LCD monitor suggestions

[electricfox]

Yesh, I got that dell 20" way back when and now I have twins! ;-)
2 dell 20" lcds, and I'm very happy with them. Haven't had any problems. I have them mounted vertically, and hooked up to my dock for my laptop. For whatever reason my puny dell D600 video card can handle that weird setup. I'm sure your mileage may vary. Windows doesn't not like vertical displays without some third-party software like Pivot.

Dell does have a new 24, but I think it's still a little expensive compared with the 20". You can usually find offers on Dell for about $500-$550 these days.

I wonder how long it will take for the new ultrabrights to move up to the desktop line, as I'm seeing them all over notebooks these days. They look really cool.

[mresell]

If I remember, most of the ati cards, at least 9600 and up have rotational software built in, that appears to work well. I don't really use this setup so couldn't say if there are issues. But when I did check it out it *seemed* to work fine. The AG X series looks very nice(they have a 20" w/ magnesium alloy w/ all the multimedia stuff), but I haven't seen them actually being sold so they must be even harder to find. I hope the backlight on those monitors lasts longer than dell's notebooks. I have seen many go. Buncha compaqs too. That's why I tell everyone for a monitor or laptop especially get a warranty.

[electricfox]

Mine has a mobile radeon 9600, but I've not found any way to rotate BOTH monitors using anything but Pivot. Even Pivot has problems, in that I must disable it from loading at startup, else it derotates one of the monitors. There are so many variables with video cards and monitors, I'm just thankful that this partcular combo works with a little tweaking.

[mresell]

I haven't checked this with a dual setup at all anyway. Are both using a digital setup or analog and digital? I know my 9600xt seemed to work well with the rotation, but like I said I didn't really useit. My tablet is really designed to be horizontal and most monitors are so wasn't really suited for me. Dual Monitor anything is always more of a challenge.

[Brangwyn]

I'd be lost without dual monitors personally ... a program called Ultramon can help you make it a simple process setting up and working with dual screen.

[DVHost]

Anyone have any experience with this unit:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...116-338&depa=0

Specs are nice, reviews are good, but does it all stand up in court?