Dual monitor Application

If you have a computer, which is rarely utilized, then MaxiVista can help you to connect the PC as the second monitor for another computer. For doing this, there will not be any need of extra hardware.MaxiVista can be used with any sort of combination of laptop, tablet PC or desktop, to mirror or extend the screen content of the primary PC. MaxiVista is also compatible with multi-monitor systems based on hardware, and two dual monitor systems may be put together to prepare a display of four monitors from the primary PC.

The software of the server is fixed up in the primary PC. Then the program of the server is utilized to produce a viewer file of small type, which is duplicated to the PC of the secondary type and run. MaxiVista operates ideally on one’s current PC with a dual-monitor.

The PC of the secondary type may be operated in background so long as one does not require viewing the screen. In mirror style, the screen content upon the initial display may be copied to the secondary display.

Multiple monitors enable program switching and comparing documents easier than before. If quality is not a major issue, you may choose used or older monitors at online auctions, or at discount stores or computer outlets.

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Getting the Best Display on Your Monitor

If something always makes you thinking about your computer with Windows 7 as its operating system is “How to get the best display on your monitor”. This is a frequently asked question that is considerably simple yet the answer to it is most of the time confusing.  However if you fall under the category of people who are desperate to learn the trick but haven’t yet, you will have all that you want to know regarding it, once and for all after you are done with this article.

Display and The type Of The Screen

Windows have always been widely reputed when it comes to high class display features emphasizing chiefly on the resolution, refresh rate and color. With Windows 7 things have just got better and friendlier than ever. These display settings however are dependent on the type of monitor you happen to be using.  The display features would be varying in character from a LCD monitor to a CRT monitor. In order to get that perfect display on your computer screen you might have to adjust the setting or restore them. In order to that you must have to go through the following procedure.

Display And Resolution of the screen

LCD monitors are more into vogue nowadays as they have massively replaced the previously used CRT monitors. However CRT monitors are also very much in utility today even though it is decreased. LCD screens are way lighter and sleeker than their CRT counterparts .LCD monitors also comes in a wide gamut of shape and sizes. These include wide screens and standard width screens with ratios of 16:9 or 16:10. Talking about laptops they also use flat screens .Something that is common for both LCD and CRT monitors is that higher the number of dots per inch, better would be the clarity of the fonts. With the increasing of your screen resolution would be increasing the screen resolution. But the fact is that your computer screen resolution depends on the capability of your monitor.  Monitors with higher resolution would have more items fit in them and the items appear sharper, the reverse happens in the case of a monitor with lower resolution. Windows usually provides you with the leeway of increasing or decreasing the size of text or other items on your screen without affecting the monitor’s optimal resolution.

How to get the best display setting for an LCD monitor having Windows 7

The procedure to achieve this is particularly simple and easy. You should begin with checking the clarity of your screen. It is always advisable to leave the screen on your native resolution that is the resolution that the monitor was designed to display based on its size. You need to check the display setting from the control panel to know the native resolution of your computer. It can be done following the two steps stated below.

1) You need to open screen resolution by clicking the start button and then clicking Control Panel, following these under Appearance and Personalization, you must click Adjust screen resolution.
2) Click the drop down list next to resolution .now check out the resolution recommended. This is the native resolution of your monitor.

How the retailers of the screen can also tell you the native resolution and other trivia of your monitor .In a nutshell if you follow the above details then you can attain your desired display on the screen of your

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BenQ Unveils New 3D Ready BenQ MP780 ST Projector

BenQ has launched a new projector named as BenQ MP780 ST Projector. Unlike any existing projectors that are available in market, BenQ MP780 ST Projector offers interactive capabilities as an interactive whiteboard plus a projector system. BenQ MP780 ST Projector is compatible with any Operating Systems that support a standard USB mouse. The amazing projection system of BenQ MP780 ST Projector doesn’t require any kind of calibration between the projector and the projection screen.

Specifications:

General:

• Product Color: Black/White
• Native Resolution: WXGA (1280 x 800)
• Projection System: DLPTM technology by Texas Instruments®
• Brightness: 2500 ANSI lumens
• Lamp: 225W, 3000/4000 hours (Normal/Eco)
• Contrast Ratio: 3000:1
• Weight: 5.7 lbs (2.6 kg)
• Noise Level: 30 / 28 dB (Normal/Economic mode)
• Resolution Support: VGA (640 x 480) to UXGA (1600 x 1200)
• Dimensions: 13 x 5.1 x 9.8 inch (329.5 x 130 x 248 mm) with Lens
• Image Size: 48” to 300”
• Throw Ratio: 0.5:1 (95″@ 1m)
• Throw Distance Min: 0.75m; Max: 1.6m
• Zoom Ratio: Fixed
• Lens: F=2.6
• Display Color: Full 16.7 million color palette
• Aspect Ratio: 16:10 Native, 4:3 Selectable
• Horizontal Frequency: 31-93 kHz
• Vertical Scan Rate: 48-86 Hz
• Projection Position: Front/Rear, Table/Ceiling
• Input Terminals: HDMI 1.3 (w/ Audio) x 1 Analog RGB: D-sub 15 pin x 1(shared with Component) S-Video: Mini Din 4 pin x 1 Video: RCA x 1 Stereo Mini Jack x 1 Audio L/R x 1 USB Display mini B x 1 USB Reader Type A x 1
• Speakers: 10W x 2
• Video Compatibility: NTSC/PAL/SECAM
• Auto Switching Power Supply: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz
• Power Consumption: 280W, Standby < 1W
• On-Screen Display Language: Bulgarian/ Croatian/ Czech/ Danish/ Dutch/ English/ Finnish/ French/ German/ Hungarian/ Italian/ Japanese/ Korean/ Norwegian/ Polish/ Portuguese/ Romanian/ Russian/ Simplified Chinese/Spanish/ Swedish/ Turkish/ Thai/ Traditional Chinese (24 Languages)

Output Terminals

PC:

• D-sub 15 pin x 1
• Variable Audio Out: Stereo Mini Jack x 1
• 12 Volt Trigger x 1 Speaker 10W x 2

Control Terminals

Serial Connector:

• RS232 9 pin Male x 1
• RJ45 x 1 USB mini B x 1

Preset Modes/ Application Modes

• Dynamic Mode
• sRGB Mode
• User 1 Mode
• Presentation Mode
• Cinema Mode
• User 2 Mode

Functions

• Brilliant Color™
• VIDI™
• 3D Color Management
• Crestron LAN Control
• Closed Captioning
• Digital Zoom (x2)
• Variable Audio Out
• Quick Cooling
• Quick Auto Search
• Blank
• Panel Key Lock
• Auto Off
• Security Password
• HDTV Compatible
• High Altitude Mode
• “Q?” Hot Key for FAQ
• 3D Ready
• Freeze

Accessories (Standard)

• Quick Start Guide
• Manual CD
• Remote Control w/battery
• VGA Cable
• Power Cord
• USB cable mini B x1 USB cable standard B x1 PointDraw Pen x 1 PointDraw Pen Holder x 1 PointDraw Pen wrist strap x 1 PointDraw Pen Soft carry case x 1

Accessories (Optional)

• Presentation Plus
• RS232 Cable
• Spare Lamp Kit
• Soft Carry Case
• 
  

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Review of Toshiba’s CEVO-Engine 01:15

Toshiba is happy about its upcoming CEVO-Engine, which is going to launch in the beginning of next year in a price range of “sub-€5,000″. So, CEVO-Engine in a nutshell is a bunch of those multicore processors stacked on top of each other and that allows more picture processing. The Cell of these microprocessors are capable of converting 2D to 3D but the CEVO-Engine is capable to set aside a whole processor for it, with its surprisingly decent results. It can also upscale the half resolution 3D into 1080p.

The CEVO-Engine with ultra-bright LED is going to be a masterpiece creation from Toshiba. As its name suggests it comes with a ultra bright LED panel for display. The working of this power packed machine is totally different from a regular TV. It works with powerful microprocessors and ultra bright LED panel that is controlled by the CEVO-Engine itselt. The CEVO-Engine is the core component of the machine which controls the all graphical processing in the machine. The machine is supported by cell microprocessors stacked on the top of each other and with the help of these microprocessor the engine becomes capable of processing the pictures with more efficiency. The whole panel of display comprises of more than three thousand LED’s and with a combination of these micro LED’s and the processing power of CEVO-Engine the machine becomes capable of processing HD images and videos. Apart from this, the CEVO-Engine introduces the prepping 3D technology. This technology makes sense to the realm of 3D. It helps in the rendering of 3D objects and Peoples are particularly excited about the prepping 3D technology for display. In this technology the adjustment of brightness and colors can be made to compensate the dimming effect of 3D glasses. The necessary headroom for this is provided by 3,000+ LEDs. Those lights will be split into 512 locally dimmed regions. The CEVO-Engine performs the heavy lifting of image analysis. Actually it’s painful to look at these displays at full brightness when the lights are off but when the shutter of glasses are on we found that the picture is as close to “regular”.

Apart from the basic TV, the CEVO-Engine TV will take you a mile ahead. Its each and every function is optimized according to you and moreover its revolutionary concept of its ultra bright panel of LED LCD will give you a complete satisfaction upon its purchase. Unlike the regular TV it will tune you to feel the richer graphical experience. We can say that this technology from Toshiba is a milestone in the field of technology and entertainment. As compared to its features it cost to you at a very low price. CEVO-Engine TV from Toshiba will going to change the definition of entertainment very soon.

The CEVO-Engine TV itself has a nice design heritage but looks-wise it’s nothing revolutionary but the technology on which this machine work is of course revolutionary

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Reports: Windows Slate to be released by end of 2010

As per the market rumors, Microsoft is planning to launch Windows slate by Christmas this year. They are planning to throw a big competition for apple’s iPad. It is interesting to see a new slate device from the software giant as they are popular for great innovations in the technology. Apple’s iPad is getting popular day by day and it is selling 5 million units per quarter that is big headache for Microsoft. So, now Microsoft decided to launch Windows 7 based slates this year to stay in the tablet computer market.

Earlier in this year, Microsoft chairman Mr. Bill gates told that Microsoft is undertaking a lot of tablet computer project. One of the projects is an innovative combination of the dual screen book with stylus and finger input. Microsoft is working very hard for a new tablet book to produce an answer to Apple’s iPad. There is one more big worry for Microsoft; they saw a 2% fall in recent US trading. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said earlier this year at London school of Economics “you will see the tablet and you will find that it has everything that you want from a computer”. He also said that they are very close to launch and finally are going to launch it by Christmas this year. They unveiled the Windows slate on October 11 this year also.

The desktop and laptop manufacture giant HP is also working closely on consumer friendly tablet computer based on Windows 7. These tablets are much more similar with the HP touch smart PCs. But the project is shelved, and they now acquired Palm operating system. They also started working with the Palm web OS.

It will be interesting to see whether Microsoft is changing the operating system or continue with the Windows 7. In a recent report Mr. Ballmer said that you will see a touch screen optimization in Windows 7. Every one including Microsoft is looking forward to this Windows slate; it will add more reputation to the company and become a bigger competitor for apple’s iPad. It is hoped that the Windows slate will have an optimized version of Windows and will not flunk like their smart phones

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Hybrid Laptop from Lenovo®

After its successful strategic decision almost six years ago, of acquiring IBM’s PC business, Lenovo has emerged as the world’s 4^th largest PC vendor and the largest PC vendor in China. Recent reviews show Lenovo positioning itself as the 5^th largest PC vendor in India and proving themselves as a brand to stand with. In India alone, Lenovo claims to have grown 60% year on year. With the evolution of All–in-Ones, the monitor integrated with the CPU concept, and, the smartphone as well as tablet markets emerging in a phenomenal way worldwide, Lenovo’s strategic hybrid smartphone and docking station, using two different operating systems, not only is an interesting innovation but, also a perspective changing product line.

With the battle of the iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 raging, Lenovo has interestingly combined their hybrid product with the Android OS on the tablet and Windows OS on the docking station, making a very interesting combination. In India, the Mac market has been sluggish compared to the Windows platform on PCs, notebooks, netbooks and even servers. As far as India is concerned at least, the hybrid LePad and IdeaPad, with the benefit of both worlds, the Android world and the Windows arena, seem to be a winning strategy for Lenovo.

The U1 IdeaPad has been defined to be a Windows laptop with a detachable touch screen that functions as an Android tablet, independently called the LePad. The wonderful 8 hour battery life proposed and Intel i5-540UM Intel processor in the IdeaPad base, with a 1.3 GHz Snapdragon processor in the LePad, will definitely be an experience to remember. The 10.1 inch touch screen tablet, only half an inch thick, has a front facing camera for video chat. The wireless integration supporting WCDMA and EVDO connectivity is also an interesting introduction. The display resolution of 1280 x 800 HD with a 16 or 32 GB internal memory on the LePad, is also said to be an advantage. The IdeaPad with its Intel Core 1.2 GHz processor, 2 GB memory and 320 GB hard disk with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth running a Windows 7 OS, is formidable.

This product range is expected to hit the Indian market anytime in the second quarter of 2011, after its launch in China in March 2011. Interestingly after its massive success with desktops, laptops and notebooks and netbooks, Lenovo’s foray into the tablet market, with a new business group, focused exclusively on developing the facility, for creating unique mobile devices, is innovative.

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HP’s new laptops provide easy self-repair

In the last week of the month of February 2011, HP made public some very useful information about is new business laptops. These laptops will now be loaded with features that would make the task of swapping components or fixing the PCs much easier. These business laptops, the new EliteBook and ProBook, will be having Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors. They will be shipped worldwide in the month of March 2011.

The most striking feature of these laptops is the panel they would have at the bottom that can be separated with ease to uncover the fan, hard drive, memory and networking modules. What makes this feature so striking is that in the previous models the screws had to be taken out to remove the panel. Now this task would be as easy as just removing the panel and replacing it with the most updated components to keep your system in tune with time.

According to the officials of HP, if a person wants to upgrade the memory, swap the hard drive, add a wireless WAN card, the new models make the tasks very simple for them. For instance, in the previous models where it was required to remove a keyboard to upgrade memory; it was very tough to remove a fan. In the new models, with the placement of the substitutable components at the bottom, the replacement of a part won’t put others components at risk.

Many experts are worrying about the cutting down of the size of the components in the laptops. They tend to give second priority to the accessibility. But the squeezing of the components will benefit HP in terms of the benefits and the reduced cost that its customers will enjoy with the easy accessibility. What makes the benefit of easy accessibility all the more alluring is the fact that this kind of option was till now was the privilege of the users of desktops.

To add to it, the laptops will also have an advanced version of QuickWeb, a quick-boot supporting environment, which enables the user to boot or start the system in flash of seconds. It will make the task as easy as checking the  e-mail. Moreover the laptops are all set to be more rugged. In the EliteBook we can have the luxury of choosing from the two new models of laptops. The first model, 8460p  priced at US$999, comes with a 14-inch screen and 4.57 pounds (2.07 kg) weight. The second model 8560p, priced at US$1.099, has a 15.6 inch screen. Both of them have a nine-cell battery and provide 8 hours standby.

The ProBook series flaunts four models and the screen size ranges from 13.3 inches to 17.3 inches. They boast of having a USB 3.0 and HDMI (high definition multimedia interface) ports.

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