The Benefits Of Multiple Monitors

[surfbum5412]

Dude, stop trying to explain why this isn't super fucking geeky.

[Minetainment]

Whats with the battlefield vietnam on the center monitor(Yes i spent a minute identifying it)

[dhide14]

those are some ugly ass monitor stands.....fuck

[TheStupidTroopers]

@dhide14 Bro....it was 4 years ago..Technology rises fast

[binaryD3struct0r]

How was this set up using a laptop? There needs to be some external device that's powering at least one other graphics card.

[AlpacaProductionz]

yeah, you can totaly look at 5 screens and concentrate on every task while doing so... faarrooouuuttt

[chica476]

A hymn to American consumer-culturalism.

[bakari45]

I’m thinking about adding a third monitor to my setup. I would like to have one monitor just for desktop stuff, since screen shots on there always get buried behind other windows.

[mcstehlampe]

.. its called dual screen or?

[MrCalvinGu]

I think you have a problem with ghosting:

1:24

[rudead4]

i think they already made something like that, its called the program tabs at the bottom of the screen.

[IchiJewSan]

So how do i play games on one screen and watch porn on another? can you teach me?

[stanek007]

one word: POINTLESS

thanks, bye (:

[hellomrjunk]

@denis1110 haha, spoiled douche bag who's Friday nights consists of WOW and redbull. Cos you can't get a date

[karmasbeeoch]

multiple screens is fugggly

[CDA441]

can you game and work (on internet) toghether?

[1cicc]

And.... did it make your dick grow bigger son?

[hellomrjunk]

Haha, nerd

[denis1110]

@hellomrjunk

hahaha poor child with no money!

[JPiiiX]

LMAO the comments are so funny.

[Kidason1337]

wat cables are you using and Can u have the laptop screen off and closed ????????????????????????? with those screens still on

[v4ppo]

you´re faggot

[HoiDiego]

Its nice to multiple monitors, but Can you say mega blind in the future?

[TkMToM1993]

Don't that huge clock get in the way abit?? lol

[didkei]

2 monitors will do the job just fine unless ur multimedia's geekest geek on the planet

[rzlosty]

Thats naff. I have 2 screens atm, but you cant physically watch a movie and do a spreadsheet, while using skype.. msn etc.

2 screens is usefull for the home user like me cos i can view main things such as web browsers etc on one and have msn, music etc open on the other.. i couldnt use 3.

[knightfox2010]

can you show how to set this up

that would be nice

[bobsamurai]

multiple computers are more efficient im surrounded by 3 pcs and 4 monitors you wouldnt believe how great it is

[ncjurado]

Interesting.

[T0BBi94]

the only reason i think this Could be good is if you can play a game while surfing the web... can you? plz answer, because that would be great xP

[felixcruzazul]

how in hell can he be using 3 monitors with 1 single cable ? cumming from his computer? dosent he need 3 separate outputs ether vga dvi or s video ???

[MagnusRulerHardt]

@felixcruzazul

I guess you have a cable from one monitor to the next, a USB cable.

[socomowner]

@MagnusRulerHardt no you have a cable from each monitor to the video card.

[MagnusRulerHardt]

@socomowner

I noticed now that I have it myself.

[stargater94]

@felixcruzazul the only thing "cumming" from his computer is that porno from last night :/

Fail Spelling ftw?

[felixcruzazul]

@stargater94 its the internet noone spelles right no one likes smart asses

[stargater94]

@felixcruzazul it had too much troll lulz....

[BigPerm5000]

Nerd! haha i win.

[cousinsuk]

Lucky my windows xp pc has 9 usb ports in total.

6 at the back,

3 at the front,

I can't wait!

[taterfrickintot]

i hae dual monitors right now. it makes the PC experience so much better =D

[iShutup2]

would i need to get a better prossessor because on one screen i want to do maya, on the other i want to do mudbox

[klote2314]

yeah but then u get the problem

the human cant multitask that goo'd

how can u watch a movie while making a PPP -.- kinda lame reason if u ask me

[Jerrychrist666]

don't want to seem like an @sshole but is somebody compensating for something?

[DoubleX31]

You're implying that he's compensating for "something" because he has 3 monitors? Why?

Are rich people with more than one Lamborghini compensating for something?

There's actual practical uses for multiple monitors unlike multiple sports cars (aside from showing off).

[joesmellor]

Anyone tell me what those monitors he's using are?

[kratug]

use alt-tab, stupid! be economical!  economize World's resources!!!

[captainclayman]

what if he doesnt WANNA?

[kratug]

Why? Because he got no legs and hands with fingers and he is pushing buttons with his nose, right?

[sydneywhz]

He is economizing world's resources by increasing productivity. It is definitely more economical to buy additional screens rather than buy an additional set of computer and employing more people to do the same amount of job. If you have never experienced the using dual monitor, then you probably won't get my point. Just try it. Don't think you will need 4 though.

[Josh8hood]

@kratug YES!!!! I agree

[BeckhamJarrold]

u have way 2 much money.

......but its awsome

[analyst2004]

one screen i got my games

screen 2 i have my action pact movie

3rd screen i just have a clock to see the time

4th screen i have the internet

5th screen i have chatting

and 6th screen i have my porn vid

[GamersDesire]

@analyst2004 Porn should be priority

[bikutorusan]

@analyst2004 lol one screen for the clock. I found that hilarious ^^

[unrealhound]

@analyst2004 Weird I have Porn in all first 5 and the 6th is the clock. :(

[pstchaseki]

@analyst2004 6th screen....PRICELESS

[stanek007]

@analyst2004 while i was reading 5th i was wondering about 6th with some "sex stuff"..hahahahaha and bach!!..there it goes hahaah xD

[bravechampion2]

how do i do this i have a 23" and a 15"

[turtlebot3000]

You need a dual screen graphic card or just multiple cards.

[analyst2004]

@bravechampion2 go and see your doctor he might be able to help

[Fr0zone662]

TBH I think more than 2 screens are just for lazy people it just takes 2 seconds to watch your e-mail or check out skype.

I think it pretty funny to have a dual screen setup but.... 4 monitors is a little too much for me...

But its your choose I think its wasting money.

[arhaznook]

It depends on type of work. This video shows wrong reasons for multiple monitors. This user is actually having multiple apps open, in use which works for him since all apps he mentions are low end processor intensive.

If you work in graphics, 3D, video then multiple monitor cuts a lot of hassle to juggle palettes around and lower stress on eyes.

I have 3 monitors which in 3D allows me to have palettes on left, modeling in middle and Camera on Right.

I do not have to close and open any windows.

[arhaznook]

Money ... You are willing to pay $100+/ month for car & house insurance but would you think investing a one time $600-2000 for 3-8 years for your health, decrease of eye strain, lesser wrist strain & more productivity is waste of money? Most people I have watched working, amount juggling in graphic apps is astounding. If you do video overlay & editing 4 monitors is perfect. Obviously you need good video cards & monitors but it is justified for work not fun. Unless you have a lot of money : )

[entrailsgalore]

What about for stock and currency traders? You think they are lazy?

[firdhaus]

yup, i use multiple monitors for my trading...

=)

[entrailsgalore]

Yeah exactly, almost all high end stock traders ( aka those who make bank doing it and take it seriously) use multiple monitors, usually between 3-6 sometimes even more, just to trade daily. But apparently they are just lazy and shouldn't use more than 2.

[firdhaus]

no they are not lazy. High volume and high frequency traders need to make split second decisions. having more monitors adds to productivity because you don't have to open and close to switch between browsers and applications. Perhaps this video is a bad example. LOL

[firdhaus]

besides, for they can earn back their returns of investment in just one trade. A monitor cost nothing to them.

[entrailsgalore]

Yeah exactly, but Fr0zone662 over here says it is for "lazy people". I didn't know being more efficient is always considered "lazy". But I agree they will make their money back plus profit, so the cost of 6 monitors doesn't mean much.

[haha48]

I helped a guy doing stock stuff setup his computer he did 6 30 inch moniters at 1200 each... plus video cards to run it 300 a peice he spend like 20k on everything..

[entrailsgalore]

@haha48 Yeah day traders usually have between 3-8 monitors.

[TripleFam]

Dual screen setup!! Too bad YouTube won't let you watch a video fullscreened in one monitor while browsing the web in another (it'll just cancel your fullscreen, leaving you to that tiny screen.) Petition with me to get a "Do Not Break Fullscreen" feature!! Spread my lone video around and get it noticed by the YouTube admins, and in time, we'll be able to TRULY enjoy our dual screen setups!!! watch?v=rQzsLdj6et4 !!!

[marsters256]

So let me get this straight...

You can do all the things you can do on one monitor but on the OTHER monitors?

Holy shit.

[suckseggs]

yes welcome to the tech world

[Cobrax101]

Ya more than 2 screens is just a waste of space imo. Idc how much work you're doing or what you're playing & watching/doing at once, you don't need 3 lol.

[GUITARPLAYAx93x]

@Cobrax101 /watch?v=7bWkmyD1bfQ its worth it. I have 3.

[Cobrax101]

@GUITARPLAYAx93x I literally hate that because no matter how cool it sometimes looks; the border between the screens just ruins it for me.

[GUITARPLAYAx93x]

@Cobrax101 When you're playing a game, you aren't supposed to ever look directly at the side monitors, it just offers peripheral vision and makes the game ten times more immersive. You'd have to try it to understand how epic it is lol.

[Cobrax101]

@GUITARPLAYAx93x I have. I don't like it. lol

[MrTwinkies2010]

@Cobrax101 I know, but its fun as hell!

[Cobrax101]

@MrTwinkies2010 Ya I know...just a week ago I was -thinking- about putting a third monitor in because with all the programming and software engineering I do I need the screen real estate...but then I remembered there's always a minimize button and the windows roll tab. =P lol

[crypticspoon93]

@Cobrax101 Monitoring ingoing and outgoing web traffic on one.

monitoring server load and my emails on another.

web surfing on another

the final one is the one i do active work on.

yeah thats 4 proper uses.

you'd be surprised how much is done in the IT office

[Cobrax101]

@crypticspoon93 No I wouldn't. lol Which is why even I said I'm thinking of running a third screen. As a programmer and a software engineer I need all the space I can get. Just when it comes to gaming I can't stand it. Also, seriously you can only -see- so much at one time...why waste the desk space. lol

[TheMatt7000]

@Cobrax101 One for my browser, one for Tweetdeck and one for videos. Any more than THAT is too much ;)

[levi799]

@TheMatt7000 Why the hello would you use one for videos and then other for browsing? It sounds that you thought it was cool to have multiple monitors and you dont really know what to do with that. I use 2 but never use the second for anything else when watching a video, its the stupidest thing. Do you really need tweetdeck that much? I understand multiple monitors for working, but for entertainment such as video to just get distracted sounds stupid as hell.

[TheMatt7000]

@levi799 Without Tweetdeck open I would be out of a job and need multiple monitors for work. Think before you comment.

[levi799]

@TheMatt7000 So you need to watch a movie and still browse the internet? Sure, you need to have tweetdeck just in case, but browse the internet while watching a movie? Your job sure must be easy then.

[GreetingEarthlings]

@Cobrax101 three for gaming

[xmodrock]

@Cobrax101 3 is nice and its alot of fun with games.. i got a single apple LED cinema display @ 2560x1440 lol i got enough real estate on my 27" display

[222phobos]

ok i have dual screen and its an advantage but I think that three screens are not that useful as this man told

[Danjs1993]

my family has an extra computer that is never used so i just took the monitor and attached it to my laptop and it makes my windows experience a whole lot better :) i have windows vista and adding an extra monitor doesnt mess anything up.

[TheElwall]

No need at all, only an absolute twat would do this!!!

[thebestsportonearth]

ha ha, maybe your choice of words is a bit strong but I know exactly what you mean!

[TheElwall]

hahaha... true XD

[Angelvinni]

to many, just get 2 or put one on top to make it a command center.

[cheezmartian]

You would be like where did my skype go of its on that screen

[AUSmactec]

yeah, the windows will automatically adjust itself

[marquesbrownlee]

A brief monitor question, if anyone can answer it:

I currently have a 17" laptop running @ 1440x900

If I buy a 22" monitor @ 1680x1050 and try to dual screen with my laptop (extend my desktop) will windows get messed up as I drag them across?

What is your reccomendation for dual monitors at different resolutions?

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

::MKB::

[CaveCam]

Hello, i have tried this with my laptop. It is really a bad idea. The reason being is you set your resolution and both monitors go to that resolution. If you truly want to dual monitor, you want the same resolution screens,,

[malibooroo]

You jus configure them separetly its no problem... I had my laptop 1280x800 and a 24" monitor 1920x1200 with no issues what so ever...

[Adamrfaz]

Lord thats to much. I couldn't handle all my attention with that many screens. I think two is fine.

[latuman]

There is no real limit where more monitors are useless.

you get as many as you need. Music producers might need 3, 3d Modelers 2...

Or if you just WANT TO you can spread ordinary programs to those monitors too. Its more "fun" at that point.

[koryan]

is it worth going dual monitors for 1680x1050 res? or only full HD??

i got a samsung 2253lw atm and consider getting another for bout $200..

[rickhamlet]

HAHAHA dumb...way too many monitors.

[infernalmage]

man, 2 monitors is enough, but have 3,4, 6 + it's just dumb and outrageous.

[BePrepared2012]

how do you actually connect more than two is it through usb because i have one monitor connected to my laptop and i want another one

[killahghostface15]

how can i set up my two monitors to my pc can u please help me up?

please

please

[chunkyblader]

first off get a graphics card that can take 2 monitors. then look for a tutorial on youtube.

[stopfakn]

Dumb question but do they have to sit next to each other lie that. Can i have one on my desk and the other on my side table lol. very nice video

[boringlyawesum]

opposite of going green

[smstudiobg]

This is stupid. Why don't you just use one monitor with high resolution? These four monitors consume energy as one may be six time larger than them. This is low efficiency I mean. You waste energy. Anyway a USB connection for a monitor is really useful.

[Feuerwaffen]

Maybe someone wants to play Cod4 and browse the internet at the same time?

[bnocbsbuy]

for audio producers, like myself, it is very usefull to have extra screen real estate so that you can have a wider veiw of a software mixer, or to veiw software synthesizers at the same time. It also makes productivity greater.

[smstudiobg]

You are wright. But I don't think you need 4 or 5 monitors. I am an electronics engineer and I also use complicated software which requires more space so I use 20" 1680x1050 monitor. It's personal choice which one is better - one big or two smaller monitors. Anyway using more than 3 is rarely needed even by brokers for keeping track of large amounts of information at the same time. Photographers use sometimes 2 or 3 monitors for panorama making. But 4 and more is too muck I think.

[SuperNova20202020]

How about 2 20" monitors? =]

But thats too much for my wallet to handle lol

[smstudiobg]

Yes this is great choice if you need large amount of space (pixels). The monitors are not too big but have large resolution which is great. I don't like 19" and 22" monitor because they have resolution like 17" and 20" but are bigger. These are monitors and not TVs so you don't need them big (only for movies may be). These days it's better to use FullHD TV for movies instead of monitor (personal vision). Hope to have one of theese some day :)

[cYb3r9h0s7]

I can understand 2 (winamp song list or film on one, Web or Photoshop etc on the other) BUT why FOUR!

[daOriGinooGrapeBeer]

This is extrememly useful. Anyone who has ever used multiple graphics and photo editing programs will tell you that. Same for web designer/coders. Example: you may be working in Photoshop/Flash/Dreamweaver/No­tepad all at the same time, haing multiple monitors improves your productivity. Ridiculing someone who uses more than one display is like laughing at a person who upgrades from a 10" CRT

[rfry]

i do it and it makes a HUGE difference. when your trying to create videos or edit and various other things

[kashish07111988]

I think this is a thing that many would try just because it will fascinates them, but I don't think it has much of use

Plus it reduces the performance so people having lower model of processor or lower ram will have a lots of trouble using it.

good to learn how to do it, but there is no real use of it.

You do one work at a time not 4 LOL

You might disagree but that's my point of view, you may think different. :)

[usmcbulldog90]

now thats just stupid

[ladycwalker]

FUckin Geek why the fuck did u bye a laptop. bludy buy a 40" TV and hook it up. fuckiin compute geek. do screens turn u on or something ?>

[MR24HRS]

thats funny,,,,,,, he has a screen fetish :)

[thourzx]

Heard of minimize and maximize?

[djoutlaws]

Do your screens get gradually smaller from right to left or are they all the same model/size?

[MTROVER1]

The screens can be all different sizes and resolutions, but in this setup they are all the same size accept for the laptop which is smaller.

[atthedustin]

with the laptop you can waste even more time-on the go!

[BetterThanUForSure]

can you masturbate and upoload the video on those 4 monitors of yours for us to see?

[fayik123]

will a sli setup allow me to run 4 monitors? When enabling and disabling sli in the nvidia control panel, when i disable sli link up mode will the disabled card no longer be using extra power(watts) and save electric. SO when i disable sli when i dont need it will it no longer be drawing the extra electric and save electric bills. THe only rean i am considering sli is so i can run 3-4 monitors. COuld i run any cheap nvidia card with my 8800 gts 512 with no problems.

[x360zgamer]

I put a xbox vistion cam on a laptop and made the cam like a security cam with scanner and camra wizzerd and put it on a big screen

[HungryForTech]

that's awesome, I wanna do triple screen, but I only have one vga port on my laptop so right now i'm only using dual screen on two kinda small monitors (both under 17", and not widescreen) :(

[lbulcaansc11]

u can get a splitter to have more monitors

[CustomBuild]

So can i literally drag programs from one monitor to the other and use them the mouse just freely moves from one monitor to the next?

[lbulcaansc11]

yea

[CustomBuild]

Is that only on osx?

[lbulcaansc11]

no on any computer. If you dont have another vga/dvi port then u can get an adapter thats dvi or vga to a usb and just plug your monitor into the usb port. The quality isn't as good but its still pretty good

[CustomBuild]

so could i have 3 different full screen applications on each monitor and just drag the mouse to use each. Like a game, sony vegas and msn?

[lbulcaansc11]

yea

[CustomBuild]

would it still work like that with a matrox head2go?

[lbulcaansc11]

i dont know what that is

[momurda6]

egnilk66: its not a product, all the monitors he uses are connected through USB and not your standard VGA connection. therefore if you get a usb hub, you can connect as many monitors as possible. thats how some people go crazy with even 6 monitors.

if you got the ££££, you can do it.

[AcuteAnalogy]

6 monitors?!?!

Yeah but could someone with 6 monitors on the same computer work on 6 different things? For instance: on the monitors 1,2,and 3 you'd have 3 different websites up. On the remaining 3 monitors maybe you'd have a video game, Notepad and a spread sheet up. Is that scenario possible using the same computer?

[GunmetalSR]

maybe not that one but you could easily build a computer to handle that plus more with no problems

[JBE101]

If the computer can handle that much processing then yes. I doubt that laptop in the video is able to do that. My plan is to build a computer capable of doing mult screens doing your scenario.

[chunder123]

I made mistake. Video play full screen on any monitor i position them fine and i can still operate on the other screen and watch video on the other. But when i tru this with other full screen photo slide shows. the windows slideshow jumps to the primary monitor automaticaly and the primary monitor will not be able to use progrmas whilst the slideshow is in use. It work with full screen video so why not a slideshow. ITs annoying. windows media centre will stay on the monitor is position it though

[MarksmanKen]

I can maybe see the point of dual monitors for some uses but 4 monitors is pointless like that, just a novelty, I mean while your doing your powerpoint presentation you cant really watch a video at same time and if you try to its just distracting you from doing it anyway. CAD, programming and so on are good examples of dual monitor setups.

[palmerpoop]

It's not pointless.. I use 3 and I still need more lol.

[entre2chaises]

I figured the point was to show that one *could* have 4 displays at one time, not how to use 4 displays efficiently. Everyone has different needs and preferences.

[entre2chaises]

Some people like to have one monitor for their email app (full screen), one for their blog aggregator (full screen), and one or two others to actually work on. So although you *attend* to only one monitor at a time, you are still using the others to do various tasks that you can track intermittently.

Different strokes for different folks.

[chunder123]

I am running dual displays on xp. When i double click a video to full screen mode on my secondary monitor it automatically jumps to the primary display. Is there any way to make it stay full screen on the seconday display?

[entre2chaises]

I'd like to know the answer to that question, too! From what I can tell, windows pop up where they want, how they want, and there's not much control the user can have. It's aggravating.

[prelan]

what about using 3d desktop effects with dual monitor set-ups?

[egnilk66]

Can you show what your Display Settings look like in this configuration? Does it show four monitors?

[egnilk66]

What is the USB product that you're using?

[chunder123]

can you have multiple windows start menus? Instead of just one.