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    Triple Monitor setup

    Currently I have a 32 inch samsung c530 as my primary screen running at 1920x1080. My secondary screen is a small 15 inch screen. I have and idea of what setup id like to run, but have hit a hurdle. I would ideally like to have the 32inch monitor running horizontally on its stand, with a monitor either side of it turned vertically on their stands. The 2 extra monitors would need to be able to run at 1920x1080 as well.

    The set measurements (without stand) (wxhxd) 783 x 497.5 x 76.2mm, however I am finding it hard to find what size monitor I could realistically use vertically where its width would be very close to the height of my current primary display. My primary display is lcd however I do not mind whether the 2 seperates are lcd or led.

    Any recommendations or help would be greatly appreciated.

  2. #2
    First off, LED is just a back lighting method, the panel is still an LCD. Second..... that's not really a good setup due to the resolution change when you rotate the secondary displays. ie instead of being 1920x1080, they are now 1080x1920. Even if physically they match up to the TV, on screen they will not. Things on the side monitors will be quite a bit smaller than whats on the TV, since the pixels will be much smaller.
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  3. #3
    Is there no way of getting a 3 screen set up of equal height without having to just buy another 2 32 inch tvs to go beside it. Where the image will be the same in pixel count and size across all 3?

  4. #4
    Not with a TV. TVs have horrid dot pitch, meaning larger pixels than monitors at any given resolution. Anything of a decent size is 1920x1080, and there's nothing that has a horizontal resolution of 1080. The only setup I know of is a 30" monitor @ 2560x1600 and 2 4:3 Monitors(If you can find them) @ 1600x1200. Rotate those and the 1600 matches up well with the 30" Monitor. But it wouldn't be cheap.

    They're called PLP(Portrait, Landscape, Portrait) setups, but they also don't work in Eyefinity/Surround setups. And the one I listed above is one of the few that work. Another is a 27" @ 2560x1440 and two smaller widescreens @ 1440x900. However I cannot say if they will match up well.
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  5. #5
    Ok cheers very much for the information.

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