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Author:  bsoder [ 13 Oct 2008, 19:00 ]
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Anyone here built their own? I'd really like to see some pictures and people's ideas, and I think I can certainly beat spending $200+ on a stand for my new 22" monitors.

(Any threads on this already? I searched, but found nothing.)
Author:  Mud [ 13 Oct 2008, 19:04 ]
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I'm looking for a local retailer of Bosch Rexroth to mount my old 17" screens over my 21.6" ones.
Author:  Mach1.9pants [ 14 Oct 2008, 06:27 ]
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If your monitors are identical and are fully adjustable then I personally wouldn't bother with a 'triple stand'.

However my monitor are different (middle 2407WFP and outers E2408, which don't adjust fully). So I purchased some cheapo single arm monitor stands that could be clamped to the desk (which worked fine when I used 3x19" see here). However the 3x24" are too big to work like that so I had to improvise!

These stands can also be screwed down so I bodged together a piece of wood, mounted (screwed onto the wood) the 3 single arms and that worked fine for me:
Author:  bsoder [ 14 Oct 2008, 14:21 ]
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They are identical, but the stands are pretty short. They do tilt, although what I've found in the past is that I don't want them tilted, since that creates gaps between the monitors. The monitors I have right now are much older - they're 17" 4:3 style - and I have them on a stand I built a long while back, which is tilted. It would be easiest to just go that way again.

Funny to realize that I paid about $350 per 17" 1280x1024 monitor when I got these... and paid $230 per 22" monitor a couple days ago. :) WHY ISN'T MY 286 STILL WORTH THE TWO GRAND I PAID FOR IT??? ;)
Author:  BHawthorne [ 14 Oct 2008, 18:43 ]
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They are identical, but the stands are pretty short. They do tilt, although what I've found in the past is that I don't want them tilted, since that creates gaps between the monitors. The monitors I have right now are much older - they're 17" 4:3 style - and I have them on a stand I built a long while back, which is tilted. It would be easiest to just go that way again.

Funny to realize that I paid about $350 per 17" 1280x1024 monitor when I got these... and paid $230 per 22" monitor a couple days ago. :) WHY ISN'T MY 286 STILL WORTH THE TWO GRAND I PAID FOR IT??? ;)


I'll show you just how silly things are...

Ok, my 3 Samsung 245BW 24"

#1: Bought at Xmas 2007 for $438
#2: Bought in May 2008 for $380
#3: Bought in July 2008 for $312 (refurb)

My bet is 24" will be new for $250-300 range soon. With 26-28" LCDs taking over the old 24" price point, 24" will probably take on the 22" LCD price point.
Author:  VentZero [ 14 Oct 2008, 19:03 ]
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hey mach1.9
which angle does your triple stand has (screen to screen)?

looks around 20° to 30° am I right ?
Author:  bsoder [ 14 Oct 2008, 19:03 ]
Post subject:  homebuilt triple-monitor stand
yep, 22" is the new 15" :) and pretty soon, 24" will be...
Author:  bsoder [ 14 Oct 2008, 19:05 ]
Post subject:  homebuilt triple-monitor stand
hey mach1.9
which angle does your triple stand has (screen to screen)?

looks around 20° to 30° am I right ?


That's a good question... what's the optimum angle?
Author:  Mach1.9pants [ 14 Oct 2008, 19:33 ]
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The angle is more like 40. I just put the main screen in front of me where I like it and measured the distance from where my head is. I then put the other 2 screens the same distance from my head and the angle ended up about 40.
I dunno what the optimum angle is but that is mine :)
Author:  Mud [ 14 Oct 2008, 19:54 ]
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Should be simple to work out the optimum angle, you just want to be normal to all the screens so it'll be defined by your distance from the screens. Mine're at about 30-40 degrees.
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