Questions tagged [display]
The physical screen of a device.
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A program to prevent screen overflow on Windows?
Is there a program or setting that forces Windows to have "hard edges?" That is, you can't move windows past the edges of the screen. This is similar to how you can't move the mouse cursor past the ...
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Firmware for T.V56.03 display controller board with tsumv56ruu-z1 chipset to be used with LP173WF1(TL)(B3)
I am searching for a proper firmware for days already.
I recently got my T.V56.03 display controller board with a tsumv56ruu-z1 chipset and I want to use my LP173WF1(TL)(B3) display with it.
As the ...
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Open-source software to change monitor input source
I have two monitors BENq rl2450h and Soniq.
I want to be able to change the source of the input for these two monitors.
Would a piece of software be able to change this?
Are there open-source ...
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Is there a digital color meter for Windows similar to the macOS app?
As a macOS user - I'm used to there being a native digital color meter to snag / inspect the RGB colors on screen so I can match things from the web / documents or slide decks.
I'd prefer a native / ...
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Software to extend your monitor on another Windows PC
I have two Windows PCs (one laptop and one desktop) and I would like to use the laptop screen as an extension.
Open source is a big plus, but not a must.
This software Synergy does not put the display/...
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Brightness adjuster to make cycling between dark and bright windows bearable?
Problem description
Most of the time my workflow consists in a black window (terminal or text-editor) and a white one (web browser), so any brightness level is either too dim for the dark windows or ...
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Any Android app that can set "Always on Display" mode for JUST notifications?
Typically, an Ambient display solution which turns on the screen only when notifications are present, remains on, but turns off when they are dismissed.
- Always on Display, Wikipedia
This feature is ...
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Is there a software that can create virtual monitors from a single physical monitor?
The question really says it all. I'm looking to see if there's software that can divide a single monitor into multiple virtual monitors. It's something I've often wanted, but never have been able to ...
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Adjust screen brightness (hardware) based on context
e.g. Set screen brightness to 50% when running a game or
to 30% when watching a youtube video or
to 0% after 6pm.
Hardware brightness (so the actual brightness of the LED's in the display, not ...
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is there a free *native* application for testing HDCP support?
I'm currently troubleshooting/trying to work out some issues with HDCP support. At the moment my 'best' option for working out HDCP versions is a webapp - which is a little janky since I need to click ...
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Overlay which can rearrange the way a window is rendered?
This is a read-only window which display data.
I want the red box go right, and the blue box to go left, when it's being displayed in real time.
Is there some software that can define two sub-regions, ...
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Blue color filter for Ubuntu with multiple screen support
I am looking for software which helps me reduce the blue light on multiple screens on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. I tried Redshift and Flux but unfortunately they don't have support for multiple screens.
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Magnifier tool for Windows with more options than the built-in magnifier tool
I'm looking for a "Magnifier" freeware for Windows, that offers more customization that the built-in magnifier:
I'd like to be able to customize the shortcuts, the smoothness / speed of the ...
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I am looking for an app that allows me to use Ipad 3 and 4 as secondary displays for MacOS
I am looking for a software that allows me to use 2 Ipads as secondary displays at the same time. I have a Macbook Pro 2019, an Ipad 3, and an Ipad 4. I know the Ipads are pretty old but I am looking ...
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Screensaver that leaves desktops active, but overlays an animation to prevent damage?
I recently hit a scenario with an LCD where the screen was having some burning or damage issues for leaving the screen on and with a sustained image for too long. A traditional screensaver has ...
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Android browser with fullscreen, night mode and auto-fit text zoom?
Opera already provides the last 2 features, which I need for reading comfortably. (Other browsers can auto-fit text while zooming, but they lack night mode, and vice-versa: Yandex has fit-text but no ...
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Gamma adjustment with per screen control in menubar for macOS?
I need to sometimes adjust gamma very quickly on a per monitor basis (I have multiple displays) sometimes and would like to find a menubar app to accomplish this perhaps similar to Desktop Dimmer for ...
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Extend Remote second monitor
I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I would like to extend my monitor by using another laptop.
I tried to use TeamViewer, but I didn't find an option to share part of monitor.
Maybe someone knows of a program ...
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Application to show incoming messages on (full-)screen?
For a demo setup to be used at a trade show, I am looking for a Raspberry Pi application to display incoming messages in a somewhat attractive way.
Incoming messages arrive on a message-queue over ...
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Keystone correction
We're using a beamer to project information onto a wall. Unfortunately the built-in hardware keystone correction cannot correct it in that amount needed to display a nice picture.
Until now, we take ...
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Shrink my screen for beamer output
In our company we use laptops with beamers in conference rooms and the screen setup is always a real mess. Unlike a few years ago, the resolution is not a problem any more. Most of our beamers can ...
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Software for importing lat,lon and displaying Mercator projection
Are there any software [Ideally free] out there which I can import latitudes and longitudes of areas and it displays the Mercator projection of those points? To make the task even easier I must say I ...
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"Night shift" / blue light filter for Android
For PC there is f.lux, iOS has the builtin Night Shift since iOS 9.3. These are day-time dependent screen filters that aim to reduce the blue tint, which is considered to negatively influence sleep.
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Any software that draws a focus effect like filter on top of the screen
From my personal experience, I found out that, it is easier to focus on display screen when border area is dark. That's why, I am looking for any software that can draw this kind of dark effects on ...
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Adapt screen color to time of day slowly (like f.lux, but better)
f.lux is a tool that changes the screen color to match the time of day. It's big weakness is that it only has two options for the duration to adjust the color of the display: 20 seconds or 60 minutes....
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Emulating multiple screens
I am looking for a software that could add virtual screens to my desktop. I need this for testing purposes
for high / strange resolutions
to get negative screen coordinates
So I want a new monitor ...
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Program that allows keyboard shortcut for changing monitor brightness?
I have pangobright and Desktop lighter that allow me to control the monitor brightness (of my external monitor not just my laptop screen) by clicking on some things/sliding a bar
I'm looking for a ...
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Tool to rotate screen content without the need to physically rotate the screen?
I'm working with/on a software that is optimized for screens in portrait mode and some of the features rely on this orientation, so things won't work or won't be displayed correctly with landscape ...
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Automated, configurable, content display software
We are working on a project to install monitors within our various delivery teams' work areas. We are going to use these monitors to display content from various sources, metrics, announcements, ...
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Simple Android app that sets the device's display to maximum brightness
I am seeking recommendations for the very simplest of Android apps: An app that simply sets the brightness of the screen (display) to the device's maximum.
The only catch is that I want it to perform ...
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Looking for a library routine which can take diff's output and produce an HTML display of the differences?
I need some procedure in any commonly used language, that can produce the difference between two files and produce the HTML to display them side by side or in an interleaved manner.
I need to compare ...
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Change Win7 Theme to Mac (OSX Lion)
TL:DR I want to get a look and feel of Mac Lion on my Win7 laptop.
I googled/ youtubed and got some links line this, that and so on.
Some of the comments here and there mentions they have virus(es).
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Add screen of a laptop to another one when both are on Windows 8
I have two laptops and I want to add screen of another laptop to my laptop. So that I will be having a wider space to see my stuffs I believe there must be some software/technique to meet my ...
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how to share device between two or three machines [closed]
I have three machines at home two of them are windows one of them is mac os and i want to share the one keyboard one mouse and two screen with all of them how can i do it
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ISO: Screen Recorder that pauses recording when computer is idle?
As the title suggests, I'm looking for a screen recorder that stops recording, or pauses recording, when there is no movement onscreen for some defined amount of time, and starts recording as soon as ...
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Any software or method to change a specific setting on my monitor?
Basically I need a way to change the HDMI Black Level setting on my Samsung S24D330.
I have already tried ControlMyMonitor v1.36 from NirSoft, but I wasnt able to modify this specific setting.
There ...
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Which software can show rotated objects?
I'm looking for a computer program which can show objects, based on X and Y coordinates. The answer here is easy: Microsoft Excel can show this quite easily, also Geogebra is able to do so, and most ...
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Free Software to be able to extend my current desktop a monitor on another computer screen? [duplicate]
I'm asking because Projecting it in Windows doesn't seem to work for me. Does anyone know of some good, free, software?
Or failing that, something cheap (like $10, no subscription)?
Both laptops (my ...
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Brightness Control Software
I'm looking for a simple utility to control brightness on multiple monitors at the same time
That is, if I turn brightness down/up it should decrease/increase on both my laptop screen and external ...
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Toggling the brightness between two states on an android phone
I am looking for a preferably free android app (not a widget, but an app, and working on android 12) that when one executes it, toggles the brightness between two states (that is a minimum and a ...
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Power consumption of the built-in monitor on my laptop
I am looking for a program that can show the power consumption of my built-in monitor on my laptop (MSI GS76, Windows 10).
LocalCooling (gratis, non-portable) (mirror) sums up all the displays, but I ...
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Zoom-out Screen to view high res
I have really small display and there are apps that take large space of Windows so it's really hard to navigate them.
I"m looking for a software to zoom out the entire screen so I can view these ...
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Is there any Win 10 compatible app to manage screen backgrounds on multiple monitors?
Windows 10's built-in interface to manage screen backgrounds on multiple monitors is poorly designed.
I'm looking for some external alternative, is there such a thing?
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Is there a Linux program to manage both brightness and contrast?
I use Linux alongside Windows. On Windows, I use Free Monitor Manager to manage both brightness and contrast, but I haven't found any for Linux. I tried Desktop Dimmer on Linux and it works fine, but ...
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Mirror Application from Windows to TV?
I have a device called AnyCAST HDMI this one:
I already plugged it into my TV. And it appeared like this:
And then i tried to use AirMyPC installed inside my Windows 7 computer.
Luckily everything ...
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Need a recorder that can record my mouse and take away the background image when i do so
I need it for some animations I am doing: the software must record the mouse and must let me take the background image afterwards!
