Those of you who use dual monitors...

[Vivaldi]

Do you find it useful? I've gotten together some pocket change, and it's one of several things I've been meaning to look into for a while now. Was it worth the money? Or does it now seem superfluous most of the time? Do you use it for things other than editing?

[Magnus]

I find it really useful, not only for editing but for everyday stuff.
Like having an active conversation on one of them and browsing the webs or watching a movie/video/whatever.
And from an editing perspective, in my opinion, it's great. By using dual monitors my work space has increased drastically and the workflow has improved a lot.
In the beginning it may feel a bit weird, it did for me, but once gotten used to it I now have problems feeling comfortable using on one screen.

[xexyzl]

When I go to LANs I only bring one monitor. I feel like I'm missing an arm.

[LivingFlame]

I don't know how I ever lived with only one monitor.

[CodeZTM]

It doubles my productivity. No seriously, it makes my life a ton easier. O_o

[Unlimited Rice]

Dual monitors have helped me so much with studying and typing research papers and reports.

I actually don't like using dual monitors for editing, unless one monitor is for editing and the other is for internet browsing/chatting when I get bored inbetween cuts. I actually don't like the extra space to edit, it just feels weird to me.

[Corran]

I used to use dual monitors but the physical gap between the screens and the desk real estate required eventually got me to instead invest in single, extra-large screens.

For a while I was using my 40" HDTV as a monitor but have recently gone back to using the Dell 24" widescreen a bought a few years ago so the TV could instead be used in my living room. I suppose dual screens could be useful even in my case for holding my IM windows, but I have a laptop set up on my desk that can handle that. I find this setup particularly useful as I can still browse the internet and chat online using my laptop while playing games in fullscreen mode on my desktop.

I don't think I will ever go back to a dual screen setup.

[mirkosp]

I'm pretty much in the same situation of Corran (ok, I don't have a 40" HDTV and I was doing dual monitor with the laptop though >_>), although I wouldn't mind buying a second 24" to dual screen when I'll be able to afford that.
Dual monitors are a pretty cool thing all round, not only editing wise, but as the screen resolution increases, I find dual monitors to be less needed, while still useful.
So basically, when I was on the 1280x800 screen of the laptop, having the extra 1680x1050 was awsmcore. Now that I have a 1920x1200 screen on the desktop, I don't feel the need to buy a second screen to hook up, honestly, at least not nearly as much as before.
But yeah, if you can afford it, a second monitor isn't bad at all.

[Kionon]

I have my main machine running to the 42" HDTV, and my macbook with an extra apple cinema display. However, I really need to get around to adding either a new card to or buying a new adaptor for my main machine so I can use the HDTV and the apple cinema display (20") at the same time. Timeline on HDTV, video window on cinema display. Oh. Yeah. Baby.

[SenTrix]

I don't know how I ever lived with only one monitor.

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