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Matrox Iris GT smart camera announced

Brenda Stokes — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:37:45 +0000

If you’re interested in getting a new camera, then you might want to take a moment to consider the Matrox Iris GT “smart camera.” That is, if you require a bit more from your digital imaging device than the norm. As the name suggests, this camera is not your ordinary device and actually has an Intel Atom processor inside!

In case you thought Atom processors were reserved for netbooks, think again. This Matrox camera has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 256MB of RAM, 1GB of flash storage and many a connection port. It really takes the whole idea of a camera up a notch, huh?

Interestingly enough, this is actually one of the first devices an Atom processor has powered that’s not a netbook. It also uses Windows CE 6.0 and lets you “design machine vision applications” without the need for programming. In the end, you’ll be able to configure the camera to read barcodes, recognize patterns and more. The Matrox Iris GT will be available in the first quarter of next year.

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Matrox GXM Control Panel makes TripleHead2Go and DualHead2Go more attractive for Mac users

James Allan Brady — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:33:51 +0000

In case you didn’t know, the TripleHead2Go and DualHead2Go are display adapters that multiply the number of monitors you can drive by taking a single video output from your computer and splitting it into 3 or 2 more displays respectively. With this new software utility Mac users can now make better use of these pieces of hardware, especially with the digital editions of these GXMs.

With OS X 10.4 or later and one of these two GXMs in the digital edition, and then this new Control Panel software Mac users can now get 1920×1200 on each of 2 displays or 1280×1024 on each of 3 displays. These displays can be mirrors, or copies, of the original display or can be used to extend your desktop across the extra monitors.

That means that with a laptop you could extend your desktop across 4 monitors or mirror it across 4 monitors, maybe for watching a movie or presentation. The software update is free, you just need a TripleHead2Go Digital Edition or a DualHead2Go Digital Edition in order for it to work.

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Matrox banishes your noisy PC

Chris Davies — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:43:36 +0000

I’m sure there are people out there reading this who have held off from buying a KVM switch because, frankly, they’re a bit dodgy. It only takes one missed switching-keypress and an instinctive jab at the space bar to inadvertently close an important programme before you start doubting the reliability of most consumer models, and when you add in the limitations in range of both USB and PS/2 cabling, they can be more of a liability than a boon in mission-critical environments such as trading floors, security control and AV production. That’s where high-end Remote Graphics Units (RGU) step in, and of all the brands one of the most well-known and trusted is graphics specialist Matrox.

So when Matrox release a new one, people with important keypresses to be made take notice; I bet they’ll be all over this. The F1220 lets you extend one or two displays, audio, two IEEE 1394 FireWire ports, and up to six USB devices, including keyboard and mouse, by up to 820 feet (250 meters), and supports both monitors running at up to 1920 x 1200 thanks to the in-built 128mb of graphics memory.

A fanless design, it’s a quiet and flexible unit that communicates with the serving PCs via a multi-mode fibre-optic cable.

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New Mac Compatible Matrox DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go

Rue Liu — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:35:03 +0000

So you want to be hip like the other geeksters, gamers, and graphicteers out there with multi-monitor setups but you cant quite afford that ultimate video card just yet, especially after you handed over your savings for the 2 extra flat screens. Then its time to turn to the Graphics eXpansion Modules (GXM) from Matrox that are external devices that let you connect up to three existing monitors for under $300. And what’s even better is that Matrox has just upgraded their DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go to be compatible with select Macs.

So, if you have one of the latest Macs, you can now connect up to three screens. Why two if you can do three, right? And as you can see from the picture above, you can also turn a notebook such as your Macbook into a visually powerful desktop system with two extra monitors by using the Matrox modules.

The DualHead2Go enables a fully symmetric dual-montior setup for Mac notebooks or desktops. But should that not be big enough, the TripleHead2Go can connect up to three monitors. They are simple to setup, requiring no replacement of any hardware or software, and your operating system will detect the DualHead2Go or TripleHead2Go as an ultra-widescreen monitor that supports resolutions of up to 2560×1024 and 3840×1024 respectively. The GXM then splits this ultra-wide resolution into two or three standard resolutions and sends them off to the connected monitors.

These Matrox GXM modules are shipping now at $169 for the DualHead2Go and $299 for the TripleHead2Go.

Matrox DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go now Mac compatible [Via: Gizmag]

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