The major disadvantages of using laptop is the lack of USB port and no option for multiple display. While the lacking in USB port can be covered with USB Hub, there is no cost effective or built-in capability yet to support multi-display on a laptop so user can have more than two or three display to expand their workspace.

Fortunately, HP Envy 17 has coming with ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology that could cover that hole. HP Envy 17, the newcomer in the Envy family is getting a nice multi-display treat. You can actually expand or add up to three external displays instantly without any third party device needed.

HP Envy 17 laptop is one hell of laptop that has been packed with mouth watering features. Beside the ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, HP Envy 17 base-rigs is powered by 2.26Ghz Intel Core i5, 4GB or RAM, 320GB HDD, 17-inch half-HD (1600 x 900) LCD screen, and a discreet ATI Radeon HD 5850 graphic card.

The base rigs will cost you $1,400+, while HP is recommended user to go higher by getting on Core i7 instead of Core i5, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 17-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) LCD display and same ATI Radeon HD 5850 GPU. This configuration will cost you $2,150+ at least.

Both models has come with HP TrueVision HD webcam and 6-cell LIthium-Ion Battery for 2.5-hours of operation time, or you can upgraded to 9-cell battery for another extra 1.25 hours.

[via Electronista]

HP Envy 17 Laptop With ATI Eyefinity multi-display
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PowerColor officially introduced their latest HD 5770 Eyefinity 5 GPU graphic card. This card will allow you to use up to 5 monitors at once without interfering with the graphical performance. PowerColor provided up to 5 mini DisplayPort outputs instead of the common DVI, HDMI or DP port. The HD5770 Eyefinity 5 graphic card was first revealed in the CeBIT 2010 exhibition, where it was introduced as the first graphics solution support up to 5 displays, and the capability to delivers an immersive HD gaming performance with wider field of view via the multi-monitor layout and it can increase productivity at the same time.

Power Color HD 5770 Eyefinity 5 Graphic card has been equipped with an excellent cooling sink from Arctic, where it can significantly decrease the heat produced by the 800 Stream processors, 850Mhz core clock and 1GB GDDR5 VRAM at 4800Mhz. Power Color HD 5770 Eyefinity 5 GPU has support DirectX 11 interface, which mean all modern games will be compatible on this graphic card. Until today, HD5770 Eyefinity 5 graphic card has no pricing detail yet.

[TechPowerUp via hiTechReview]

PowerColor HD5770 Eyefinity 5 GPU Card
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Amazing, this is amazing! Matrox is unveiling the world’s first PCIe X16 card that could sports up to 8 monitors simultaneously all at once. This is a wonderful gadget for monitor junkie who love to get bunch of monitors staring at them.

It might looks like an electronic octopus with 8 tentacles (if you have some little sense of humor, of course) because the device did come with 8 cables of miniDisplayPort to DisplayPort adapters. Matrox even has bundled the Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 card with a dedicated software for multiple monitor management.

Having 8 monitors all at once without many hub or device such as displaylinks nested behind your workspace is just purely wonderful because lesser cable hassle to take care of.

However, this wonderful PCIe x16 has quite a price to pay if you want to own one. The price tag of Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 is hovering above the level of one gaming laptop, which is at $1,995. Okay, it might sounds expensive, but when you really have to stuff your desktop with more 8 screen without this device, it will cost even higher.

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Here it comes the easiest solution for multi-monitor fans, a USB Video Card from Witech called Multi-I!

This is needed when you feel two monitors are insufficient for your cramped online activities. Witech Multi-I USB Video Card is easy to setup and very beginner-friendly. Witech Multi-I USB Video Card has two D-Sub connectors for hooking up two monitors and there are two more additional USB ports so you can juice up two identical Witech Multi-I USB Video cards, all thanks to the DisplayLink core inside!

Witech Multi-I USB Video Card - Support Multi-Monitor Display

The largest supported screen resolution is 1400×1050 and each of the Witech Multi-I USB Video Card require an AC Adapter to power-up and as an additional support for extra load. Witech Multi-I USB video card has available in Korea for 170,000 Korean Won.

(via EverythingUSB and iTechNews)

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