[Cialug] Monitors

[David Champion]

The sidecar plugs in to the pc-card (pcmcia) slot of a laptop. I'm 
assuming it acts as another display adapter. Performance wise, pc-card 
doesn't have nearly as much bandwidth as AGP or PCI-X... so that's what 
I meant by performance issues...

I'm also guessing that it may not have good Linux support.

-dc

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> Here's what I don't understand about the device: If what's coming out of
> my vga port is 1024x768, and what is being displayed is twice that,
> where are the extra pixels coming from, and how "lossy" is the image
> that is being displayed?
> 
> Or if you can't output a certain really high resolution are you hosed?
> It really doesn't say on the sales pitch for the device.
> 
> Does it have some kind of device driver that tricks windows into
> displaying a higher resolution and then grabs that from the OS and
> throws it out the vga port? If so, is it slow since the vid card is not
> doing the processing?
> 
> 
> :) Dave
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 10:42, David Champion wrote:
> 
>>Dan J. sent me this link a while back for a similar device...
>>
>>http://www.digitaltigers.com/sidecar.shtml
>>
>>I wonder how the performance is on these things.
>>
>>-dc
>>
>>Rob Miller wrote:
>>
>>>In my previous job, I used dual Dell monitors supported by a Matrox card.
>>>That was with Win2k OS.  Just googled Matrox and found a cool box that lets
>>>you run two monitors from your laptop.  Check it out -
>>>
>>>http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/dh2go/home.cfm
>>>
>>>Rob Miller
>>>
>>>
>>>On 2/6/06, Chris Hilton <chris129 at cs.iastate.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dual heads is simple if you have a good (read nvidia) card.  Although,
>>>>I've
>>>>heard some cards don't support TwinView.  So, you might want to check with
>>>>a
>>>>buddy before you grab a specific card!  I believe it was one of the 6800's
>>>>I
>>>>heard didn't support TwinView yet.
>>>>
>>>>Actually, in ATI's defense, I've helped setup dual head on an ATI and it
>>>>wasn't bad; they actually have an amazing script for it.  It's getting
>>>>everything else to work with ATI that's hard.
>>>>
>>>>On Monday 06 February 2006 10:59, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>For me, its not about movies and gaming -for that I use XP on a
>>>>>widescreen Inspiron (ya,ya I know). But if I had a 20in or 24 inch, I
>>>>>would have enough pixel real estate that I could use it like a dual head
>>>>>display. For me, that's really productive, as I constantly switch back
>>>>>and forth between windows and desktops.
>>>>>
>>>>>Anyway, I think we are at the price point were it is about the same cost
>>>>>to use a pair of 17 displays, comnpared to a 20, but the 20in is a good
>>>>>compromise, with a simpler setup (on linux) and a lot higher "cool"
>>>>>factor...
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 10:18, David Champion wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>You may want to read this article before you buy...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/31/do_you_want_a_16_9_lcd_monitor_now
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-dc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My Bro-in-law was showing me his Dell Ultra Sharp 20, and its a
>>>>>>>*really* nice monitor... Its soo tough to buy LCD's, since two
>>>>
>>>>displays
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>can have the same specs and look totally differant...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>><Struggling to not call dell and order one...>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 08:25, Dave Weis wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Yeah, but do they work for Samsung or Hyundai?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>NOt sure
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>From: Dave Weis [mailto:djweis at internetsolver.com]
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:21 AM
>>>>>>>>>To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Monitors
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Who makes those for Dell?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A bunch of people in a sweatshop :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>From: Dave J. Hala Jr. [mailto:dave at 58ghz.net]
>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:16 AM
>>>>>>>>>>To: Cialug
>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [Cialug] Monitors
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I see the price on the Dell Ultra Sharp 24" wide aspect Lcd
>>>>
>>>>dropped
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>another $100.00.  Anyone try to justify buying one by claiming it
>>>>
>>>>is
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>a "productivity tool"?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>:) Dave
>>>>>>>>>
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