Hands on With EVGA’s Interview Dual-Display Monitor
It’s rare that we look at non-mobile gear, but I’m making an exception for the EVGA Interview dual-monitor solution. This $649 device is not one, but two 17″ monitors with a single input. Using the included DMS to double DVI cable, a computer with a supported graphics card can take advantage of the Interview. Each panel can display up to 1440×900 resolution. You can make one big extended desktop, or you can clone your display on each monitor. Why would you do that? When the situation arises that someone needs to see what you’re working on, you simply take the cloned display and rotate it 180-degrees — the Interview automatically adjusts the picture so the person behind it will see the image right side up! Very slick.
Additionally, the Interview can add three more USB ports to your computer and it also has a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam and microphone. Have a look in the video overview to see how it all works. Oh and don’t think I totally ignored the mobile aspect. Wait until you see what the $70 UV Plus accessory can do with a laptop when paired with the Interview!
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My main issue with this solution is the cost for what you get. Today I can go buy two Dell 23 inch panels that each run 1080 x 1920 for $169 each. Sure I’ve got to have a pair of DVI cables and a video card with support for dual monitors, but I get significantly more real estate for half the cost.
$649 for two 17″ Displays, does that really make sense? These days you can get 22″ Dell displays for $139, and even if you want to add more monitors to your computer than it supports, buying 2 22″ (or heck, even the $199 24″ Dell displays) *and* the Matrox DualHead2Go is still cheaper than this solution. It feels to me like they are about 10 years to late with this. Or, $400 too expensive :-).
Very cool, but obviously people are objecting to the cost. Years go I bought a VT Book from Village Tronic to do what your UV Plus does, but it requires a PC Card slot, which my Toshiba has, but not my Samsung Q1.
A host of studies show that two screens are more efficient to work with than one, even if it’s a big one. Opening and moving and maximizing and minimizing windows is never as efficient as having everything open where you can work.
Oh, and the resolution of those monitors wouldn’t require the $70 UV Plus which goes to 1600×1200; the $39 one goes to 1440×900.
For less money, you can get two of these and still have money left over for some Corsair Memory:
Samsung SyncMaster 245BW Black 24″ Widescreen LCD Monitor
24″, 1920×1200, 5ms, DVI – MPN: 245BW with a Response Time of 5 ms.
I use the matrox dualhead2go with 2 17 inch monitors and my HP2710p tablet. I love the set up and could never go back to just oe external monitor. I paid much leass for this setup then 650.00. Also, I assume that the EVGA system comes as a package so that you cannot easily replace the monitors. With the matrox setup I can always change my monitors in the future.
I have 10 old ink cartriges. How can I recycle them?