Few Sideshow devices are currently available and generally manufacturers tend to slam users with a $200 price tag for a 2.5" TFT display with Sideshow capabilities... Once again, out of the left field, comes a Sideshow device that promises basic functionality for a resonable price tag of $49.95. The picoLCD-4x20 is full-speed USB device and displays Sideshow Glance Content via a blue alphanumeric LCD.  We find the device useful for Stocks, Windows Media Player companion and others.  The device, manufactured by mini-box.com,  also has Linux drives that work with LCDproc, a software package that pioneered Sideshow-like concepts by using small LCDs to display bits of information through a variety of plugins. So if you have a windows Vista PC (sorry, no Windows XP) or Linux and if you want to monitor snippets of information even when your main monitor is off, this device might be the perfect candidate for the job. Here is a step by step review containing snapshots and pictures of the picoLCD 4x20 device.  ...[Read more »]

The idea of using an electronic paper displays for e-books has been around for many years but using it in conjunction with Microsoft Vista Sideshow technology could pop up some interesting devices. This isn't a new idea, we saw already the E-reader prototype presented at WINHEC by the Ricavision a vista sideshow enabled device that has a reflective e-ink type display. We also saw the Intel Metro Notebook concept with a secondary 'e-ink' screen that make use of vista sideshow to access the email, read documents, appointment calendar, and much more. ...[Read more »]

Finally, from the same line of sideshow capable devices showed at Winhec 2007 by the Ricavision, the MK140 FM Magnet/Scribbler is not too different from the MK140 E-Chatter and Home E-Reader. The device is using WinBind Sideshow-compatible MCU solution and works like a modern-day sticky notes with Windows SideShow capability. ...[Read more »]

It is a Wireless E Ink e-reader that works with Vista PCs. It is a Microsoft Sideshow enabled display designed with a special purpose: reading electronic documents. To be more clearly it is about recently Home eReader showed at Winhec the annual conference where Microsoft sets out its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs. Basically the Home eReader is a prototype based on Microsoft specification, designed by Microsoft and Ricavision using the WinBind Sideshow-compatible MCU solution. ...[Read more »]

Only few weeks after the ScreenDuo Sideshow Display release we were able to spot on a rather interesting Sideshow device from ECS EliteGroup Corp (details are a bit sketchy). While mentioned only as a feature, this device seems to be the best SideShow Auxiliary so far, at least from a design / form factor point of view... Submitted at the $1 Million Intel® Core™ Processor Challenge this product is one of the 6 competitor designs. ...[Read more »]

After few weeks of waiting we finally maganged to get the ASUS screenDUO Sideshow auxiliary display... By the way, we had to buy the entire ASUS motherboard + Remote Control + SideShow Display combo just to get to the ScreenDuo display... Our test results are less than stellar and I hope that people won't get dissapointed by the wonderful Microsoft SideShow technology just because ASUS came up with a less than desirable hardware device....[Read more »]

As first reported by Anh Huynh from DailyTech.com, the ASUS ScreenDuo will come packaged only with the M2N32-SLI Premium and P5B Premium Vista Editions. ASUS doesn’t appear to offer the ScreenDuo as a separate accessory disappointingly. Nevertheless, the ScreenDuo can display RSS feeds, pull up your schedule and other simple tasks that doesn’t need full computing power to complete. The ScreenDuo is a color QVGA TFT Auxiliary Display compatible with Microsoft's SideShow[tm] technology. Read the full story here.