Century's Plus One 8-inch USB monitor seems pretty OK for displayin' stuff
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jan 29th 2009 5:04PM
posted Jan 29th 2009 5:04PM
You know how it is, with so many apps fighting over that valuable desktop real estate. Luckily, there is no shortage of companies looking to fill the void in your life (or your workflow) with an additional 8 inches of USB-enabled monitorin'. The newest entry into the market is the Plus One LCD-8000U by Century, a digiframe-looking thing that sports an 800 x 600 resolution, 250 cd/m2 brightness, and supports either portrait or landscape mode. What's not to love, right? Well, the fact that it's going for $190 is not very lovable. Still, it's good to have options. Or something. Award winning video after the break.
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$50 is my max for a display like that
$100 for those suffer multi-touch tech
lol i'd rather get a bigger one cheaper.
One that's not shitty quality.
That's what she said.
Sometimes bigger is not what you need.
The idea they seem to be pushing here is that it's a screen you can tuck into your laptop bag and carry around with you. A portable second monitor.
If you are in a meeting, you can be doing stuff on your laptops screen and turn this little screen around to show everyone else.
It's not meant for permanent desk setups.
It would have added that little something extra if Billy Mays was in the video...and it was going for 3 easy payments of $49.99 (not including $39.99 S&H)
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Michael Scott should buy a few of these.
If that was a touchscreen I'd totally get one..
YooTubo Compatible!!!!
(See 0:08)
I'm not impressed. There has to be a cheaper way to manufacture these.
How many can you drive at once? I could see someone with a lot of cash with 10 of them hooked up.
Why would you spend $1,900 buying 10 of these 800x600 screens? A better option would be a large hires screen with a couple of these on each side for added info. Its a huge pity they are not touch screens though because I can certainly imagine having one one displaying a set of configurable buttons making it a sort of poor-man's Art Lebedev control surface.
You could almost get a crappy NetBook for that price, and then use a util to control both displays from one machine, or use a keyboard switcher with a USB keyboard.