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silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 02:20 PM

I need one of you nerds to help me. Building a home office set up. Looking to buy two monitors. Mainly between the sizes of 21.5"-24". What do you recommend?

Banana Hammock · 11-14-2016, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

I need one of you nerds to help me. Building a home office set up. Looking to buy two monitors. Mainly between the sizes of 21.5"-24". What do you recommend?

What do you use your computer for?

Aatish · 11-14-2016, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

I need one of you nerds to help me. Building a home office set up. Looking to buy two monitors. Mainly between the sizes of 21.5"-24". What do you recommend?

What's you budget? What are you mainly going to do?

silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by duck fat

What do you use your computer for?

Little bit of everything. Web browsing, light photo/video editing, entertainment, etc. It's a MacBook Pro with Retina.

silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Aatish

What's you budget? What are you mainly going to do?

See the above post. Not looking to go crazy. Let's keep it under $200 per monitor.

Banana Hammock · 11-14-2016, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

Little bit of everything. Web browsing, light photo/video editing, entertainment, etc. It's a MacBook Pro with Retina.

Would you consider a single ultra wide display rather than two 1080 panels?

The wider display will benefit greatly when you're scrubbing through the timeline as you're editing videos. Maybe something with an IPS panel for color accuracy.

Aatish · 11-14-2016, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

See the above post. Not looking to go crazy. Let's keep it under $200 per monitor.

I like LG monitors. This one is nice. If you try running 2, you're going to need a dongle for hub for one of the monitors.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA6ZP3KE8171

Dell monitors are also good.

Alternatively, you could go ultra widescreen and get roughly the same screen space, without the need for a dongle or hub...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824025112

silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by duck fat

Would you consider a single ultra wide display rather than two 1080 panels?

The wider display will benefit greatly when you're scrubbing through the timeline as you're editing videos. Maybe something with an IPS panel for color accuracy.

I saw the ultra wide displays. They look pretty cool. Only thing is, I'm not sure if my computer can support the 21:9 aspect ratio. It's not the newest MBP on the market. So I honestly don't know.

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Originally Posted by Aatish

I like LG monitors. This one is nice. If you try running 2, you're going to need a dongle for hub for one of the monitors.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA6ZP3KE8171

Dell monitors are also good.

Alternatively, you could go ultra widescreen and get roughly the same screen space, without the need for a dongle or hub...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824025112

Nice recommendations!

Also, my MBP has two Thunderbolt ports. Should just need two Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters.

Aatish · 11-14-2016, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

Nice recommendations!

Also, my MBP has two Thunderbolt ports. Should just need two Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters.

It should be able to handle the aspect ratio. This is my setup, it's on my Mac Pro right now, but my MacBook Pro handled it with no problems.

Banana Hammock · 11-14-2016, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Aatish

It should be able to handle the aspect ratio. This is my setup, it's on my Mac Pro right now, but my MacBook Pro handled it with no problems.

*High fives Aatish*

Aatish · 11-14-2016, 03:02 PM

Wait. If you have the new MacBook Pro, with 2 ports, it's gonna be hard to get 2 monitors running off those 2 ports.

Unless you have a monitor with USB-C, or a dongle with pass through, powering the computer could be an issue.

Aatish · 11-14-2016, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by duck fat

*High fives Aatish*

*High fives Duck fat*

InternetFame · 11-14-2016, 03:08 PM

Mother. Fucking. Singer.

RJ_ · 11-14-2016, 03:10 PM

I've only used Dell 24" monitors. No complaints from me.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/acces...03628304195784

silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Aatish

It should be able to handle the aspect ratio. This is my setup, it's on my Mac Pro right now, but my MacBook Pro handled it with no problems.

Nice!!!

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Originally Posted by Aatish

Wait. If you have the new MacBook Pro, with 2 ports, it's gonna be hard to get 2 monitors running off those 2 ports.

Unless you have a monitor with USB-C, or a dongle with pass through, powering the computer could be an issue.

Apple claims it can support two external monitors in addition to the built in one. I won't be using the built in one when docked.

https://support.apple.com/kb/sp653?locale=en_US

Aatish · 11-14-2016, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by silvergray545

Apple claims it can support two external monitors in addition to the built in one. I won't be using the built in one when docked.

https://support.apple.com/kb/sp653?locale=en_US

Woops. Read one of your posts wrong. In that case, the dongle method will work!

shockin330i · 11-14-2016, 03:25 PM

My boss is cheap. Running two acer monitors. More than enough for what we use them for and they were only like 100 bucks each.

silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Aatish

Woops. Read one of your posts wrong. In that case, the dongle method will work!

I just realized that since I will be docking my MBP in closed clamshell mode, I'm going to need some speakers. Shit. Lol

Time to find some speakers!

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Originally Posted by shockin330i

My boss is cheap. Running two acer monitors. More than enough for what we use them for and they were only like 100 bucks each.

At work, I have two Dell monitors in addition to my laptop. Works pretty well.

Mr Tonka · 11-14-2016, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RJ_

I've only used Dell 24" monitors. No complaints from me.

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/acces...03628304195784

Me too. Except 27", because no matter what they say, size matters.

ASBSECU E93 · 11-14-2016, 03:40 PM

silvergray545 - not sure why you need a couple big ass monitors....

Oh wait, it's to admire those red wheels

silvergray545 · 11-14-2016, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ASBSECU E93

silvergray545 - not sure why you need a couple big ass monitors....

Oh wait, it's to admire those red wheels

Wrong. It's so I can fit each of your pigs and view them without having to scroll.

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