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ETC Ion with Matrox Dual or Triple HeadToGo?

Hi All,
Just wondering Ions support the use of a Matrox Dual or Triple HeadToGo in order to gain some more valuable screen real-estate?

I know there are various ways of getting extra screens, like using an RPU/2nd console or a client dongle with a laptop, but if the DHTG would work, then it would solve a problem I'm going to hit next week! (Bigger console/additional hardware is not available- it's a job I've done before and know what to expect, and I know that squeezing all the necessary information and user-interface onto two screens is tricky. Snapshots help but are not ideal.)

<Wishful thinking from a grumpy GeniusPro user>
If only there were a way of making 'mirror mode' look at a different workspace (like you could do with the free Strand Node software- you could effectively tell a 300 or 500-series it had more screens than the number of outputs and pull the additional ones up on a networked computer)! I'd be quite content parking the 'Playback Status' display off on a non-touch screen. Seems to me like ETC's workspaces would be perfect for setting up this sort of arrangement.
</Wishful thinking>

Thanks,

Ian

  • Recently I set up an Element for a school with some 24" high res monitors. My first thought was how the new screen tools (frames & workspaces) could make multiple screens from a single monitor. Then I saw a picture (here or FB?) of someone using a stage projector as the monitor.

    It all comes down to how many pixels you have available.

  • in reply to RickR
    Agreed, but there is a limit as to how small one can make the interface and it still be useable. I consider myself an 'advanced' EOS user, an I'm aware of most of the tricks to make use of available space.

    In the situation I'm currently in (and I'm sure I can't be the only one, as I've seen other threads around in the past asking 'how to enable the 3rd port' (which doesn't give you a third display)), a third screen is what is needed. It just so happens that I've got potential to borrow a client dongle from another place that I work, but if the Matrox option is there then it's another avenue to explore!
  • in reply to irw
    Isn't the cost a 256 Nomad dongle not much more then buying a matrox dual?
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