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February 28, 2008 7:46 AM PST

Dongle connects second display to PC

by Reuben Lee
(Credit: Crave Asia)

If you hate having to change the video card in your PC to support multiple displays, here's a way that can help save the hassle. The Logitec LDE-SX010U, which is expected to be released in Japan in mid-March, is a USB-to-DVI dongle that lets you connect additional monitors to your computer via the USB 2.0 port.

The Logitec dongle supports a maximum 1,400x1,050 pixels, which is the standard native resolution for most 19-inch panels. Up to six displays can be connected to one PC, according to Akihabara News, though a more powerful computer is recommended as more displays are added.

Users can choose to activate the multi-display option for larger desktop real estate or the "mirroring" mode, which essentially duplicates the content on the different screens. A "90 degrees" option also enables the display to be rotated for portrait viewing. Unfortunately for Mac users, the Logitec dongle supports only Windows Vista, XP, and 2000.

(Source: Crave Asia)

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Till then, we'll use the Tritton SEE2
by nerv2010 February 29, 2008 9:36 AM PST
I hope the picture quality is better then the Tritton SEE2. We use it on notebooks and it works well up to 1600x1200 but the picture quality is not perfect and it only supports VGA out.
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