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WilHarris · 30th Nov 2005, 09:42

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...ead_2go/1.html

felix the cat · 30th Nov 2005, 10:03

another genius product by matrox or so it seems...any loss of quality by passing it through the box???
....not that i expect any coming from matrox...usually top notch when it comes to gfx quality...

Lovah · 30th Nov 2005, 10:23

Wow great product. A question though..

Currently I'm using a 12" Powerbook (1024*768) with a Dell 20" widescreen tft (1680*1050). I use the dell as main screen. Now I have a 17" tft (1280*1024) laying around. The 20" and 17" are roughly the same height because the 20" is widescreen.

Could use this thing to use the 17" aswell? (the height in resolution doesn't match perfectly.. 1050 - 1024 = 26 pixels less on the 17".

How would this work?

Thanks,
L

Nature · 30th Nov 2005, 10:53

Kinda funny haulling around LCD's with your lappy

ralph.pickering · 30th Nov 2005, 11:01

I wouldn't have said it was expensive. I recently had a look into external VGA boxes for someone who needed 2 or 3 extra monitors running from a laptop (for controlling multiple projectors at an event), and there were a couple of USB to VGA adapters available, and these PC Card to PCI slot boxes that you could theoretically fit a few PCI graphics cards in. Most of the solutions were either not quite good enough (USB) or pushing four figures. In the end they just went with extra laptops. This could well have been perfect, and it blows the USB VGA and external PCI boxes out of the water in terms of price. I'd be interested to see how it copes with having powerpoint, for example, on one screen and media player on the other.

P2D · 30th Nov 2005, 11:48

HOW MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg thats damn expensive tbh..

Reaper_Unreal · 30th Nov 2005, 13:56

I love it and must have one. Seriously, even though my laptop already does 1920x1200, I could always use more desktop space. I wonder if I could hook it up to my KVM switch, that way my mac, desktop, and laptop could all have a huge output, that would be trick.

Lovah · 30th Nov 2005, 14:03

Reaper_unreal: Yes, you should beable to use a KVM aswell.

Note that bouth the screen's are still "one" theoretical screen. So if you would use it for a powerpoint presentation, the presentation would be split across bouth screens (in the middle). I reckon this would be a huge pain in the ass with the DOCK of OS X. But as in the picture you could move it to the left or right hand side.

L

Still wonder if it will work with 2 different resolution monitors...

Meanmotion · 30th Nov 2005, 15:19

Quote:

And don't even think about the possibilities with SLI...

Oh but now I am..

Rich_13 · 30th Nov 2005, 15:35

need enough monitors first :-p

Tim S · 30th Nov 2005, 15:57

I've got a 17" TFT sitting on the floor at the moment, because my Shuttle only has two DVI outputs - need a third output so I can be back to triple headed goodness.

GuardianStorm · 30th Nov 2005, 17:22

mmmm, shiney! little expencive,but good value for what it is tho. might buy a second monitor first

(i use my laptop and a KVM for my second screen between laptop external port and pc)

Confused Fishcake · 30th Nov 2005, 20:54

Pretty cool, but could you power it via usb?

TheSpoonman · 30th Nov 2005, 20:58

Since you got it to work on the Mac without software, I'm wondering if it'll work with Linux easily enough, too? How did it appear on the Mac? As a single large monitor?

Cabe · 30th Nov 2005, 21:02

*cough* http://www.matrox.com/mga/workstatio...G450x4_mms.cfm *cough*

jezmck · 30th Nov 2005, 21:16

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Originally Posted by Nature

Kinda funny haulling around LCD's with your lappy

Exactly what I was thinking - seems like a fundamental flaw to me.

korhojoa · 30th Nov 2005, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cabe

*cough* http://www.matrox.com/mga/workstatio...G450x4_mms.cfm *cough*

Heh, 5 of those + dualhead 2 go = 40 monitors of goodness

Oh yes. How's that for multi-monitor setup?
Theoretically: 2048x1536x20 = 62914560 pixels of monitor-ness.

Anyone want to buy me that?

Cabe · 30th Nov 2005, 22:51

http://www.9xmedia.com/

TOYS

as for using it with your laptop, I suspect its desinged to remain at your desk whilst you swan off to forign lands with your portable.

WilHarris · 1st Dec 2005, 10:26

I toned it down for the article, but this is how I think they should be used - for showing hi-res pics of Jessica Alba!

pman · 1st Dec 2005, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Confused Fishcake

Pretty cool, but could you power it via usb?

In theory yes with one of those USB power cable things. I power my switch via one, but I am making good use of the mouse ps/2 port by using one of the ms usb-ps/2 coverters to free up a USB. PS/2 gives out the same 5v

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Lovah Apple and Canon fanboy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 3,433	Reaper_unreal: Yes, you should beable to use a KVM aswell. Note that bouth the screen's are still "one" theoretical screen. So if you would use it for a powerpoint presentation, the presentation would be split across bouth screens (in the middle). I reckon this would be a huge pain in the ass with the DOCK of OS X. But as in the picture you could move it to the left or right hand side. L Still wonder if it will work with 2 different resolution monitors... __________________ MacBook Pro 15" \| 20" Dell 2005FPW \| iPod Touch 16GB Canon 400D + BG-E3 \| RS-60E3 EF-s 10-22mm F3.5-4.5 \| EF 17-40mm F4 L \| EF 50mm F1.4 \| EF 70-200mm F4 L Manfrotto 190ProB + 486RC2 \| LumoPro LP604 \| Canon 430EX + OC-E2 \| Nikon SB-262 \| PocketWizard Plus II3

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WilHarris Just another nobody Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Oxford Posts: 2,671	I toned it down for the article, but this is how I think they should be used - for showing hi-res pics of Jessica Alba!