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Chapter 4
Using nView Multi-Display Settings
Training and Presentation —
nView
Clone mode
), where two displays show identical images, is useful for
presentations. A presenter may use the smaller display on the podium, while a
projector display reflects the presentation to the audience. In training applications,
the instructor can see what the student is doing under nView Clone mode. The ability
to see the presentation while it
ʹ
s being projected can be especially useful when using
mobile computers.
Virtual Desktop
“Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode” on page 55
), a sub-
feature of nView Clone Mode, is useful for flat panels and ana log displays with
limited resolution and is used to set a larger than viewable area on the second
display, which supports full pan-and-scan of the entire desktop area.
Digital content creation (DCC)
applications can use one display for toolbars and
palettes and the other for rendered output. Additionally, many real-time or game
development environments allow the authoring tools or game engine code to be
visible on one display, while showing the art or game engine in a full screen, game
play-like mode on the second display.
Graphics Artists
can have common applications such as Adobe Photoshop or 3D
Studio Max
open with the palettes and menus on one display and the other display
dedicated to workspace.
Writers
can use one display for research and the other for
writing.
Financial
applications, such as stock trading applications, can use a pair of large
digital flat panels. This would allow you to watch real-time stock data on one screen
and use the other screen for trading activity.
Video editing
applications would use one large computer display and one NTSC
display. Since nView technology allows decoupling of refresh rates, the primary
(editing) display could be a high-resolution RGB display for running the application
(Adobe Premiere, for example), while the second display can be an NTSC or S-Video
display for checking the video output for proper color balance and quality.
Entertainment
applications can use multiple display support in several ways. Game
titles, such as Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2000, support multiple displays out of the
box. With nView
Clone mode
, game play can be sent to a big screen TV or even to a
VCR.
Home theater systems
can take advantage of the DVD capabilities of your computer.
Simply hook up a large screen television as your second display and you can watch
DVDs — without having to buy a dedicated DVD player.
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