12/17/07 Update: The newest version of the driver (available here) now supports Windows Vista Aero effects. You do not need to do anything with your hardware - simply download and install this newest driver and you’ll be running Vista Aero on your additional displays in no time.
Note: We got a very interesting and informative comment [...]
A lot of people want to add another monitor to their laptop - up until now the best choice was a VTBook. The VTBook is a PCMCIA card that gives you a true digital DVI port out - very cool, but also pretty expensive ($230) and it only offers 32 MB onboard RAM.
Sewell, however, now [...]
Do you have a dvd player or computer with HDMI or DVI that you want to hook up to your TV’s HDMI port but you don’t want the mess of a cable to go the distance? Our Wireless HDMI extender, part number SW-6934, is exactly what you are looking for. Just plug in your dvd player, or [...]
We have a whole line of Environmentally friendly video cables and the question often comes up about what makes the difference.
Environmentally friendly cables use a PVC replacement called “Termoplastic Polyester Elastomer” or TPE. TPE has two big advantages. First, it’s biodegradable. If you just through the cable away the normally corrosive PVC found in other [...]
Just checking around at my favorite review sites over the weekend, when I stumbled upon a review of the VTBook at PC Perspective. For any consumer looking to add an additional DVI port to their laptop this is a great solution. Please take note however that this is only for the PCMCIA slot [...]
Yesterday I got my new video cards! At the present moment they are the fastest video cards that money can buy. Over the next few weeks I will update the tech blog with details and pictures of the high end rig I am building for Windows Vista Ultimate!
System Specs:
Silverstone Temjin T-J09 [...]
Here are list of graphics cards that work with the DVI to Component Video adapter, part SW-4041. I got this information from the ATi and NVidia product pages.
ATi Video Cards that support HDTV
Nvidia Cards that support HDTV
Radeon® 9800 series
All GeForce 6 Series Cards
Radeon® 9700 series
All GeForce 7 Series Cards
Radeon® 9600 series
Radeon® 9500 series
All-in-Wonder® [...]
Well, the Tikiman and I are always battling it out as to what video cards are better. Well, I’d like to hear what card he thinks is the best for regular people (non gamers) and why. My personal opinion is as follows:
I like the HIS ATI Radeon X800XL IceQ II 256MB (256bit) GDDR3 PCIe [...]
Well, the question has been asked enough times. “Will a Dell 30 inch dual link display work under single link modes?” Dell’s site explicitly says that a Dual Link video card must be used with this monitor. We called up Dell, and none of the people we talked to seemed to know. Since none of [...]
One of the big bonuses to the HDMI connection has been the integrated video and audio. This has created a giant headache for early hi-def adopters who now have a bunch of DVI equipment that require a separate audio connection to get the full multimedia experience. Since HDMI was released, there have been several DVI [...]