DisplayLink & Intel Collage

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Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

Thank you for the Intel Collage user guide. This seems like an old feature. Do you know if it is still maintained on new platforms?

Yes, it is, see for example: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11645...-windows-15-46

Just because the PDF from the previous post is old, does not mean the feature is outdated, the PDF simply was released when the feature was first introduced.

Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

When you use "extend" in Windows 10, you still have a single desktop

No, you do not. In "Extend" mode, all monitors are being treated as separate monitors.

In "Collage" mode, all monitors are being treated as one big monitor.

Treating all monitors as one big monitor has several advantages, such as for example being able to maximize windows to fill up all monitors.

With "Extend", when you maximize a window, it will simply maximize on the separate monitor, not on all monitors.

Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

Today, you can already span an application or video over different displays out of the box

Probably, but it is awkward, you have to click the border of the window and drag it across all monitors to maximize it. You can not simply maximize it to have it maximized across all connected monitors.

Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

Microsoft will ask for a business case before developing a new feature.
Would you please explain what I am missing?

Maybe creating one big 48 inch 2160p (4K) screen out of four 24 inch 1080p monitors.

Or creating one big 54 inch 2880p (5K) screen out of four 27 inch 1440p monitors.

Or creating one big 56 inch 4320p (8K) screen out of four 28 inch 2160p monitors.

Or how about creating one big 128 inch 8640p (16K) screen out of sixteen 32 inch 2160p monitors, see:

https://youtu.be/Toft6fMvByA

?

[AlbanRampon]

Ok, I think I see where you are getting at now, thank you.
We showed 8x 4K at the Consumer Electronics Show a couple of weeks ago, and I don't believe this was a push-back we received. People moved windows around, straddle them across screens, but didn't extend them to fit multiple displays fully.

I'm wondering the size of the market for this. If you put something as a wide array of many displays for advertising, something like BrightSign comes to my mind.
Our solution is most optimised for productivity.

I will discuss to gauge interest. In the meantime, I could advise the free Dual Monitor Tools.
I set my primary display as the top left origin and then selected an area the size of the desktop. I have three displays of different resolutions (2 x1080p + 1 Surface Pro 3) so it can handle non-rectangle desktops.
Then that shortcut is used to maximise across displays.

Kind regards,
Alban

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Originally Posted by AlbanRampon

Ok, I think I see where you are getting at now, thank you.
We showed 8x 4K at the Consumer Electronics Show a couple of weeks ago, and I don't believe this was a push-back we received. People moved windows around, straddle them across screens, but didn't extend them to fit multiple displays fully.

This would have looked more impressive when configured as one big 32:9 aspect ratio ultra wide ultra high resolution monitor (i.e. collage):

https://youtu.be/XrUydBu35-s

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Any update from Microsoft on a native collage mode for Windows 10?