27" Monitor with 17" 4:3 Monitors on the sides?

[Aligaterror]

I have a Asus PB278Q 1440p 27" Monitor and I want to get two new monitors for the sides. If I get two more 16:9 27" monitors it would be too wide (and expensive) for me. So I thought I could get 4:3 monitors.

 

According to this website, the height of the 27" matches with the width of the 4:3 17" which means that if I put them in portrait all three monitors would line up, right?

 

http://www.displaywars.com/27-inch-16x9-vs-17-inch-5x4

 

This is the monitor I was looking at:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-V176Lb-inch-5ms-Monitor/dp/B00DFWLKEA/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=1B8PVBD3WTTVD4D0Q2TS

 

So, will it work? Is it a good idea?

 

I'm hoping that it will look something like this:

 

[WereCat]

Yes it should work like that.

 

27" 16:9 monitor has screen 60cm width and 34cm height

17" 4:3 monitor has screen 35cm width and 26cm height

 

So it will be only 1cm above your main monitor.

 

EDIT

 

You can also get 17" 5:4 monitor which is 1280x1024 and that will be screen 34cm width and 27cm height and that will match your 34cm height 27" main monitor perfectly.

[Aligaterror]

Yes it should work like that.

 

27" 16:9 monitor has screen 60cm width and 34cm height

17" 4:3 monitor has screen 35cm width and 26cm height

 

So it will be only 1cm above your main monitor.

 

EDIT

 

You can also get 17" 5:4 monitor which is 1280x1024 and that will be screen 34cm width and 27cm height and that will match your 34cm height 27" main monitor perfectly.

Great, thank you very much

[WereCat]

Great, thank you very much

No problem

[Geekazoid]

The only problem you face is that the resolution of the 4:3/5:4 monitors won't align correctly, unless you set a custom resolution (which probably won't look great). I'd suggest looking for 16:10 monitors with a 1440x900 resolution that can rotate into portrait. That way the horizontal resolution will match the ASUS PB278Q vertical resolution. Just something to think about.

EDIT: The 16:10 monitors in the picture look to have a resolution of 1440x900.

@Aligaterror

[WereCat]

The only problem you face is that the resolution of the 4:3/5:4 monitors won't align correctly, unless you set a custom resolution (which probably won't look great). I'd suggest looking for 16:10 monitors with a 1440x900 resolution that can rotate into portrait. That way the horizontal resolution will match the ASUS PB278Q vertical resolution. Just something to think about.

@Aligaterror

I was thinking about that but he would must find 15.6" 16:9 1440x900 monitor in order to fit the size of screen and there is no such monitor with that resolution as long as I am aware.

[Geekazoid]

I was thinking about that but he would must find 15.6" 16:9 1440x900 monitor in order to fit the size of screen and there is no such monitor with that resolution as long as I am aware.

Perhaps you're right. I see that the larger monitor on that picture he provided looks to be a 16:10 display. So, yeah, I think you're most definitely right. I guess the only option in his case is to create a custom resolution for each monitor which mightn't look too bad.

[Captain_Slow]

I have a Asus PB278Q 1440p 27" Monitor and I want to get two new monitors for the sides. If I get two more 16:9 27" monitors it would be too wide (and expensive) for me. So I thought I could get 4:3 monitors.

 

According to this website, the height of the 27" matches with the width of the 4:3 17" which means that if I put them in portrait all three monitors would line up, right?

 

http://www.displaywars.com/27-inch-16x9-vs-17-inch-5x4

 

This is the monitor I was looking at:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-V176Lb-inch-5ms-Monitor/dp/B00DFWLKEA/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=1B8PVBD3WTTVD4D0Q2TS

 

So, will it work? Is it a good idea?

 

I'm hoping that it will look something like this:

 

16421896.jpg

 

That's a 30" monitor with 20 inch companions.