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Overtkill wrote: I call that one "Blinky
My first 22 (acer) suffered that fate. It was a good enough reason to upgrade from 2-22s to 2-27s...not to mention by that time, the 27s actually cost less than the originals. 
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Monitor is a 49" TV connected to a refurbished DELL w/an HDMI ready video card.
This is, naturally, in front of a recliner and mouse/keyboard are wireless. No fancy sound.
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Similar for me, except it's a 46" Sony TV. High end, so text is exceptionally clear.
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Mine is LG* - and the smart-TV part is not connected to the internet. That's only done via external devices (PC, RoKu, etc).
I admit it - I'm paranoid about my TV watching back at me.
* much cheaper than SONY and Samsung, yet it seems to get the same programming!
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I started with one 22 over a decade ago and thought, why would I ever need more than that?
A year later, the prices came down so I bought another 22 and couldn't figure out how I ever worked with a single monitor.
Several years later, the original 22's backlight started acting up. I wound up getting a pair of identical 27s that sit side by side. Now I wonder how I ever got by with anything less. 
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Everyone,
First, I used this technique in the 1990s (pre-internet), after seeing my Myopia Prescription increasing based on my computer usage. (ie, my glasses were getting thicker and thicker every year).
Second, the BEST thing you can do is what I did. When I got my new Prescription (DONT WAIT), I asked for a pair of "Computer Glasses"/"Reading Glasses". I measured my monitor distance, and I asked for a prescription that was tuned DOWN so I could comfortable read (with acquiring or using my ciliary muscle to focus) my computer screens.
Within 1 month, my PRIMARY prescription IMPROVED and I had to get new glasses. LOL. That's why waiting is bad. But hey... Then, they remained stable for 7 or so years until I had lasik. It took until I was 52 to start using reading glasses as I am getting older. My wife was in them at 40! So, I feel pretty lucky.
WHAT Happened with the reading glasses. From the first day on. When I would switch my glasses at the computer in the morning, I could work 12-16hrs and then I noticed I had less eye strain. But even better, after 16hrs straight on the computer, I would swap glasses and drive home. EVERYTHING was Crystal Clear. NO SIGNS of eye strain, or straining to see road signs. No blurred lights, etc.
The amazing part was halting the progression of worsening prescription.
When my daughter was given glasses, I DEMANDED Bi-Focals. Yes, for a KID. The eye doctor fought with me, and I explained:
She is a reader. If she has glasses optimized for distance, and uses them to read things up close, her eyes have to work too hard. He eventually caved. My daughter only wears her glasses now when she is tired or her eyes are strained! She is an AVID reader, and a writer. Finishing her masters degree. 99% of the time she does not have to put glasses on.
These are 2 anecdotes. But someone took this obscure information and made it available via the internet. So far, everyone I know who makes the change is BLOWN AWAY by how much less eye strain they have at the end of the day!
If you wear contact lenses... You can simulate this by finding a cheap pair of + lenses (reading glasses) that you wear in front of the computer.
Here is a video to watch: Ep32 Myopia and Eye Problems How to Resolve via Resolution of Root Causes - YouTube
And I would be REMISS if I did not mention there is a second reason to watch.
Your Coronary Calcium Score. For about $100 - 150.00 USD you can get a simple test done that gives you your ODDS of having a heart attack! Insurance wont pay for it! But it's cheap!
If you have < 100 there is NO REASON to be on a Statin
At Zero, my wife, with a 300+ Total Cholesterol score is NO LONGER Bothered by the doctor to start taking a statin. So, if your cholesterol is a bit high, and you DONT want to take a statin. Get this test.
BTW, my neighbor got this test (at my pushing), he had one of the highest scores ever. He was a walking timebomb. Within weeks they did quadruple bypass. His cholesterol was NORMAL! Just like my brother who had a heart attack. REMEMBER 50% of people die from their first heart attack.
EVERY President of the US, NASA Astronaught, and every aircraft Test Pilot must have one of these. TO make sure they are not at risk of having a heart attack. And if they are, they don't fly! Furthermore, they gave my neighbor nitro pills until he had his surgery. Which would allow him to probably live through his first heart attack.
And the guy who is doing the interview (Ivor, whom I met in person) is an IT Guy who has a story to tell about his boss, a billionaire, who never knew any of this, and is pissed that the word has not spread.
A simple test tells you if you are at risk of having a heart attack. And it can pretty much give you the Odds of having a heart attack over the next 3-5-10 years!
Know Your Score!
Fix your eyes! (or at least stop making them worse) [FWIW: I do not use my phone screen too much, because when I look up, I notice my vision is blurred. This is the OPPOSITE of what I should be doing for my eyes!]
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So, I have to do a LOT of meetings, I have 2 (24") monitors side by side.
And one monitor Above them in between (21") for meetings where users cannot see my screens because they are too big. Also so I can view other peoples meetings on the top screen, and still have plenty of workspace on dual monitors and get things done.
FWIW, I started using dual monitors in the 1990s with a 2 part video card that cost like $1,200 and had to have special software. I never looked back.
The 3 monitor thing is NOT nearly as impactful. I have tried it in the past and did not gain that much. Only recently (after upgrading my monitors) did I add it back in, because my screens would be tiny during meetings, and also I need to test the UI in a screen setting that is more appropriate to the clients, so I have it now. Unused 80% of the time, to be honest.
The Next Step is to upgrade the 2 monitors to the next level up, and turn them sideways so I can read more code, and yet have a wide enough screen... But I am old, and that will probably be the last monitor upgrade for me...
FWIW: Monitors last SO LONG nowadays, I spend the extra money on good quality to reduce my eye strain!
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I know what you mean - I have three and the third is "just for email", pretty much.
My other two are one portrait, and one landscape, so I can have a whole web / manual page open on the portrait monitor and hardly have to scroll, and VS open on the landscape. Software under test opens on the portrait so I can see it and the VS debugger.
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2 24"'s in landscape and one 19" in portrait, which is good for specs/docs/file windows
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Sometimes, not always. Do I weight for this?
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Only a 24" ... but there are two of them. And, of course, it matters more how you use it.
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Should have said 17" instead of 21". The data has been contaminated. However, this is at work (dual monitors). At home, I have dual 27". So on average, I use 22" monitors. I guess my input is valid after all.
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That's a typical guy thing. We all have trouble estimating size... 
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One at home, three at work.
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Asus something or other. Just like it is all.
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At work I have had dual monitors for more than a decade.
John
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Hi, I'm using three monitors: a 17" notebook with 2 external monitors, each 24".
So the survey should have given the possibility to input such combinations.
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I will disagree, as the details of question seem to have your scenario coveredQuestion Details: Base it on the largest monitor on your main development machine.
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... who uses one monitor these days?
Having more is so much easier, more flexible - because you can use WIN+cursor keys to "snap" apps to quarter of the screen (say), or fill a whole screen with VS and another with Chrome, or the app you are testing. With a single bigger monitor, that's not as simple and quick to do.
And size isn't that important* compared to resolution anyway. I have one monitor (of my three) that I inherited from Herself, and it's a "square" 18 inch Samsung jobbie - but it's low res (1280 * 1024) but fine for emails, which is pretty much all I use it for.
A better survey would be "what's the combined pixel count of all your monitors on the main dev system?"
* As the actress said to the Bishop
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I totally agree! The question should've been:"How many monitors do you have?" At my office most have 2 but even four monitors can be seen.
But still: I once went to an interview at a rather techy company, where EVERYBODY had single monitors on their desk. I asked them about it and they got super annoyed:
"Of course you can have dual monitors but why [the elephant] do you need it? Can write on two monitors at once?"
"Eh no..."
"Can you READ at two monitors at once?"
"Eh well..."
"So there is not much point in two monitors"
"..."
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
modified 19-Aug-19 9:13am.
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Interesting take on it but I'd say this is fairly typical:
References and specifications
Test Environment
Development tool
Development tool open again with older version\ similar application to what you are working on
Google
Communications
Other work which cropped up randomly through the day, training\helping other team members, looking at support problems and so on - OK you could close this down.
Doesn't need many monitors, but considerably easier with more than one, otherwise:
Alt-Tab, Alt-Tab, Alt-Tab, confusion...
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Well that was a very productive interview question. 30 seconds to confirm the place is a dysfunctional hole that no one with a functioning mind would ever work for by choice.
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So how big was their monitors?
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Not huge. Maybe 30"
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I work 100% from home, and for the past few years have used a single laptop as my dev environment (and everything else). When working regularly I had a 17" monitor as well as the laptop. I work less these days and find that using just the laptop screen is perfectly adequate. As per the conversation above, I can only look at one monitor at once, and switching windows is just alt-tab, and my hands are always on the keyboard. It's quicker for me to do that key combo than move my eyes/head and refocus on another screen.
As for big screens, I really don't like them that much. You can either blow everything up, run things full-screen and have to move your head reading every line of text; or have things windowed and as above move head/eyes/focus when switching attention from one window to another.
Plus I'm saving power! 
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