help me decide: two large or one really large? (monitors)

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Hi all, I'm at a bit of an impasse here. I just bought a new computer system and plan to upgrade my monitor setup. I'm not using this for output which makes me money but want something that I will enjoy using and that will make editing (Lightroom & PS) large sets of images more efficient. I currently use a fairly old 22" monitor which is pretty poor quality in terms of color and contrast.
My options are either a pair of 24" monitors (probably Dell u2410) or a single 27 (probably Dell u2711). I plan on buying used so in either case it will be do-able for around £300.
Essentially I'm wondering if anyone can comment from experience on whether they find one or other setup better. I will be sitting fairly close to the display ( 70cm ) and only using it for photo editing and some casual gaming.

Thanks in advance.
 
I use 2 x U2410 and a U2711 all together (yes, 3 monitor goodness!). If I had to downsize, I'd get 2 x 2410s as Lightroom uses 2 monitors very well (IMHO).
 
Thanks, I was starting to lean that way, do you find any significant advantage when using the 27" to preview images with the extra pixel count and screen size? I take it the image quality is pretty comparable on both models?
 
Image quality is near enough identical. The pixel pitch is smaller on the 27" so everything looks smaller. IMHO real estate wins. 2 24" gives more pixels than a single 27". No brainer as far as I'm concerned...
 
Whatever you do - steer well clear from the older 11/10 models w/o any real warranty. Get a nice new modern LED IPS panel(s). 27" is probably preferable for editing but 24s could work too. You'll probably just have emails or some spreadsheet on the second one... I have 27 + 20"
 
Thanks for the input, alas, it just occured to me that the combined width of the two 24" displays might not fit into the space where they are going.... Bit of a Homer Simpson moment there. Ah well, 27 it is.
If anyone has any other recommendations for a 27" monitor around the same price feel free to leave them here.
 
arad85 said:
Image quality is near enough identical. The pixel pitch is smaller on the 27" so everything looks smaller. IMHO real estate wins. 2 24" gives more pixels than a single 27". No brainer as far as I'm concerned...
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This. A 27" isn't really that much bigger in real estate. I'd go for the two screens.
 
Depends on how you sell it "rather than buy two expensive monitors I just bought one monitor..."
 
I use a Dell 30" 2560x1600 main screen, flanked by two 24" 1080p :)

If it's just image editing I'd consider the single larger screen. For pretty much everything else I like having multiple monitors though.
 
Thanks for all the input folks, to clarify... They have to fit into a workstation I built in our hallway which is built into cabinets, there is only about 100cm width which means that I'm stuck with either two rather small monitors ( under 22" ) or one big one... As I can't really afford something with a 30" screen of comparable quality to the options I'd mentioned before, it would seem I'm kind of constrained despite it seeming that a two monitor setup would be better. Oh well...
 
I've got the dell dual-monitor stand with 2 24" ultrasharps, absolute bliss. The stand can only take 24" monitors at the most though, so no dual 27's until they bring out a new stand lol
 
Once you try 2 monitors, you won't want to use 1 again. And once you try 3.........
 
Neilc28 said:
I've got the dell dual-monitor stand with 2 24" ultrasharps, absolute bliss. The stand can only take 24" monitors at the most though, so no dual 27's until they bring out a new stand lol
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Thee are other stands available. We have customers with 4 large monitors on a single stand
 
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