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Ohmz

3:33 PM on 30 September, 2009

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Damn good idea if you ask me. I'd snap up the nine inch one if I had the money; a really cheap way to get some more screen for my 13 inch laptop.

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Luan Bach

4:37 PM on 30 September, 2009

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USB power, really ? I thought a USB port is only 500ma, considering it's not enough to power a 3.5" HD what chance for a monitor ?

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John McLean

5:55 PM on 30 September, 2009

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@Luan Back - 3.5" drives are more power thirsty than you might think, especially on spin up. They can easily draw over 5W, whereas as you state the max for a USB device is 2.5W (5V x 500mA). A modestly sized LCD monitor using high efficiency lowish brightness LED backlighting could quite easily come in under 2.5W, especially if fitted with circuitry to store some charge to meet surge demands in output (maybe startup, maybe quick changes in large areas of the screen) without exceeding the rated input current.

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Darfuria

5:57 PM on 30 September, 2009

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I don't suppose they rotate to portrait view? Would be ideal for an e-mails monitor...

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Malderon

5:59 PM on 30 September, 2009

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I guess you could use for playing a video while browsing... but then what's wrong with using the VGA port for that?

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ilovethemonkeyhead

6:22 PM on 30 September, 2009

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nice idea. might be useful for displaying the time, and other widgets logitechs's gamng keyboards, do too. i always hated looking down from the screen with the g15 keyboard. not cool.

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HisEnormity

6:58 PM on 30 September, 2009

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Perfect for a separate Tweetdeck monitor. I'm tempted.

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ChrisNolan

9:48 PM on 30 September, 2009

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hmmm....tempted as a screen for api/code documentation while coding away...saves flicking between windows

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thewelshbrummie

12:31 AM on 1 October, 2009

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"...this is the first time I've noticed a company doing a full range of mini USB monitors and it's likely no bad thing..."

Ahem, the Nanovision MIMO range of 7" USB monitors have been aroudn for a while, now on their 2nd generation... http://www.nanovisionmimo.com/

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nanite2000

1:21 AM on 1 October, 2009

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I'll take 10. I can't think what I'll use them for, but if it helps make my workstation look more like the BatCave, then it's no bad thing.

Seriously though - awesome idea. As a Visual Studio developer, I love the idea of having a dedicated screen for each development window. One for code, one for controls, one for explorer, one for output, one for finding things, one for debugging, one for email, one for tweets, one for torrents, etc...

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Darfuria

9:28 AM on 1 October, 2009

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I suppose the difference between paying for one of these and paying roughly the same for a 17" monitor is simply that sometimes smaller is better, and the lack of VGA/DVI ports or available wall sockets could be an issue...

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WyWyWyWy

9:55 AM on 1 October, 2009

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It is USB remember, it doesn't run off of the graphics card, so it costs CPU to run.

And that means you probably don't want to run 10 of them.

I don't think they can play videos smoothly either.

And the 7" model consumes 3.3 to 4.9W. How the hell can they run it off a single USB cable?!

And the answer is that it takes two USB ports >__<

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