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Dual monitors with Mac Mini Intel and DualHead2Go? Anyone?
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:46 pm
by refresh
so I ran across this post recently :
http://voice.firefallpro.com/2006/02/ma ... using.html
about using this device:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/products/dh2go/home.cfm
and the software SwitchResX:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/morei ... e=feedback
I was cursious if anyone out there had tried this with Modul8 (or anything else for that matter).. I wonder how it would react??
Sure would be nice to use a dual core mac mini for giggin..
thanks,
rumi
Re: Dual monitors with Mac Mini Intel and DualHead2Go? Anyon
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:33 pm
by yves@garagecube
Yes it works with Modul8. Also support for non 4/3 format is integrated in the V2.5 of Modul8.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:10 pm
by refresh
Wow, this is really great news! Very exciting prospect and could be the most affordable way to get a Modul8 machine together. looking forward to 2.5!
Re: Dual monitors with Mac Mini Intel and DualHead2Go? Anyon
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:52 pm
by Jesper Fryd
yves@garagecube wrote:Yes it works with Modul8. Also support for non 4/3 format is integrated in the V2.5 of Modul8.
so, just to clarify:
if I buy one of those and plug it in to my Mini, I will have a screen setup working exactly like that of my PowerBook?
Any quality loss?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:11 pm
by refresh
Obviously Yves will be able to answer this question better than me, I don't have a Mini, this display splitter device, nor the intimate knowledge of how M8 handles displays.
But I did do a little bit of research on it and here's what i've gathered:
The display acts like one big display i.e. The splitter device tells the graphics card that it's one super wide monitor let's say 2048x768 (2 XGA side by side). And the graphics card doesn't know any better (unless perhaps they came out with proper OS X drivers for the splitter).
One down side to this is that apps will open their startup screens in the middle of the screen and by default i imagine most things open dead center between the 2 screens.
I used to have a dual screen windows nt box that behaved like this. it was an annoyance but was worth it for all the screen real estate.
anyway, so to anwser you question Jesper, no it won't behave like your powerbook, which allows you to control the two displays independantly, it could potentially if they took the time to write mac drivers for it, but as it is it will apparently behave in this less featured way i described, but also apparently still be usable for Modul8..
Another important note, if this works out, it could be a great way to run multiple distinct projectors off of one laptop or imac.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:45 pm
by Jesper Fryd
yes,what I noted was also the "one big screen" thing.
so unless Yves & Co built some cool tricks into 2.5, this really won't be of much use, M8-wise.
(since the output window can only be scaled to 800 by 600)
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:49 pm
by Jesper Fryd
So the next question is:
Will this enable my PowerBook G4 to run the M8 interface on the built-in display PLUS a 2048x768 comp (on two projectors) on the external port...?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:18 pm
by yves@garagecube
Jesper Fryd wrote:Will this enable my PowerBook G4 to run the M8 interface on the built-in display PLUS a 2048x768 comp (on two projectors) on the external port...?
Yes. It allows you to do multi-projection using a PowerBook which is great. We have one of this device and already tested it. It works pretty well. The V2.5 allows you to use several different ratios for the preview panel, so you can map it perfectly to the very wide output of the Matrox device.
Regarding the mini, it simply requires a special mode that puts the full-screen output on half of the screen while the interface stays on the other half. It was not planned for the V2.5, but I really would like to have it for the final release.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:46 am
by gmint
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:19 pm
by Jesper Fryd
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:57 am
by videofile
does the triple work with mac?
i have read that the duel does, and i see no reason for the triple not to work either, but i could be wrong. does anyone know?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:49 pm
by wygiwys
yves@garagecube wrote:Regarding the mini, it simply requires a special mode that puts the full-screen output on half of the screen while the interface stays on the other half. It was not planned for the V2.5, but I really would like to have it for the final release.
Allright, I have a mac mini (the only thing I could afford), and version 2.5
Is it worth spending €120 on the dualhead2go? Will it work? Because it would be a pity when I still have the apple bar in my 2nd 'output' screen.
Thanks,
JiP
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:30 pm
by wygiwys
Just found this; a video card to usb, macworld says it's compatible with mac...
Thought it might be interesting.
Kensington Dual monitor adapter
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:46 pm
by vanakaru
I just got an G4 Mini for backup. I shall test Dualhead2go tomorrow.
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:27 pm
by cheveria
Does anybody know how to convert DVI to S video?
thanx
