btw I don't want to make it sound like you shouldn't get a second monitor. If you have the cash it will obviously be a nice thing to have. I just want to stress that it isn't necessary to buy just to see if you like 8 tabling. that seems like a bad buy to me. Also you mentioned you did not want poker to feel like work. 8 tabling is going to be work wether you do it on 1 monitor or 8 monitors. I would guess 8 tabling is not something you will keep up, if avoiding the "work feel" is a priority of yours. bottom line - get a second monitor so you can watch full screen movies while you play on the first one, and to occasionaly 8 table.