Ask HN: 2x24" vs 1x27" (2560x1440) Which Monitor configuration do you prefer • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: 2x24" vs 1x27" (2560x1440) Which Monitor configuration do you prefer

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Post by japanesejay » Wed, May 25, 2011, 6:36 AM UTC

latch wrote: post #8

My home PC, which I rarely use, is a single 27". My work is 2 24". The most productive I am is on my 13" air. The size of a 27" takes a couple hours to get used to, and then ur ok. My original intention was to get a 19" and rotate it next to my 27". Dell (which i'm a fan of when it comes to monitors) sells 27" which are as high as 19" are wide, making it quite seamless.

Thats the ideal combo set up ive been thinking about. I was trying out the 24" rotated but thats wayyy too much screen for me.

Re: Ask HN: 2x24" vs 1x27" (2560x1440) Which Monitor configuration do you prefer

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Post by sitkack » Sat, May 28, 2011, 6:41 AM UTC

I have 3 stations. 2x (2 24") and 27". One 2 24" is landscape portrait where the the other is dual portrait. I think I prefer having two monitors. It is really nice to have a terminal window, docs and IDE open all at the same time. Having the code on the vertical portrait monitor is nice (140+ lines visible at a time).

Bezels were never a problem for me.

Re: Ask HN: 2x24" vs 1x27" (2560x1440) Which Monitor configuration do you prefer

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Post by ethank » Tue, May 31, 2011, 5:09 PM UTC

I used to have a 2 x 27 and 2 of the high pixel density Samsung 23" displays. That was a killer setup.

At home I have a iMac 27" + a 27" cinema display which works well, but still not as nice as my old four monitor setup.

From the back: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethank/4364175082/

a pano: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethank/3971556051/