Matrox DualHead2Go Digital Edition on the way

Matrox just kicked out a new version of their DualHead2Go called the DualHead2Go Digital Edition that'll let you connect two 1920 x 1200 analog or digital displays (up to 3840 x 1200 stretched across two displays) to the VGA port on your desktop or laptop. It's compatible with both Windows (2000, XP, and Vistas), as well as OS X 10.4, and should be out sometime this quarter at a retail price of $229.

[Via MacMinute]

[Ros Carlson @ Jan 8th 2007 5:56PM]

Hopefully it will actually work with the latest ATI cards - yet another thing that doesn't work with those cards, and I just got a 1950pro!!!

[Wow @ Jan 8th 2007 9:01PM]

They couldnt think of a better name? thats just too funny

[snowglyder @ Jan 8th 2007 6:12PM]

Pretty cool, but also seems pretty pricey...

[Zuke @ Jan 8th 2007 6:48PM]

Sounds like a good idea, but your laptop better have a pretty decent video card to start with to drive that kind of resolution!

This seems irrelevant for most decent desktop vidcards as it seems most come with 2 DVI or 1 DVI + 1 VGA output, but say you have a 2 DVI output card... could you use 1 of these on each output and drive 4 monitors?!?!?! Now THAT would be sweet!

[pyro @ Jan 8th 2007 6:52PM]

Why would it have digital outputs when the input is analog? They chould just package vga to dvi converters in their old one.

[SOCOMRAIDER @ Jan 8th 2007 7:09PM]

VGA to DVI is process, not just a simple conversion. As since you are converting analog into digital you need a powered device. It is actually cheaper to incorporate that into the unit already. Then to have to provide two separate converting units. Then all you need is a simple and cheap DVI to VGA adapter to make the digital unit back to all analog.