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• How to Buy a Monitor Which monitor you need depends on the applications you use, the amount of desk space you have, and how much you want to spend.
• Find and Fix Input Lag in Your HDTV or Monitor Is your new HDTV slightly sluggish? Learn how to check your setup for input lag--and how to ensure that the next display you buy won't suffer from it.
• Hardware Tips: New Use for an Old Laptop, and More Turn a laptop into a second display, force a stubborn disc tray to open, and solve an iPhone sync problem.
• Turn a Spare Laptop Into a Second Monitor Oldie-but-goodie MaxiVista is back with a new version that supports Windows Vista and Windows 7. It totally rocks.
• Effectively Lower Screen Resolution Hans Spring wants a low screen resolution on his new, high-resolution LCD monitor
• Hardware Tips: Find Lost Gear, Reduce Clutter, and More SendMeHome helps reunite you with lost gear, a flush-mount USB hub cuts down on cable clutter, and VeryPC turns off your monitor for you.
• Turn Off Your Monitor By Pressing a Hotkey Here's a simple way to save electricity: Turn off your monitor whenever you get up from your desk.
• Customize Your Windows Desktop Learn how to reposition the taskbar, resize your icons, and save your desktop layout.
• When Your Laptop Screen Breaks James dropped his laptop and broke the screen. What should he do?
• How to Set Up Multiple Monitors Boost your productivity by adding a second monitor. It'll provide you with increased screen real estate and boost your efficiency.
• How to Buy a Monitor Shopping for a new LCD? Follow our advice to select a monitor that will meet your needs.
• Correct Your Monitor's Colors Fine-tune your display settings to get the best on-screen results with your digital photos.
• How to Fix a Pesky Stuck Pixel Before you tote your pixel-speckled flat screen back to the store, consider what a soft cloth, your finger, and a bit of power-fiddling might accomplish.
• Quadruple Your Fun (and Productivity) With a Four-Monitor System Think dual-display systems are the bee's knees? This quad-head setup will blow your mind.
• Dual Monitors, the Only Way to Go Using two monitors can make your computing day much easier--Steve Bass tells you how to set them up.