CES 2009: D-Link Sidestage

By on January 12, 2009 in Hardware

The D-Link Sidestage is a 7″ auxillary monitor which allows you to extend your display by dragging and dropping specific applications or widgets on to the screen.

It’s USB powered and provides an 800 x 480 resolution – would be very handy if you wanted to keep your Windows Home Server Console open and available at all times.

As it runs off a USB connection, it will be fascinating to see if this will also work with a headless home server – that is, as long as a compatible drive is released.


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  • http://geocline.net/ smadge1

    looks nice, but it’s probably overpriced.

  • Mark

    Indeed nice, would be even better if it would come with a touchscreen through the same usb connection…

  • JeePee

    Maybe also nice for a media center pc, allowing you to browse your music library without having to switch on your tv…?

  • Devan

    This looks almost like the replica from Nanovision MIMO USB screen..which is already released state side..The higher model is touch screen can be ordered at gadgeteers. However for the price you can probably buy a full-blown monitor. But again its eye-candy..right?

  • JB

    Windows Home Server Console window is fixed in size @ 998×705

  • Kyle

    I doubt they would release any server 2000/2003 drivers by now, it is 2009 after all. Besides, since most servers are headless anyways why would they bother with a driver?

  • zdv

    “As it runs off a USB connection, it will be fascinating to see if this will also work with a headless home server – that is, as long as a compatible drive is released.”

    I have a headless server (Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo) and I would like to see the Bios settings. So I wouldn’t need a Windows driver for that, but Bios support.

  • Drew

    I have a 17″ touchscreen for my server. It works great when I want to check something on not have a mouse or keyboard attached. I wonder how much this chews on the CPU? I have seen other USB to VGA adapters that take up a fair amount of the CPU to use. Hopefully the small resolution will limit that.

  • Erwos

    Can I use this to do the initial install of WHS, and then disconnect it? I’m thinking of building a box using the VIA NSD7800, but it doesn’t have a video output that I could see…

  • Brian

    Check it out then on eBay also has touchscreen and for good price to
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160308365138&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006

  • Brian

    Touch input Panel
    A High speed USB2.0 Powered/Interfaced (USB Plug & Play)
    A Low-Energy Efficient mini Monitor
    A Perfect additional mini-Displays to set up widgets, chat windows and other softwares
    A very simple set-up and user-interface
    Compact and Portable (User Created Space)
    Swivel screen & Instant Extension feature (Mirror/EXtension)
    VoIP support (Webcam + Built-in Microphone)

    Model Name mimo UM-740 USB powered mini Display /Touch input panel
    Display Screen Size 7 inch
    Resolution WVGA (800×480)
    Brightness 350cd
    Contrast 400:1
    Colour 16.7M
    Signal Input Video USB2.0 High Speed
    Connector USB mini B type
    Power Input USB DC 5V 500mA
    Dimension(WxLxH) 197 x 97.5 x 180 ~ 210 mm

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