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Long gone are the days when a dual monitor setup was limited to the uber-geek. I’ve used one on and off at work for years whenever my hardware supported it. I’ve wanted to do the same at home, but have never been successful in getting a second video card to work properly. I think it had something to do with the fact that my primary video source was always a video card built in to the motherboard. Over the years I’ve lost the patience to do much work inside the PC case, so I finally gave up. However, since I switched over to Netflix, I’ve been making pretty heavy use of their video streaming which rekindled my desire to have a second display. The Olevia LCD TV in my office has a VGA input, so I just needed a cost effective way to get a second video output.

I’d looked at USB options in the past, but the reviews were pretty poor and the adapters were pretty expensive. Then I came across the EVGA UV-16 and decided to give it a go. So, let’s see if this device can easily get me to dual monitor bliss. Read more...