CAD Managers

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I am trying to upgrade our monitors and would appreciate some feedback on what others are using. Is anyone using a 30" or larger display? Or is it better to go with two 24" or 27" displays? Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advace for your comments.

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32" Sharp Aquos and (2) 24" Asus 16:9 Monitors.

More is better!

DVI or HDMI connections only. VGA is not clear enough.

[#3]

My shared workstations have larger monitors (32" and 50" iirc), and my own workstation has 2 - 20".

I do like the larger monitor, it is good for viewing scans of prints. But, on the days I have to work on one of them for an extended period, I find that I do miss the application separation I typically enjoy with two separate monitors.

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Dual monitors are best.  Even with the "extra" space a widescreen monitor provides, its not enough with all the extra palettes, torn-off ribbon panels, PDF reference files, and the like.  Something else to keep in mind is monitor sizes are corner-corner, so a 16:9 28" monitor may actually be *shorter* than a 24" 4:3 monitor.  Thats one of the reasons I prefer the older, non-widescreen monitors.  That, and a pair of them extends to the limit of my readable field of view.  Anything beyond that isn't useful for much.

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AutoCUD wrote:

Is anyone using a 30" or larger display? Or is it better to go with two 24" or 27" displays? Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advace for your comments.

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IMO - 2-24" is nice, 2-27" if you can swing the price difference.

We have some of both. The 24" is ±236 sq. in., while the 27" is ±306 sq. in. --- quite a difference.

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Wanderer-MOTD wrote:

My shared workstations have larger monitors (32" and 50" iirc)

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50"? Nice.

Is this a TV or a monitor?

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It's a monitor. The largest one IT had. Once we went over that size, it would be tvs from the av department and they were much more spendy.

~checking my project folder~ Ah, my bad, looks like my memory did not serve me well...  32" was correct, but, the other was actually a 42". 

Ah, according to the original proposal I received from the admin overseeing that space, she wanted a 50" or 60" tv and I had to make her settle for a 42" monitor instead. lol. I'm so mean.

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What sort of resolutions are people using?

I've currently got a pair of 20" Dells on my desk, 1200x1600 which I consider a good setup. Hoever given the abundance of widescreens formatted for 1080 lines I'm curious as to how folks find this reduction in vertical space.

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1366x768  32" Sharp Aquos

1920x1080 Asus 24" Monitor

All are widescreen 16:9 I believe

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GilesPhillips wrote:

What sort of resolutions are people using?

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1920 x 1080