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I've seen some guys computer setups on here and see they have their flat panel screens turned sideways to be in a "portrait" type mode where they can see MANY lines of LOR channels at once. Are these special monitors that have mounts that will work either way, or is it a rig with the screen?
Also, how do you specify you want your display to be setup the other way (for instance to be 1024 x 1280 instead of 1280 x 1024)?
I'm going to probably be going to dual monitor soon and am considering having this as an option for sequencing time of the year...
Here is a picture of my setup. The monitor to the right (SyncMaster) has the ability to rotate 90 degrees. It comes with software called magic rotation (free download) that enables me to run the monitor in portrait or landscape. When I use this monitor for the visualizer, I leave it in landscape. When I am working with documents, I will flip it to portrait. I use 1600 x 1200. The monitors are capable to higher resolutions but the eyes are not.
wow... that's a pretty wild setup you've got there...
when you rotate it, do you physically rotate the screen too? does the mount allow for that?
iresq wrote: Here is a picture of my setup. The monitor to the right (SyncMaster) has the ability to rotate 90 degrees. It comes with software called magic rotation (free download) that enables me to run the monitor in portrait or landscape. When I use this monitor for the visualizer, I leave it in landscape. When I am working with documents, I will flip it to portrait. I use 1600 x 1200. The monitors are capable to higher resolutions but the eyes are not.
Yes, the monitor is designed to rotate and adjust for height. It's simply a matter of physically rotating screen and change the settings in magic rotation.
I have two monitors and I put them both in portrait mode when working with LOR. They are Dell monitors.
My video card supports rotating the display, so after I physically rotate them, I have a hot key set up Control-Alt-R that toggles it between portrait and landscape mode.
Here is a screen shot of LOR in portrait mode (one with one monitor). This allows me to see 100 channels at a time.
In this youtube video you can see my monitor in portrait mode.
is it a simple rotation mechanism, or do you have to pull the base of the back and reattach it...etc? Would be nice if it were as simple as the angle adjustment is...
If you right-click on the Windows desktop (go ahead - do it on your computer) and click "settings" (non-Vista) and the click on the "Settings" tab you'll see one or more display depending on your hardware. (You might see more than one if your display adaptor supports multiple displays).
If you click on one of the other displays Windows will ask you if you want to use it. If you do, you can opt to have it display the same thing as the main monitor, stretch the display to it (So the task bar runs all the way across it) or just extend to it (in which case the task bar is on the main display only.)
Each monitor can be at different resolutions/orientations as well.
The procedure is similar for Vista (but completely different, of course. )
Edit: And "Yes", you can stretch applications across two or more monitors, if that is what you were asking.
Last edited on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 07:22 pm by ChuckHutchings
here at work i have a dual head video card, and run 2 flat panel screens. I did a bit of sequencing here at work (shhh... don't tell the boss) and found it very helpful to have it setup the way i do. I run 2 separate screens, so instead of stretching my screen all the way across (and having the taskbar run the full width of both), it just runs the main taskbar, clock, startbutton...etc on my left screen, then my right screen just runs another 1280 x 1024 desktop--no icons there or taskbar... I have certain programs set to open on that screen... when you run one stretched out screen, it's always a pain when dialog boxes come up, because they're always centered and impossible to read when stretched across the 2 screens... some dialog boxes can't be dragged over to one side either (for instance windows ctrl-alt-del login screen)
So when i was sequencing, i had the main screen have the grid layout for the channels, and then had the visualizer in the 2nd screen on the right... it worked out great. Would like to do that at home, but with a portrait type setup on the left...
I don't know what kind of software comes with the different brands of monitors, etc. but a friend of mine turned me on to a product called UltraMon and it has been extremely valuable for me....It gives you a lot of flexibility when dealing with dual monitors.
I use a HP wide-screen that has a swivel base. It will switch automatically when I rotate the screen. Then my second is 19" I use for the animation. I can fit 105 channels on screen in vertical mode.
Really help the scrolling up/down.
I just bought a Samsung 24" monitor which can rotate, and it comes with MagicRotation for vertical viewing. Everything works fine except after I rotate the screen 90 degrees and then turn it back to its horizontal position, all the icons I have pre-arranged on the desk top are messed up, i.e. they are arranged by Windows XP's default grid. It dose that everytime.
How can I lock my icon arrangement to avoid the problem; or allow it to rearrange while turned to vertical position, then fall back to my own arrangement when it returns to horizontal.
I had the same problem with my icons when I went back to horizonal. I think it's
an XP thing.
I have two Gateway 24" displays. I tried to get by with just one but they have
such a high contrast ratio that I couldn't turn it down and the other screen up
without driving me nuts, so I bought another one. I run them both at 1920 X 1200.
I love them because when you rotate them they automatically change.
They also light up my desk so I don't need a desk lamp.
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I recently bought a second monitor and have not used it to do any sequencing yet. I have an HP 22" mod 2207 that pivots. I love having two monitors for all kinds of things. I can have the internet open on one screen and another program on the other screen. You just move the mouse and it goes from one screen to another. The only bad thing for me is that I also have 3 computers hooked up via a KVM switch and only one of the monitors can be switched since I only have one computer with dual monitor capability. I also do work on client's networks from home and I can connect up to their network remotely using one monitor while I still run things on my own local computer on the other monitor. Works great when I am trying to research an issue online while making changes on the clients setup on the other screen. Wish I had done this long ago.
wirekat wrote: I had the same problem with my icons when I went back to horizonal. I think it's
an XP thing.
I have two Gateway 24" displays. I tried to get by with just one but they have
such a high contrast ratio that I couldn't turn it down and the other screen up
without driving me nuts, so I bought another one. I run them both at 1920 X 1200.
I love them because when you rotate them they automatically change.
They also light up my desk so I don't need a desk lamp.
Wirekat:
I also saw the Gateway 24" and I agree it's beautiful.
I am also setting my eyes on Gateways new all-in-one computer which is the closest thing to Apple in terms of coolness (or being on fire, whichever the current slang rules). However, since I'm an architectural designer I need more powerful and larger screen to work on CAD files so I wait for a while.
My next step is dual monitor. Is there any thing like a tri-montor? I can certainly use 3.
iresq wrote: Here is a picture of my setup. The monitor to the right (SyncMaster) has the ability to rotate 90 degrees. It comes with software called magic rotation (free download) that enables me to run the monitor in portrait or landscape. When I use this monitor for the visualizer, I leave it in landscape. When I am working with documents, I will flip it to portrait. I use 1600 x 1200. The monitors are capable to higher resolutions but the eyes are not.
iresq:
I love your setup! especially the furniture which is exactly what i've been l've been looking for. do you mind telling me where you bought it? i'll see if they have on-line shopping or an outlet near me. thanks!
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