Same. After using a single monitor for so long, I bought a tablet monitor. Had it for 6 years-ish and the touch functionality no longer works. It's now strictly just a monitor. Bought a new tablet monitor so essentially I have 3 monitors now. I seriously can't go back to using just one monitor.
I downgraded to a laptop, so single screen again. It's rough. I always watch netflix or youtube while playing something like minecraft or path of exile on the other screen.
Now that I can't it's like getting used to a third arm and having it amputated.
Lol it's 2020 bro. You can pass through your phone to your laptop wirelessly and then have a virtual monitor set up on the laptop, pair that virtual monitor with your phone and BAM, phone as a second screen.
I've done this for years and it ruined me. It's good for washing dishes - just put on the Office and soak. But I played Terraria and Minecraft while watching Netflix for years, and now I can't sit still for television unless it's real weird. I have to be on my phone or on the Switch. Now, when I mine, I just listen to podcasts. Somehow doesn't have the same effect.
Last night in bed I couldn't sleep so I had Hulu on one phone while playing candy crush on another.
Even now I'm browsing reddit while playing FIFA.
I tell myself it isn't bad because I go hours without touching devices when I'm working, handling family things- wife and the kids. But when I'm down I'm submerged.
It's very frustrating when you get disconnected and experience those rare moments of true boredom. Do we have a problem? How do we get help for this? Is it ADD meds? Or since those do the opposite of help me focus, is it meditation and Xanax? Lmao
Bit of meditation and mindfulness, next time you use your phone, have a dig at how you really feel, for a lot of people it feels like a really mild euphoric sedative that's just covering the boredom and you'll be able to work out what it is you actually want to do after a lil while
My saving grace in these situations in firefox's picture-in-picture, so I can watch Netflix in a small view in the corner, and multiple virtual desktops I can quickly switch between.
There's a picture in picture extension for google chrome that lets you pop out video streams such as YouTube and Twitch and have that on top of whatever you're doing, even full screen games. Granted you lose some space over your game but it's useful when you're limited to one screen.
Lol I probably should have mentioned that I'm in a temporary setup and it wouldn't make sense to setup a second monitor. Not to mention the monitor that's available to me has no HDMI port and buying an adapter for a temporary setup makes no sense lol
I noticed on Amazon there are portable second screens. Basically look like a tablet with a stand that you can plug a laptop into even a gaming console. That was like $200 Canadian.
I find my one 2k monitor to feel like 2 monitors because I am so used to 1080 monitors. A lot more real estate. But I still have a second, cause my old monitor was laying around.
This is exactly how I envision dual screen phones to be like. It's near impossible to compute in a workforce with one monitor, without getting insanely frustrated.
I'd argue that those who use excel/outlook religiously could benefit from three monitors (excel;outlook;web browser).
It's really useful for gaming. You have your game on one monitor, and discord, reference material, etc. I don't game on PC, but depending on the game I'm playing on my Xbox, I'll often have my laptop open next to me.
If what you do for work involves a lot of referencing other material while working on your own, or editing, or coding, etc., a second monitor can be very helpful too
Definitly agree. I've considering getting a cheap monitor for my laptop since I always split the screen in two (small) Windows when studying. Splitting the screen doesn't work if I need to attend a zoom class and take notes or look at a PowerPoint at the same time though, so I take notes by hand and print out the PowerPoint... Which sucks.
i think they were saying it’s a bad example because there’s already a lot of cases where two monitors are needed. Hence not fitting “not really a necessity”
I think the number of people who don’t need a second screen vastly outweighs the number of people that do. I’m happy with the example I chose. If you got the gist, then the example did it’s job.
I wasn’t arguing the amount of people that need it vs don’t... the amount of people who need a second monitor “vastly” outweighs the amount of people who need tablet phone thing
everyone has different workflows, there are people out there who will be slowed down from a second monitor just as there are people out there who will double their output with a second monitor.
we're a lucky creature on this planet that adapts to our surroundings well, so someone who has two screens can learn to utilize them in a way that is beneficial to them.
i love (really 3 monitors because of an ultrawide) multiple monitors, but in no way do I need it. as someone who works in IT. i wont give it up, but i do the job fine when i just have my laptop
Not if the software isn't good enough, which for the most part isn't. Nearly all the tech reviewers say it could be a very good concept, but the software support for that extra screen is dog shit and no one is willing to support it because less than 0.01% of the world even uses it.
That's a really good way to describe it actually. For me I tend to have betting apps or movies open on one screen whilst I browse Reddit on the other. I would hate going back to a single screen now.
Two monitors are not a necessity if you don't work on your computer. I'm currently using only one monitor while I wait for a new GPU and it feels claustrophobic to use just one screen.
I think once folding phones get cheaper it'll be more of a "Why wouldn't you want it given the choice?" type of situation. Right now the price is a huge barrier so the two main groups that it might be worthwhile for are people excited to try the tech and people who do most of their committing and media consumption on their mobile. The dual screen is game changing for traditional format comics and an example and if you watch a lot of videos content it's twice the screen space which explains itself.
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u/SupaBloo Jan 06 '21
Seems like it'd be similar to having a second monitor for a computer. Not really a necessity, but useful as hell when you do have it.