC/facebook/twitter/whatever else you use the internet for on the other.

i got a 42 inch HDTV as my main display and have a 17 inch monitor to the side.

i like the idea of 2 monitors. it's different though, and i don't adapt to change well.

(02-19-2012 03:03 PM)Dakotizza Wrote:  i got a 42 inch HDTV as my main display and have a 17 inch monitor to the side.

This, except I have a 32" and a 19".

The wife and I are fairly happy with our Vizio's from Wal-Mart. I think we got a 32 for around 220 or something?

Today's purchase

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia%26%...&cp=1&lp=1

(02-19-2012 07:11 PM)esto Wrote:  Today's purchase

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia%26%...&cp=1&lp=1

does your computer have HDMI output?

yes sir

(02-19-2012 07:22 PM)esto Wrote:  yes sir

very nice. i think HD on computers is amazing. I went back to a regular SD computer for awhile and could barely look at it.

i have two 24" flat screen monitors

(02-19-2012 07:31 PM)bj0rn Wrote:  i have two 24" flat screen monitors

That's about as good as it gets. I'd like to switch from the 42/17 inchers and go even like that.

I'm actually using a VGA cable. I loved the HDMI cable, but my screen blinked every few minutes & I tried troubleshooting forever & finally gave up on it and just went with the VGA cable.

I have a 17.3" laptop screen and a 22" monitor for a second display. 17, woop.

(02-19-2012 09:11 PM)marlin Wrote:  I have a 17.3" laptop screen and a 22" monitor for a second display. 17, woop.

2whoops.

I use a 46 inch in the living room and dual 23" monitors in my office. I gotta say, the dual screen in the office is too much real estate.

after using dual screens for a while it's hard to go back to just one. love it too much.

If I did dual monitors, I would HAVE to have the borderless ones that are designed for it. Having a 1/2"+ gap would just irk me to no end

yeah, but a lot of silly things bother you. you have unique opinions.

I've been using dual monitors for about 3 years now. I don't think I could ever go back to using a single display.

(02-21-2012 04:16 PM)projektidiot Wrote:  yeah, but a lot of silly things bother you. you have unique opinions.

I guess every day use it wouldnt be a big deal... I could just do half my crap on one monitor, half on the other... but like, if I were playing a game, and essentially using the two monitors as one big wide monitor, having a big black line going RIGHT down the middle of my fucking field of view? FUCK that...

I usually just have the game on one screen. That would be really annoying. But being able to watch videos on one screen and do stuff on the other, plus 80 million other combinations, unfuckwitable.

Rocking 2 monitors is pretty popular over on /r/battlestations. I just use an old ass 32" lcd. Works fo' me.