Laplink DoubleView

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Feeling a little crowded on a single monitor? Looking for a bit of dual screen action? DoubleView lets you turn any spare PC (including laptops and Tablet PCs) into a monitor extension for your main computer. Use this simple software solution to double your screen real estate economically, without requiring a second video card or a dual-output card.

Don't toss away that old PC yet. DoubleView gives you the power of multiple monitors to increase your productivity!

Ideal for:

• Anyone with a spare old PC
• Home consumers
• People with lots of photos to edit
• Graphics and audio professionals
• Software developers and QA testers
  

• Doubles your Screen Size Without Hardware
• Allow Screen Flipping
• Supports High Resolutions
• Three Display Modes
• Works with Laptops, Destops and Tablet PCs
• Easy to Use
• Multiple Connection Options
• Fast, Smooth Response Times
• No IP address required
• Works with Older Operating Systems

Instead of using a video cable, DoubleView utilizes any standard Wireless LAN or Ethernet network connection to transmit the screen contents or to send keyboard/mouse input to the second PC.

DoubleView installs a virtual video driver onto your primary PC which fools Windows into thinking that an additional monitor is installed. The content of this virtual video card is compressed and transmitted to the secondary PC via any standard network connection and displayed by a small separate DoubleView Viewer program.

No IP address required to connect the PCs
The primary and secondary PCs connect automatically, without requiring the entry of IP addresses.

Doubles your screen size without hardware
This is the low-cost, hardware-free alternative to an expensive extra monitor and video card. You'll save a minimum of $250 by using DoubleView software instead of a hardware-based solution!

Works with laptops, desktops, and tablet PCs
DoubleView lets you use any spare PC running Windows 98 or higher to add to your screen real estate.

Allows screen flipping
The second screen display can be flipped 90, 180 or 270 degrees to accomodate screens of any dimension.

Supports high resolutions
DoubleView supports screen resolutions of up to 3,200 x 1,600 pixels. Resolutions can be recalibrated instantly.

Three display modes
Choose to view your second screen in one of three different display modes:

• Full screen mode--display matches the primary PC's resolution
• Windows screen mode--display appears in a window that can be moved around
• Fit to screen mode--magnifies images placed on it to fill the screen

Fast, smooth response times
Drag windows between two screens swiftly and easily, with no lag or "stickiness". DoubleView uses "on-the-fly" compression to minimize screen response time.

Easy to use
Just install the software on both PCs and then use a wireless network or cable connection to link the screens together.

Minimal CPU usage
DoubleView runs on a very low CPU output, so it won't slow your computer down.

Works with older operating systems
DoubleView works with secondary PCs running Windows 98 and up.

Multiple connection options
Choose from a wide range of connection options, including a cable or wireless network, FireWire, or USB cable.

• You need two Windows Laptop-/Desktop- or Tablet PCs
• Primary PC: Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP
• Secondary PC: Windows 98/ME/2000/2003/XP, (Linux with Wine or MacOS X with VirtualPC are Not officially supported)
• Each PC must have its own monitor; connected to a VGA card with 16 bit color depth or more (>65.000 colors)
• A local WLAN, Ethernet, Firewire or USB-to-USB network connection between the PCs
• 5 MB hard-disk space