Triplehead2Go alternatives

[Brendan Aanes]

Hi all -

I'm putting together a setup with 3 edge-blended 4:3 projectors. I would like to arrange them in portrait orientation, for a 9:4 overall aspect ratio rather than a 12:3. Looking at using a Matrox Triplehead2Go to drive this, as it's running off a Mac Mini, but the Matrox doesn't support individual projector rotation - it assumes the outputs are all running the traditional landscape format. Are there any alternatives that might be able to do this?

Any other thoughts short of a Mac pro with proper video cards? Anyone ever used these USB video output devices? They look untrustworthy, but I have no actual experience with them.

Thanks

BA

[Dave "luckydave" Memory]

On Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Brendan Aanes wrote:

I'm putting together a setup with 3 edge-blended 4:3 projectors. I would like to arrange them in portrait orientation, for a 9:4 overall aspect ratio rather than a 12:3. Looking at using a Matrox Triplehead2Go to drive this, as it's running off a Mac Mini, but the Matrox doesn't support individual projector rotation - it assumes the outputs are all running the traditional landscape format. Are there any alternatives that might be able to do this?

Check out the Datapath X4, or other similar video wall controllers. They're designed for LED Times Square type advertising, but they'll do the job you're trying to do.

Any other thoughts short of a Mac pro with proper video cards? Anyone ever used these USB video output devices? They look untrustworthy, but I have no actual experience with them.

USB video adapters are not recommended, and in many cases won't work at all with QLab. They're not graphics cards, so have no real GPU or vRAM.

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[Jonas Jongejan]

I've tried the datapath aswell. It is able to do a lot more then the tripplehead, but you should also be prepared for some problems. It's very advanced product with many options you can do wrong. Also it's fan (at least the version i had) is very aggressive and annoying. Definitely not something i would put in a small theatre room. And it's quite expensive compared to tripplehead. 

Jonas