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Saratoga raceway picture in the back. Nice. Live near there?
Saratoga raceway picture in the back. Nice. Live near there?
My bedroom cinema and ultimate desktop setup!
20" 30" 20" Dells
http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/NarcDevil/IMG_0223.jpg
Nice PLP setup! But your projection is a bit cut off
Most stuff is widescreen anyways, and media classic player lets u move the image around the screen so I can get it flush with the cieling all the time.
Nice My projection goes to the other side of the room, problem solved! 106" of cinematic goodness
What 20in monitors are most of you guys using for PLP? Dell doesn't have an ultrasharp version of 20in monitors, so what are you guys using?
I use Dell 2001FP 20" 1600x1200 4:3 IPS in portrait mode - best for the job as they look great, the stand pivots, and the PPI is very close to a 30" 2560x1600. Unlike the newer 1600x900 widescreens, 1200 is wide enough for web surfing and it shows an 8.5"x11" page perfectly at 100% scaling. I tried 20" 1680x1050 widescreens for portrait mode, didn't look right so I switched to 1600x1200. I *DID* find a use for the extra widescreens:
I still get a kick from the sheer awe this setup inspires in people who see it for the first time, especially those who already use multi-monitor rigs like video and music editors.
What stand are you using for your setup? Can you give the make/model, and any pics of the back side with the stand when you get a chance, that setup looks like something I'd be interested in doing for a future build.
Also, what graphics cards do you use to drive them all? I'm guessing you need 2-3 to drive them?
I use Dell 2001FP 20" 1600x1200 4:3 IPS in portrait mode - best for the job as they look great, the stand pivots, and the PPI is very close to a 30" 2560x1600.
Twin ASUS 24" Left one is also connected to a 360.
My bedroom cinema and ultimate desktop setup!
20" 30" 20" Dells
Big Bang Theory wins!What program is running on the right monitor, looks like some sort of space thing. I see the CBS logo so I assume it's a tv show
I actually tracked down the EF development team lead and asked him about this. Basically, PLP EF is on the roadmap, but not for this year. There are a lot of HW and SW challenges to overcome.All these cool setups in this thread, and I still say the #1 is without a doubt the 20"P + 30"L + 20"P, AMD + nVidia need to get their driver team on getting that setup rolling for gaming. I know it is a very small crowd that even own this setup, but AMD has had Eyefinity going for over two years already, they couldn't figure that out yet after two years ? I know it's not a pressing concern for their driver development, but would think after all this time, they could at least get some basic drivers to make this work ?
This thread makes me realize how crappy my setup is...
Getting back there to take a photo is a bitch due to the way my desk is laid out.
I use 3 dual vertical monitor stands to achieve this effect because I like to curve the wing monitors inwards and a single monitor stand never has enough flexibility for that. The left one is Ergotron, the middle is Atdec, and the right is a Moview quad stand that I mounted only 2 monitors on (the Moview cannot take a 30"). It is a heck of a lot cheaper than the standard sextuple stands and I have never seen any 6-monitor stands that could take a 30". The rig is so wide and heavy it is almost impossible to put it on a single pole unless the pole was solid metal and the base would have to be absolutely huge to counterbalance the sheer mass. If you go a similar route, definitely get the Ergotron stands as they are much more flexible in positioning - the Atdec is in the middle because it totally sucks at non-centered positioning of monitors.
This rig is in my signature - all the monitors are plugged into a single video card, an ASUS HD6950 DCII. I have a second HD6950 from XFX in the computer but it has no monitors plugged into it as it is there strictly for Crossfire.
All I need for my display.
500 bucks on black friday got a 46 inch 120 hz 1080p tv.. Insignia.
Cheap on the wallet and friends love it.
Thank you , I enjoyed your setup. How do you game, do you switch to only using the 30' monitor for gaming purposes? Or do you eyefinity the bottom 3? Kinda confused how you do that, I'm guessing its something that you change in the eyefinity software though and activate the other card for crossfire?
One display for gaming is fine.. and in respect to pixel smearing on fast motion (especially moving your FoV ) - I use a 27" 120hz 2m response time TN with high/very-high overdrive (ResponseTimeCompensation) which appreciably reduces blur and size-wise fills most of my focal viewpoint at 2' - 2.5' away from me. I also sometimes use a FW900 (22.5" viewable) graphics professional CRT which though smaller, has no blur/smear like lcds have.The dual/triple monitor setups are OK but i dont understand how people enjoy those things because I can't really feel comfortable with the gaps inbetween the monitors...it's pretty obvious and doesn't blend the picture through the 3 monitors very well imo. Kind of like a blind spot in 3 different places. I'd rather do one large display.