Pairing 3 monitors of differing sizes

shake0615

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Hello all! I want to run a setup similar to what these people have done in the photos below: have a large primary monitor and two smaller ones that flank it which are rotated to a sort of portrait orientation rather than landscape. However, I have no idea how to find two flanking monitors whose screen width is the same as my primary monitor (Dell Computer UltraSharp U2913WM)’s height. What should I be looking for in the two flanking monitors to ensure that once properly oriented all three have the same height? Aspect ratio, screen resolution, physical dimensions, or none of the above?

http://www.boxrick.com/dragonage.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1296/setupt.jpg
http://improve.dk/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/monitor_current1_2.jpg
http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb895093/setup.jpg

But NOT like this: http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u18/runninkyle17/IMG_1360.jpg
 

giantbucket

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do you feel like doing some basic trigonometry to determine height and width of a triangle based on the hypotenuse? hint: 1920x1080 is nearly a 2:1 ratio, close enough to get you in the ballpark. bigger hint: the side monitors should be just a bit bigger than 1/2 of the main screen (when talking about the screen size, like 15" or 24" or 32")

highlight if you're lazy: it's actually 0.5625 of the diagonal, so if your main screen is 24" then the sides should be 13", or if your main is a 40" TV then the sides should be 23" monitors - obviously you'd then rotate them