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[–] Rakn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've bought one and sent it back again. I felt like I'm not utilizing most of the space since I had to move my head too much to see windows on either side.

I'm now using two 4k Screens. In in the middle and one to the side, but rotates by 90 degrees. Can recommend that. Though for gaming... I can imagine it there.

Personal preference I guess.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently switched desks at my company and found one with two monitors. The seam was right in front of me. So if you have a task that has you watching a single monitor most of the time, you’re always looking to one side.

I stopped wondering why the colleague who sat there before was complaining of neck pain.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think this screen would cause less neck pain if you were primarily focusing on just one side?

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Judging from my work – sourcecode, which has short lines and is read from left to right – I think so. I’d either have to balance the editor in the center or always look at the left edge.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

For a dual screen setup, you could just offset the screens. Primary screen straight ahead, secondary on whichever side works best for you. This is how I used to work.

[–] GizmoLion@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, it was brutal to play Apex on initially, but eventually you relearn where your eye needs to dart to to see your health and stuff and it gets a lot easier.

Then you learn how to process all that peripheral information and nobody can sneak up on you ever again lol.