Secondary Display Made Easy With Kensington USB

The Kensington Dual Monitor Adapter K33907 allows a user to hook up a secondary screen to your computer without the need for additional video ports or video cards. All you need is a working USB port and a spare monitor for instant desktop cloning or extension.

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Before plugging the adapter to an available port, users must first install the driver and software found on the CD. Restarting the computer will finish the installation and will allow a user to connect the secondary monitor to the adapter and then to the USB port. The unit comes with a D-Sub to DVI adapter, allowing users to hook up older monitors.

The Kensington Dual Monitor Adapter will automatically launch in your taskbar, allowing users to check for software/driver updates, adjust screen quality and resolution, rotate the screen (rotated left, rotated right, and inverted), change the monitor’s ‘position’ (right, left, above, below), or set the screen to clone, extend (DualView), or disable the device altogether. An advanced setting will allow users to go to the Windows Display settings.

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With the adapter connected, you should find that when your system reboots you’ll magically have a new screen. You’ll also see a tiny icon sitting in your taskbar which lets you conveniently switch resolutions and change the virtual position of the extended desktop – to the left, right, top or bottom of your main screen.

The unit works fine in displaying images, presentations, and spreadsheets although it needs a fairly powerful system. According to Kensington, the adapter needs a PC with 1.2GHz Dual-Core CPU and 512MB of RAM (1GB if two screens will be attached).

If you want to work with two or more monitors, then Kensington’s Dual Monitor may just be the right computer accessory for you. It is available now with an RRP of $159.95.