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anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:50 pm
by deadly_habit
those lil like 7" usb monitors like
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/ this or the ones mimo make? was wondering how they function and how useful they'd be. reason i ask is either for real estate for some dedicated plugs like an oscilloscope or spectral analyzer without going pull blown on another widescreen lcd monitor and they seem fairly cheap.
hell debating building a micro atx machine with a cheap stereo in/out interface so i could have a constant oscilloscope and spectral tool going without taxing my main rig, be it for production or referencing tunes
plus they look damn cool, and that's what the ladies dig
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:10 pm
by EBR
i'll be def getting one soon. Can't see anything wrong with it.
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:18 pm
by deadly_habit
yes just curious on response time and such being they are usb and how much usb bandwidth they take up, use 2 usb hubs (1 powered one not) and all my mobos ports as is. just wondering if too good to be true at the cost
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:34 pm
by wormcode
I had one and I sold it pretty quick. Kind of novelty. It wasn't that brand though so maybe they have gotten better. It was also more expensive which prompted me to get rid of it, but still for 100 I'd be thinking of getting a normal second monitor.
Maybe they have gotten better in the last year. If so I wouldn't mind having a couple of them mounted. The main problem with the last one was hardly any plugins fit on the screen since they couldn't be resized, but with VST3 and such you can resize VSTs now.
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:13 am
by MimikOctopus
deadly habit wrote:yes just curious on response time and such being they are usb and how much usb bandwidth they take up, use 2 usb hubs (1 powered one not) and all my mobos ports as is. just wondering if too good to be true at the cost
USB is well known to not be time accurate.
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:18 pm
by deadly_habit
well i'm not so concerned about the resolution, more the response time. if it's good i can build a cheap second machine
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:23 pm
by frank grimes jr.
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:25 pm
by deadly_habit
lol and contrasting reviews
acer is a great company too
Re: anyone have one of those mini usb monitors?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:31 pm
by frank grimes jr.
I have two 22" acer screens that are connected to my office workstation.
They have served me well for going on two years now.
I think I got them for $140 each at the time.
