STACK #191 Sep 2020

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monitors with up to 4K resolution (for both external screens). If you’re put off by the prospect of shifting your gaze between different display heights – your laptop to one or two external monitors of different heights and sizes – chuck a Kensington Smartfit Laptop Riser or Hercules DG400BB Laptop Stand into the mix to get your laptop screen level with the others.

MONITORING MONITORS

FLOATING DISPLAY Out of the box, every monitor will come with a stand designed to sit on a desk or table. But it’s also common for them to support a bracket attachment on the mount that lets you save precious desk space. Pair these bracketed monitors with an XCD Gas Double Monitor Bracket to lift and rotate two screens off your desk, or an Ergovida EzyMount Gas Spring Triple Monitor Arm for three screens.

Now it’s time for the main-screen event. Or the secondary screen/s, as it were. A supplementary screen or two doesn’t need to match your main screen in model, brand, or even size. It just needs to have an available compatible port (via desktop graphics card or dock) to double your vision. For this reason, options like the Samsung 34-inch 100Hz Curved Thunderbolt 3 Monitor are suited to primary rather than secondary display. You can easily get away with a budget

option like the LG 22MP58VQ 21.5-inch display if you’re trying to save desk space. 24-inch screens used to be the standard, so if matching that size is important, consider the Asus VA24EHE 23.8-inch, which is also built to be easier on the eyes. Otherwise, a reasonably priced BenQ EL2870U monitor is an easy-to-see 28 inches and even easier on the eyes at 4K resolution. Remember, the higher the resolution and refresh rate, the better a monitor is in terms of avoiding eye fatigue. And with more monitors, you’ll also tap into the competing potentials of greater productivity and procrastination.

GAMING SCREENS You may want to keep multiple gaming monitors the same model if you plan on stretching a game across multiple screens. If this sounds like you, look for monitors with tiny bezels like the Philips 271E9 27-inch screen. Be sure to match an Nvidia graphics card in your PC with a G-Sync or compatible FreeSync display, or an AMD graphics card with a FreeSync screen. All that said, if you want widescreen gaming, opt for a single-screen widescreen option like the ASUS ROG Strix XG35VQ 35-inch gaming monitor.

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