Have you ever wondered how people set up those projections that react to movement? Well a product like PO-MOtion is exactly how they do it. PO-MOtion offers software designed to allow you to have your very own interactive wall and floor projections, as long as you have the right equipment. You will need a computer, [...]
For comfortable viewing, we can easily adjust the brightness and contrast of our computer screens and mobile displays using their built-in controls. But how do you calibrate a display? Which tool do you use to see if all the color shades are appropriately shown on your screen? The answer is a website called Display Calibrator. [...]
If you have a very large image and you want to cut it up and show it on many different displays, now you can with Junkyard Jumbotron. It is a browser-based app that lets you join multiple screens (smartphones, tablets, laptops) into one big combined visual display. How it works. Get a unique URL from the Jumbotron [...]
Ask any graphics designer (or a gaming enthusiast) about the differences between various computer monitors and their color settings and you’ll probably get a long lecture about how important it is to get all those myriad settings just perfect. What, to us normal users, looks like esoteric (and probably meaningless) settings can actually make a [...]
Thinking of buying a new flatscreen television, but aren’t sure how to set it up? Or perhaps you’re thinking of rearranging the furniture and want to know what would be the best viewing distance for your current TV? There’s a handy web-based viewing distance calculator over at myhometheater.homestead.com. Simply input the size of the screen, [...]
Planning to upgrade your monitor or TV and want to find out what size you should be going after? TvCalculator is a simple screen size comparison tool where you can enter the dimensions for up to 4 screens and visualize them side by side. In addition to providing visual comparison the app also gives you [...]
A while ago we profiled MonitorTest, an online tool to fix monitor display problems online. ScreenFix is another such tool. The site provides you with five separate tests such as gamma checker, phasing checker, brightness checker, flicker fixer and dead pixel fixer. All you need to do is choose the test you want to run [...]
Monitor Test is a free multi-functional test that lets you test the contrast and colors of your monitor online. There are two ways you can run the color and contrast test, either run it online in your browser or download and run it on your Windows machine. Using Monitor Test you can: 1. Determine if [...]
DualPage is a simple online tool that lets you do one basic thing, split browser window and simultaneously view two webpages inside one browser window. See screenshot. By doing so, people with large widescreen monitors can better utilize their browser screen space. After trying it out, I’d recommend it only for people with 24″ and [...]
Got a stuck pixel or LCD burn on your monitor? Check out LCD pixel fixer, this online app can help you find and fix stuck pixels and LCD burns on your monitor. How does it work? (1) Go to the website and click on full-screen mode. (2) Turn the display brightness down (but not off) [...]