I have a two monitor set up going right now hooked up to a dual display KVM switch. Sadly, a recent power outage has caused some finicky behavior in either my KVM or my secondary monitor, since it comes in and out. Will get around to debugging my setup once I have some time this holiday season, but I was also debating on switching to a single ultrawide monitor setup. I’m a software engineer by trade, and I get the most use out of the second monitor while working. However, when I’m doing literally anything else, the second monitor just tends to be Spotify, discord, or some background video or podcast.
What’s your preference? Anyone switch from one to the other? How do you use your setup?
I recently redid my setup and did a curved widescreen as my primary and a 24 inch widescreen on the side. I went this route instead of a single larger monitor for a few reasons.
easily have multiple devices hooked up. I have some nuc form factor firewalls and servers that I might want to rebuild on my desk rather than in the utility room with an HDMI capture dongle. Two monitors makes it easy without losing my main display or constantly plugging and unplugging. I could accomplish this with picture by picture, but still not as fully flexible.
for games I like to have my teamspeak and browser window on the second monitor without it sharing the main monitor or having to tab around. The tiling tools didn’t quite cut it for me and some games don’t offer windowed modes.
with two monitors on arms I can physically reconfigure as needed. I’ll move one monitor to be visible from the love seat to watch a movie while leaving the other at the desk to monitor long running processes. I like the physical flexibility of two.
Those were my main reasons; ymmv.