Ergo Series [Issue 4, Volume 1]
As technology advances and display monitor price decrease to an affordable level, many decided to adopt dual monitor setup at their office workstation. Dual monitor setup has becoming more common in today’s office. It is said to enhance one’s productivity as compared to single monitor setup. Or is it?
To answer that, it actually is, as long as you set them up correctly. In this issue, we explains how to properly set your dual monitor setup for maximum productivity and minimum effect of safety and health. Do share with your colleagues!
Why do we use dual monitor setup?
As global technology advances, more paper documents in our offices are translated into electronic media. Not only it uses less physical space for storage, the use of electronic media allow us to effortlessly pull out old documents with simple search on the monitor.
To open up multiple documents simultaneously, however, we require more real estate on our monitor. This is why dual monitor setup is becoming more popular and preferred in today’s offices.
Single monitor VS dual monitor.
Setting up your dual monitor.
Proper dual monitor setup can be confusing. Improper setup could strain your neck and cause fatigue to your eyes over time.
A proper dual monitor setup will depend on the following factors:
- Percentage of monitor usage,
- Type of task performed.
Before reading the following recommendations, think about how you utilize your monitors. Most people with dual monitors lie between 50/50 use and 80/20 use.
50 / 50 monitor use
50/50 monitor use is when both monitors are equally used. This is typical in data / document comparison task.
80 / 20 monitor use
80/20 monitor use is when one monitor is used more than the other. Secondary monitor is typically used for email or light monitoring.
