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Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 3:50pm

First Look: See2 Xtreme, US...

Monitors keep getting bigger and bigger, but it seems that the more display space you have, the more you may want. While Leopard provides Spaces so you can flip through multiple virtual desktops, you may prefer connecting multiple monitors to your Mac instead. For a simple solution to plugging in additional monitors to any Mac, take a look at Tritton’s See2 Xtreme external video card.

The traditional method for connecting multiple monitors is to plug in multiple video graphics cards or install a single video card that provides multiple outputs. This solution works fine with the Mac Pro (laptop Mac users have a built-in video output already), but Mac mini and iMac users won’t allow installation of a separate video card. That’s where this USB device comes in handy.

The main item is the external video card itself, which appears as a small box, roughly the size of a deck of playing cards (4.5-inch length, 2.0-inch width, and 0.88-inch height). The external video connector is a DVI port, but the package includes a DVI-to-VGA adapter for plugging it into most standard monitors.

To make this unit work with your Mac, you must first install a special video driver that comes on an included CD. After installing this video driver (and rebooting), you can plug the device directly into the USB 2.0 of your Mac. (You must connect directly to the Mac and not through another USB port such as the one found on the keyboard.)