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January 9, 2008 4:55 AM PST

Samsung monitor grows a mutant sidekick

by Mike Yamamoto
(Credit: Samsung)

There's something about Korean manufacturers that apparently makes them want to experiment with monitors as if they were lab rats. A company called Woojin, for example, saw fit to grow a small screen out of the top of a full-size LCD last year. Now Samsung, which also has already shown a penchant for Frankenstein projects, has grafted a second screen onto the side of one of its displays.

Why? No idea. Coolest-Gadgets speculates that artists and others might want to reserve all 22 inches of the Samsung SyncMaster 2263DX's main screen while leaving lesser functions to the 7-inch sidekick protruding from its right side. Depending on your needs, it's either a bargain or a waste for $550: Yes, you could easily buy two monitors for that price, but it's also a space saving double screen in one. Or, to be more accurate, maybe 1.3 screens.

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too bad they don't make it interesting
by dredgerie January 9, 2008 3:30 PM PST
what would be really awesome is if they could make the second, smaller screen
detachable, so say, you're watching a video, and you need to go into a second
room to check on another project, you could just clip it off and continue
watching.
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right idea, wrong execution
by BrockLanders January 10, 2008 9:27 AM PST
Dredgerie - check out sidelinedisplay.com, product isn't available yet, but it's exactly what you mentioned...
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