Monitor size?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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My main monitor is an Acer AL2423W 24" widescreen (1920 x 1200). At the moment it has a 20" 4:3 alongside it as a secondary, which is OK...but nowhere near as good as a second 24". :rolleyes: For development work, I find that setup much more productive than using smaller monitors, and infinitely more productive than a single monitor. If you are using a 17" 4:3 TFT, you will probably find a 20"-22" widescreen a significant improvement (lots more room off to the side for those docking windows!), although I'd stay clear of 19" widescreen displays as you may find that they look smaller vertically. My laptop (an Acer Travelmate 8215) has a 15.4" widescreen TFT (1680 x 1050), and that's pretty usable too (though I do miss the additional real estate a bit). We've also just received a Travelmate 5624 (17", 1440 x 900) for a demo at the ESWC in November, and the display on that is quite stunning, despite the lower resolution. It sure is a bulky thing, though. :doh:
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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2x 20" (1600x1200) HP LCDs on the desktop. Laptop is 17" 1920x1200 plus a 19" at 1280,1024. Different coloured mice help me find the right cursor when they're side-by-side. I also do AutoCAD on these computers so that matters too. It's definitely a plus to be able to see more without scrolling. I agree with a post above - pixel count matters more than size. Also, with small pixels & small text, when it gets blurry then you're too tired - go to bed! It's a shame my Quadro will only drive 1 of the HP 30-inch displays - 2 of them would be sweet! Did someone say "SLI" ?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I use a 19" at work and its fine - at home I've two 20" wide screens side by side how much code do you need to use at once? Bryce
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I used 1440 x 900 two LCD monitors. Actually there is no real advantage. But in some cases it is really helpful, like you want to refer a e-book while testing there codes and stuff. So, you can do it on two separate desktops. Eranga:)
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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For web based programming I like using 2 screens. I work on a laptop with a 15.4" lcd that I use for testing purposes and a 17" LCD add on screen that I rather use for the coding. It's really nice to be able to code on the one side and see you changes on the other side. Even when I go through examples, it's far nicer to be able to see the example on onside and test on the other. It's far more productive than alt tab to try and do the same. I would say to go for a minimum of 22" LCD. I know and have seen that you can easily fit two windows on that size. It makes viewing you code soOOOOO much better. Wish I had one for work :sigh:
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I working mostly in Visual Studio. But since I don't like having to Alt-Tab my way through the open applications (mail, SQL Server Management Studio and so on) I've got one 24" LCD and a 19" LCD. On the 19" I have VS open and on the 24" I have up to four applications running side by side. :) I tried a 27" but that was too big to have any kind of efficient overview. //Jaggernauten
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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There is an advantage when using a bigger monitor, everything is a bit more to the side and the workspace for say designing a webpage in visual studio is bigger. I have a 22" widescreen and it works great for me. I used to have a dual monitor setup, but it was not cheap to maintain and I tossed both monitors out when one broke and I couldn't get the same model anymore.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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Two 21" 1600x1200 Samsung Syncmaster (213T + 214T). I normally have the application on one monitor and the debuggar/ide on the second... When it comes to inches vs. pixels -- it all depends on your eyesight. As I normally sits around 1-1.5 meter, I don't have any problem with keeping them in sight... adding a third would probably make me look a bit owlish... As I'm still doing all too much maintainance in VB6 on a application with a plugin that struggles for "on top" all the time, I might be biased. When it comes to numbers of monitor, I thought like you... Nowadays... You'll have to pry the second monitor from my cold dead fingers...
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I use 3 monitors when using visual studio , stretch the ide over two monitors so that you have the designer in one , and your code in the other , then the third monitor is for bringing up help , running the programs in , looking up the code project .. one was definately not enough , I went to two and found I had to keep minimising things , so i added the third ..
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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Take a look at what Al Gore uses.
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I have two 32" 30" monitors. I don't think that there is any real advantage for programming, I am just here to brag. :-D -- modified at 11:35 Monday 15th October, 2007
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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Personally, I think that above about 19" the screen starts to get too big to be able to see at a glance. However, the *big* gain is when you have two monitors. I can't believe that some posters say that there is no advantage to this. I will never again try to debug a GUI application without two monitors. Imagine the situation... there is an annoying bug that only appears when when a sequence of messages appears in the message queue. You don't know quite what it is, so you set a breakpoint after the first (known) message arrives. You run through the application. Bang! You hit it... and your IDE pops up in front of the application being debugged, causing a host of extra messages to be places in your application's message queue. That's why two screens are useful.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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22-inch
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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John Cardinal wrote:
Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio?
I find for VS that wider is better. Always take an X" widescreen over a normal X" screen, especially now the prices are so close. You will find it does make a noticable difference. I use two 24" widescreens for development work. I did have three normal-ratio screens, but found the extra horizontal screen space was a better tradeoff for what is essentially the same amount of desktop space. If you go for multiple displays make sure you match them both. I don't understand how people can use different vertical sizes on the same desktop - I find it very hard on the eyes to keep swapping resolutions.
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/gallery.asp?date=desc&nummon=true&mon=desc[^] Some scarily large implementations! As others have said, multiple can be better than bigger single monitors. A really big 24" might allow you to have VS on the left, and say the app you are debugging or the help documentation up -but in reality you spend time fiddling about trying to get windows sized and positioned correctly. With two or more monitors you put each window in a monitor and maximize it. I use two 17" at 1280x1024 and have done for about five years now (even our accountant has copied me!). However I am planning to upgrade one monitor to 22" for the bigger resolution for VS - if you have toolbox/solution/output/watch/etc all open the code doesn't get much space left! My only question is if I get two NVidia 8800s on an SLI motherboard can I use four displays?
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I currently use a 17'' lcd monitor, I'm in visual Studio all day pretty much. I'm thinking of going to a bigger monitor but I'm not sure if there is any real advantage to it. Currently my monitor is fairly close, about an arms length away or less if I'm leaning in. I hate having multiple windows in view at the same time and always run them full screen and swap instead. That would not change no matter how large my monitor is because I like to focus on one thing at a time. Is there any real advantage to having a bigger monitor for Visual Studio? And what size are you using for programming?
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4x 20" (1600 x 1200) I use VS 9 in three monitors at once - the middle one for code (nothing but code), the right for error list, toolbox, properties, Code Definiton window (shows definition of currently selected identifier; very useful), etc.. in a floating dockable pane, and the left for object browser and help (so I can refer to it as I code), in another floating pane. I hate widescreen - I don't like scrolling vertically.
