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Posts tagged “monitor”

Computer-Monitor-as-TV-Screen Done Right!

Yeah, yeah. We're always hearing about how your home computer—with it's DVD drive and connectivity to Hulu and Netflix—can completely replace your TV screen and cable box. We've just ne...

Dell Introduces a Windows 7 Ready, Multi-Touch Display

Look ma, we can pinch and zoom! Swipe to reveal jump lists! For those who are looking for a "complete," visceral Windows 7 experience, Dell proposes you grab one of their new 22-inch LCD monitors that...

Mimo Mini USB Monitors Make a Comeback

Add some extra screen estate to your laptop setup with one of four Mini USB Monitors from Mimo. Though we introduced the Mimo line earlier last year, we noticed they made a disappearing act halfway th...

LG Flatron W30 Series: Your Laptop's Colourful Sidekick

As a laptop user who has a secondary monitor to expand desktop real estate, we can vouch it's an investment worth every dollar in utility. But if you're looking for a monitor beyond the typical black,...

Another Mac CRT Monitor Hamster House

Unplggd reader Mod Mischief noted that there was a better looking version of the same idea we posted earlier this week of an old iMac repurposed into a hamster house, and upon review, we have to whole...

Cheaply Get Touch Capabilities for Your Laptop via USB Monitor

Touch screens are what most users really want. With Apple releasing their neat new mulit-touch touchpads for their MacBooks, the race is on to provide touch and multi-touch capabilities to users. Unti...

Good Questions: Green LCD Cleaner?

This question comes from Callista: I recently purchased "iKlear Apple Polish" to clean my laptop and iPod screens with. The company claims that it is "environmentally friendly" but they do not disclos...

Schlage LiNK Lets You Control Your Home From Afar

One of the main concerns of any homeowner is what happens to their beloved place while they are away. This is something that causes as lot of worries. You are not there and you have no control over th...

Final Frame: Transparent Wallpapers

Inspired by today's earlier post about the design studio of PlayLab Inc., a collection of transparent screens gathered by Flickr user w00kie....

More PC Desktop Space on Less Real Desktop Space

Life's better with multiple monitors. It's just a fact. You get tons of extra space to spread out toolbars and open up pages. But the trade off is that as you gain more virtual desktop space by adding...

Your Grill-Out Partner: The Talking Wireless Thermometer

Planning and hosting a patio party can be a challenge. With so much to do and so many different places to keep an eye on cooking and entertaining (not all of us have a slammin' stocked pollside kitche...

Final Frame: CR-Tea

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Wattcher Electrical Use Monitor: Save Money Easily

Times are tough and we are always looking for ways to save more money. There are a bunch of devices on the market that promise to help you do this by cutting down on wasted electricity. Most of use le...

Survey: Widescreen Aspect Ratios, 16:10 or 16:9?

While many of us have come to accept the strange resolutions provided with the 16:10 aspect ratio seen on most widescreen LCD monitors over the years, we're starting to notice a slow push towards the ...

Motion Sensing Energy Saving Monitor by Eizo Nanao

We make it a goal any time we walk away from our laptop+external monitor setup to not only put the system to sleep, but also to turn off the monitor to save energy. It's a small step, but we're all ab...

Dell: It's About Time Someone Got the Monitor Equation Just Right

If you're like us, you're LCD lovers that longed for the perfect desktop monitor. That is, a monitor that didn't leave an gaping chasm in our wallets, but still featured all the up-to-date options at ...

eLite: The Easy Energy Monitor That Will Save You Money

Times are tough, pretty much everywhere. The recession is hitting most businesses hard. That means that energy monitors that will save you money are getting that much more interesting. Why waste money...

Joven's BIGMac: Better Integrated Ghetto Mac Mini
A DIY Mac mini Mount

click for more pics Joven just sent us his impressive DIY project, which he calls the BIGMac (Better Integrated Ghetto Mac Mini). Inspired by the Sonnet MacCuff Mini mounting system, Joven created his...

Laptop Screen Faceoff: The Results May Surprise You

While the PC vs. Apple fanboy war may not end for quite some time, there is one thing available for a non-biased (well, less biased at least) and that's the quality of the monitors that ship out with ...

The Myth of Width: Is Bigger Always Better?
We're Talking About Computer Monitors Here, People

In this age where everyone is trying to stretch their dollar bills, rarely do we find ourselves saying, "No, I don't need that much." We want more space, more food and more time, even though we know i...

Where to Find Multi-Montior Wallpaper

We've all seen those sweet multi-monitor setups like this geeky numbered setup, our own Gregory's double-truck vertical action, and this roundup of the biggest and baddest multi-monitor setups just to...

Two in One: Digital Photo Frame that Doubles as a Mini Monitor

It is clear that you all feel that digital photo frames have just not caught on. Will they ever? Is it just too weird to power on your photos, or do you think that it is just a waste to have an elect...

MIMO 7" Monitor Adds Extra Space For Extras

Extra desktop space is, simply but, better. Much like the old adage of how nobody couldn't use more money, we here at Unplggd believe that nobody couldn't use more monitors. For all of the solutions t...

News: Isamu Noguchi Designed Monitor Sold for $22,800

$22,800. Wow. That is what this Isamu Noguchi designed baby monitor recently went for at the Wright20 auction house. While Noguchi is better known for now iconic mid century furniture such as his cof...

Green Ideas: Energy Mate Great Way To Save Energy

It's been shown that simply having a display that shows your energy consumption will help you cut down and save money. In these frugal times, it's always best to be able to save money. British Designe...