Sideline Cinq USB companion monitor hands-on
By Richard Lai 
posted January 10th 2010 9:04AM
posted January 10th 2010 9:04AM
posted January 10th 2010 9:04AM
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How about 2 of them on one machine? These are pretty sweet.
Its a good concept but it looks horrific
they look like tea trays.... aside from that, a good concept.
They look like giant PDAs or slate computers. Unfortunately it seems they are only good for use as a second screen.
Hence why they're called "companion monitors" rather than "tablet computer". But there I go again off on my silly little tangents.
Was just about to preorder and seen 32bit only. WTF?
@FreakShow
Looks like the "32 bit only" thing was a caveat for XP specifically.
I guess you could be running 64 bit XP, but I figured you weren't because you sounded somewhat surprised about the lack of driver support.
Can you guys please stop using "kosher" in your writeups?... you almost always use it incorrectly.
Is this based on DisplayLink or something else?
@PBB Try reading the post again. ;)
It looks like a terrible idea to me.
I am a loooongtime convert to multiple monitor set ups - I've been using them long before most people even knew it was possible - but you aren't going to be able to use one of these displays on a plane or on the go, so if you have the room for one of these for your laptop, why not just use a regular LCD monitor?
@Hazdaz Of course you can use this on a plane, these things look like they can swivel to the users desire and regarding vs regular LCD, the swivel works to quickly turn your screen to the client or use it as a message board or if you need to unplug for a moment (because you're on a laptop) the second screen comes with you rather than having to unplug the second LCD monitor entirely.
There are loads of uses which people will come up for, the market will decide it's usefulness.
@Hazdaz
My notebook has one video port to add an external monitor. This would allow me to at least add another if not two. Mimo sells 7 inch USB powered screens from $129-299.
Too expensive for not having touchscreen. If it was around $100-$150, that would be about right.
@Showbiz AGREED! At that price, they cannot expect to sell too many of them.
How is it able to be powered by a single USB slot?
@Cydoniac
The usb port only powers the tiny shock collars that get the magical elves inside the screen to run on hamster wheels that really power the device.
DisplayLink does not have 64-bit driver support for Snow Leopard. It wipes out almost all Mac users.
Add multitouch, n it'll be an awesome (expensive, but awesome) keyboard...
@DarkElfa plz make work with PS3?
@DarkElfa Yeah, I'd definitely go for that if it had capacitive touch. Compatibility may be an issue though.
i dont really see why this is any better then the MIMO monitors... and they have touch for 199... i like that it attaches to the monitor but i would rather have touch for that price
@patcom8 are the MIMO ones not a lot smaller??
This is 10" and Mimo is only 7". Mimo's touch is resistive, so you need to use Stylus under resolution of 800x480 and only single-touch.
Who can come out with an USB multitouch monitor for a reasonable price?
Why not just buy a 2nd monitor?? I guess I'm not getting the purpose..
@bonedog73
mobility my friend.. mobility!