Multi-monitor setup vs. one big screen
I got a comment on a recent post, asking about advice on whether to choose one big monitor (30″) vs. several small monitors (ie. 20″ like I have).
Getting the most pixels at the best price
If you want to play poker on the monitors (and I am guessing that is why you are here 
), you want as many pixels available as possible, so you can view as many tables as possible at the same time, while keeping them in a descent size, so you don’t have to look through a microscope to find out, what that last bet was.
The cheapest 30″ I could find one a Danish price comparison site was 1840$. The resolution is 2560 x 1600 - about 4 million pixels.
The cheapest price for a 1680 x 1050 20″ screen I could find was 264$. This gets you 1.7million pixels. So if you buy 3 x 20″ screens and a second/third graphics card at 100$, you have more pixels available for pokertables - at half the cost!
Advantages of having one 30″
- There are no gaps in the displayed picture, where smaller screens meet
- Only one graphics-card required
- Can be connected to laptop, where as several small monitors cannot (usually only one DVI/VGA out)
- Easier to setup
- Less desk-space required
Advantages of having several smaller screens
- Cheaper solution, you get more screen area for your money
- Watching applications side by side is easier - just drag the window to a screen and maximize. No manual resizing required.
- If one breaks, you still have at least one monitor while you get the broken one replaced
