Replacing multi-monitors with 1 large one

[Shnozz]

Please respond to anything here as though talking to an old man who knows nothing about tech! (because both are true...)

I would like to replace a present 2 monitor work station with 1 large TV screen which will have dual purpose as a workstation day time and a lounge TV evening.

I have tested the concept on my present TV and the multiple windows when hovering over the top right icon then present in odd formats - ie half a screen on Word, only the conversation rather than "full screen" on Teams etc. This is contrast to present drag and drop onto screens when it automatically sets it to the full application displayed.

Is there a way to alter this? I can see me soon tiring of doing it every time a new application is opened.

The other concern I have is with Teams and sharing windows - which is currently very easy to do without sharing anything else that might be visible to me but I do not want shared - not a deal breaker this one as can run the laptop as a temporary second screen in meetings to hold the "shared" docs, but just wondered if an easy way was possible.

Many thanks in advance.

[JoshSm]

Drag to partial tiled display should be painless, at least it is for me on Windows & Linux, just drag to edge & get upper/lower/side/quart/full screen with adjustable split afterwards.

Sharing is just something you have to manage, no way around it.

My regular setup is a 4K 42" monitor (Dell, replacing an LG equivalent), plus a pair of 24" 16:10s plus laptop. I sometimes share by window & sometimes a display depending on what's going on.

[Mr Pointy]

If you don't hover on the little square icon on the top right of a window but click it that window will go full screen - the icon will change slightly to show that the window will revert to the smaller state if you click it again.

As for the The Teams sharing issue you should be able to share just an app window but running a second screen is better.

[redrabbit29]

JoshSm said:

Drag to partial tiled display should be painless, at least it is for me on Windows & Linux, just drag to edge & get upper/lower/side/quart/full screen with adjustable split afterwards.

Sharing is just something you have to manage, no way around it.

My regular setup is a 4K 42" monitor (Dell, replacing an LG equivalent), plus a pair of 24" 16:10s plus laptop. I sometimes share by window & sometimes a displa depending on what's going on.

How do you find this?

I have an LG 40" 5k2k monitor with a 27" Benq on the left.

It's good but sometimes the LG seems a tiny bit dark. I do mega technical cyber work so the large screen estate is really critical

[ecs]

I went from two monitors to a 47” ultra wide a few years ago. I use a Mac so use Magnet app to split the display into thirds (it adds options to the window maximise buttons). I think this is a built in feature for Windows - quick google suggests that it’s called Fancyzones.