Dual 24-inch monitors or one 30-inch monitor?
I added a second 24-inch monitor (Dell 2408WFP) to accompany my lonely Dell 2407WFP. Yeah, the colors don’t really match up, but I used some calibration software to get pretty close. At least the exteriors look visually similar. A nice touch on my 2408WFP compared to my 2407WFP is that it has DisplayPort and HDMI.
After setting up the monitors side-by-side, I am frankly overwhelmed. I feel like there might be TOO much horizontal real estate, like, uh, 3840 pixels worth, while I don’t have enough vertical real estate. I remember feeling similarly awed when I upgraded from my 19″ 1280×1024 to my first 24″ 1920×1200. However, I got used to that feeling really quickly. I am still not used to there being so much head-turning to see two monitors. I do like the idea of having two monitors, and it’s great to be able to separate my workspaces with a distinct physical separation. However, it feels like there is way too much visual information for me to process and it might be time to downsize (is that even the proper term) to one 30-inch.
I’ll give it another week or two and post my impressions then. Any thoughts out there in internetland?
Dave said,
November 8, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
Rotate the second 24″ 90 degrees.