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Dual-Headed DVI Flatpanels?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-monitor-for-each-eye dept.

NP-Hard asks: "My organization has recently come into a Lot of Money for new hardware. We're a Linux shop, we code a lot, and we're drooling over the prospect of dual DVI-driven flatpanels. Believe it or not, Linux-friendly dual DVI solutions are thin on the ground. Anybody know of a good configuration for under $7k?" I'll be able to afford one of these, someday.

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  1. dual PCI SGI flat panel displays by vipw · · Score: 3
    you might want to look in to the SGI flat panel displays, http://www.sgi.com/flatpanel/

    You can buy them in a package with a PCI Number 9 revolution IV and the whole kit can be found for less than $1400(US).

    Almost all computer have a couple PCI ports open, and unless you're doing fast texture writes it's really not much slower than AGP.

    We're really thinking about rolling these out as the standard dual-head setup at my workplace to cut down on eye strain and electricity costs.

  2. Re:what? by The+Mayor · · Score: 3

    Digitial Video Interface. No analogue. Most flat panels are designed to use analog outputs from your video card. The resulting digital -> analogue -> digital conversion potentially introduces a lot of noise into the picture. It's better to get a special video card (a DVI card) that outputs a digital signal directly. SGI's wide aspect ratio LCD panel used a DVI video card from Number Nine, for instance.

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  3. why flatpanels? by whydna · · Score: 3

    Why do you want flat panels so badly? Is it because they're "cool", or because they don't require as much disk space. Personally, I think a nice high-end monitor is a better deal. They're cheaper, bigger, and sharper; you could very easily get 3 of them for less than the price of the 2 flat panels. Plus CRTs usually run at higher resolution, so you'll get more screen real-estate.