how big is your monitor?

I had to replace my screen (power supply issues) - I was thinking about replacement when Murphy hit, so we had to decide more quickly (and the LG i was waiting for was not yet available) - i even had to work with a 7" 4K monitor (a unit that i use on camera, cheaply bought in China, though it's not that bad at all IPS and 4K for a little more than 100€) - it's now a 4K Benq 27" EW2780U - in fact i'm running it in normal HD mode - not 4K. And switching to 4K when needed.

2x Acer 27" monitors. Gaming monitors since they were on special when I acquired them. They are nice and sharp with a high refresh rate and connected to a GTX1080 card via display port.

I need to wear glasses at the screen now. The uplift from 24" helps.

On windows 10 the system seems to cope very well with different monitors in different sizes and orientations. There are a few oddities. Some programs always open in monitor 1, & some always open in the last display you used them in.
The key thing is to align them so that when a document spreads across both monitors, the lines line up, otherwise your eyes go funny.

@Miranda - now then, a portrait way up monitor for documents/type - that would be cool

(goes off to find out how to actually do that)
(simple part = display settings > orientation > portrait)
(hard part (?) = a suitable monitor?)

Edited by dCap - 20 January 2021 at 18:58

At work I use a pair of minotors (minotaurs? Monitors!), one in landscape and one in portrait. That way I can have a CAD or photo program open on the landscape and a document on the portrait, or I can move the photo across for portrait pictures, or I can extend the landscape across both monitors, putting the tools on the second monitor and leaving the main one free for pics. It works well msot of the time.
If you take a lot of pictures in vertical format, the limited height/resolution of most modern monitors is a nuisance. We don't all use them for watching Hollywood videos...
My colleague has four monitors on his PC ...

SnowFella wrote: Got an old desktop with a dual monitor setup sitting idle in a room, don't think it's been started more than 3 times in the last 3 years. Fully rely on a laptop with a little 15" 1080p screen for all my editing needs. Desktop and monitors were top of the line back when I built it 10+ years ago, nowadays it's mostly an antique I fear.

Yep, it took me forever to get comfortable with laptop prices to consider using one as my main production machine ... desktop for years (but just off the shelf as I've only ever shot stills and don't do gaming). When I got my Lenovo Yoga AMD 7 (or AMD 5 something? had a graphics card) it was a double change for me: 'just SSD' and 'laptop as main computer'. I'd been waiting years for that moment. My 'file server' desktop has SSD and a 1TB spinning drive and it is still plenty fast for what I use it for but is a once-a-week boot now.

Think I'm gonna continue with just my laptop screen for a few more months and see if my new desk (wooden shelving) fits my workflow. Have space for a 24" or 27" external ... editing my archive will let me know if I really miss/need the big screen.

I have a 27" iMac (5120 x 2280) with built in Retina display running on its default setting.
The actual display dimensions are 600 mm wide and 340mm high.
Very nice to work on.