In a dual monitor setup, are all of the windows undockable?
I'm able to move a couple of them (preview & audio). Can the timeline or available media windows be moved to the second monitor?
You can move the timeline to the second monitor if you move the window, or if you switch the priority of the monitors. The timeline is just not undockable.
In all seriousness-- once you move to dual monitors, you will never, EVER want to go back. I feel so constrained trying to use Vegas, Photoshop, After Effects, etc. on single monitor set-ups now! I've been spoiled!
Yeah, ain't it great. With CRT's being so cheap now, I bought a couple of used Samsung 955DF's flat screen monitors for $100 each, and I'm in hog heaven.Wish there were a way to stop certain programs, (not Vegas), from opening windows between the two screens though.
What Video Card are you guys using? I looked at the ATI Radeon 9800....but the price at Best Buy is $199. Is there anything less expensive out there that will do an acceptable job? Not interested in the bells and whistles......just two monitors for Vegas.
I use the gexcube 9600 xt 128mb, it has dual video out and comes with the dvi-vga adaptor. Its probably the best mainstream 2d/3d accelerator out. I use use dual monitors with an external video monitor via pd150p firewire and it works great!
If you're really cheap, go find an inexpensive single-head PCI video card. You can probably find something for $20 or less. Leave your existing AGP card in, add the PCI one in, and Windows should recognize both cards, and give you the option of extending your desktop onto the second card.
I worked this way for years in Premiere before dual-heads came down in price.
I use a Radeon VE (a.k.a. Radeon 7000) dual-head now that works just fine.
Matrox G550 video card is working great for me. Has one DVI and one analog output. Both are plugged into LCDs. Can't really tell the difference between them. Analog looks as good as DVI.
Matrox G450 - Dual CRT's and has worked great for audio and video projects ... would love to have TFT's, but maybe when they come down in price to where I can aford a couple of 21" ers...