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The trend I see is developers moving away from two monitors to one big one. Less head movement, fewer cables, and fewer software driver issues seem to be the re

by caseyf7 11y ago

The trend I see is developers moving away from two monitors to one big one. Less head movement, fewer cables, and fewer software driver issues seem to be the reason.

blackobelisk 11y ago
I totally understand there preference of one monitor vs two, but I don't know anyone who has driver issues with monitors
- cnvogel 11y ago
  I have have a notebook with internal hybrid graphics and the max number of external monitors connected. Whenever the configuration changes the utilities installed along the actual drivers (Intel and Nvidia) begin to fight for who gets to configure the layout. Monitors go on/off seemingly randomly for a few seconds. As I only use the multi monitor setup when the machine is docked, I don't care about that funny dance every morning. But there's an administrator profile on this windows machine that reproducibly locks up when in multi monitor mode.
strictnein 11y ago
This is exactly my experience (although I haven't had driver issues with multiple monitors for over 10 years). Went from a 1920x1200 24" widescreen and a 1600x1200 20" 4:3 to just a single 2560x1440 27" widescreen. Next step will be to a 32"+ 4k monitor and I can't imagine needing much more than that for a long time.
- cdr 11y ago
  When I was using 2-3 monitors, I had all kinds of trouble with them under linux. This was no doubt mostly due to them being different orientations, but there were no end of driver/window manager issues with various distros. Windows always worked flawlessly.
highace 11y ago
This is exactly what I've done - the Philips BDM4065UC is a 40" 4k monitor, so the overall pixel density is about the same as a 24" 1080p. It's like having 4 x 1080p monitors in a block. Also it runs at 60hz over a single displayport cable if your output supports it.
- seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  I went to one 28" 4K monitor. Just as many pixels as before, all compressed into a higher PPI...it is beautiful. I can't wait for 5K. Not having a second monitor is annoying for real estate management reasons, but Windows 10 (and OS X.next) will support tiling on the desktop, so no prob in the long term.

by caseyf7 11y ago

The trend I see is developers moving away from two monitors to one big one. Less head movement, fewer cables, and fewer software driver issues seem to be the reason.

blackobelisk 11y ago

I totally understand there preference of one monitor vs two, but I don't know anyone who has driver issues with monitors

cnvogel 11y ago
I have have a notebook with internal hybrid graphics and the max number of external monitors connected. Whenever the configuration changes the utilities installed along the actual drivers (Intel and Nvidia) begin to fight for who gets to configure the layout. Monitors go on/off seemingly randomly for a few seconds. As I only use the multi monitor setup when the machine is docked, I don't care about that funny dance every morning. But there's an administrator profile on this windows machine that reproducibly locks up when in multi monitor mode.

strictnein 11y ago

This is exactly my experience (although I haven't had driver issues with multiple monitors for over 10 years). Went from a 1920x1200 24" widescreen and a 1600x1200 20" 4:3 to just a single 2560x1440 27" widescreen. Next step will be to a 32"+ 4k monitor and I can't imagine needing much more than that for a long time.

cdr 11y ago
When I was using 2-3 monitors, I had all kinds of trouble with them under linux. This was no doubt mostly due to them being different orientations, but there were no end of driver/window manager issues with various distros. Windows always worked flawlessly.

highace 11y ago

This is exactly what I've done - the Philips BDM4065UC is a 40" 4k monitor, so the overall pixel density is about the same as a 24" 1080p. It's like having 4 x 1080p monitors in a block. Also it runs at 60hz over a single displayport cable if your output supports it.

seanmcdirmid 11y ago
I went to one 28" 4K monitor. Just as many pixels as before, all compressed into a higher PPI...it is beautiful. I can't wait for 5K. Not having a second monitor is annoying for real estate management reasons, but Windows 10 (and OS X.next) will support tiling on the desktop, so no prob in the long term.