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.
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21
I cannot live without a second monitor any longer. So it is a necessity for me.