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[edit] Device that splits laptop VGA signal to drive multiple monitors
There is a device that does this, I can't remember what it's called. Any ideas? Really helpful. You set up your external display to be huge and it sends the left half to one monitor and the right half to another.
does anyone have any information to put in here about common problems and issues associated exclusively with multiple monitors, such as those distortion lines that move accross CRTs that are next to each other?
- A problem I have is when I switch to a single monitor (Laptop) and some of my PhotoShop tools appear where the other monitor was. I can't figure out how to get them back without switching back to dual monitors and then moving everything. But I don't always remember which dialogue boxes have opened on which monitor. I guess this is more a problem with PS, but it's still relevent.--bigjarom 02:53, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
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- You should see the relevant "invisible" programs in the taskbar. Right click one, choose "Move". You can now use your cursor keys to nudge the window back into view. However that's usually not exactly easy, so instead make sure your cursor is on your working monitor (this is only when the other isn't working, in other cases your cursor should can't be anywhere else anyway), and now hit a cursor key. The window should now be stuck to your cursor. Click somewhere to drop it there. I hope that helps! Retodon8 21:28, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
How about info on using dual screens in presentations--one view is used by the speaker and displays notes, the other is shown to the audience. And didn't Apple have multimon support well before Windows? --Jason McHuff 07:34, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
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- Yes. Apple's had multimon for as long as it's had slots for extra video cards, and OS/2 had it before Windows but the second monitor was text-only - useful for debugging. Actually I've only ever used multiple video card setups - I'd just thought the ones with two kinds of connectors were so you had a choice of which to use. --Jamoche 18:04, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image
The apple image is very nice. But the PC image is very ugly. Maybe we should remove PC image and only have Apple. Point is dual monitor, no matter if apple or pc.
i concur Zvesoulis 18:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Increased productivity: Evidence?
So, I'm a "believer" (that more monitors = more productivity); but, I'd like to see some citations on this. Particularly-impressive would be studies that don't have funding from "vested interests" (e.g. monitor-makers). I may be cynical, but I don't find the studies of vested interests to be as persuasive...
- I agree that it makes me more productive, but I don't have any sources on that ^^; --Disavian 20:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- I'll cite Bill for you. Shawnc 23:57, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Personal Experience-does it count?
I use two seperate computers at my desk, one with moniter's that mirror each other so that my clients can watch me work, if they are there; and the other has side by side so that I can have three different operations going "full screen" at the same time.
I do income taxes and investments, and want more screens up...as many as I can get. Moniters cost $350 each for good 19" jobs. What about cards and other stuff? What is the best setup? As to increased productivity, it is very great. There is no end to benefits...if you are working and have more to do than will get done! Ken 22:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] virtual screenshots
The images of the virtual size of dual screens do not seem useful to me, besides their (possibly intentional) extremely low quality.--MarSch 09:44, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed. Let's can them. --Disavian 00:50, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
- done --MarSch 08:33, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "More than Two Monitors" : SLi and Crossfire?
This paragraph gives credit to SLi and Crossfire for why people are expanding beyond two monitors, but I don't agree at all to this. If something should get credit its PCIe with its 2-4 graphic-suitable ports over the old fast AGP + slow PCI combo. If SLi is enabled (perhaps this also goes for CF), you can only have enabled one monitor. To enable the other outputs, the cards have to be in independent mode which kills the entire point of buying two high-end graphics cards. You will only be able to use one GPU to run a single game if you have 1< monitor enabled, which in my oppinion probably make SLi-owners more likely to not have multi monitors. Source : http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_faq.html#s7 --Brillegeit 00:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- Its been almost two weeks without comments so I went ahead and updated the article. --Brillegeit 04:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Disadvantages?
My non-NVIDIA laptop GPU of a few years old does better than that. I can't check things at the moment, but when I had a second monitor connected, both were accelerated, and processing power seemed to be shared well. I can't speak for VRAM or what happens when accelerated things span both screens, but I can imagine that it's possible with little overhead. I don't mean to say that the disadvantages are never there, just that they don't necessarily have to exist, depending on the implementation. --62.194.128.65 20:33, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'm going to pull the Nvidea line since it's been inaccurate for years, but I remember hearing something like this back in the days when twin outputs were a super feature you only got on very high end cards. I have had 2 ATI cards (a radeon 7500 and radeon x700), both of which have twin output, and both of which can render on either display, with both Windows and Linux (radeon proprietary drivers). On linux it can even render -across- the monitors when using a large framebuffer streached across 2 displays. I also have a G40 Thinkpad with an Intel chipset (instantly forgettable, don't remember the chipset), and that can render on both it's internal LCD and external outputs.
- EasyTarget 12:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
