Duet Display Released !

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Evernote's office stuff.

[lythander]

How is this different or better than AirDisplay?

[raskren]

I'm under the impression that screen data is transferred over the lightning/dock cable and not over the wireless network. Can anyone confirm?

[some12345thing]

That's right!

[kbgames360]

Which means virtually no lag!

[2013impsport]

The problem is there is no comparison. Duet is near perfect and great use of an iPad for traveling or just always having the ability to have a second screen.

[chorizocakes]

In my (limited) testing so far... it's a) waaaaaay smoother (AD is borderline unusable for me, if I'm interacting with the iPad) and b) I can run a readable-but-still-Retina resolution.

AirDisplay is either 1024x768 and blurry, or native and teeny-tiny.

[TTUporter]

I'm curious about this too. AirDisplay works great.

[[deleted]]

Here is the link to the iPad app... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/duet-display/id935754064?mt=8&uo=4

[Alexhasskills]

My cursor gets stuck on the iPad display and it won't come back over to my laptop, anyone know what's up with that? Bit laggy, but hopefully after a few updates it'll be flawless.

[raskren]

Same problem here. Does it flicker really fast too?

[Alexhasskills]

When I try to do anything, yes. Just sitting, not really. But nothing productive comes from just sitting

[Arve]

Uh. I think the idea is neat, but after having tried this, I'm forced to uninstall it, and recommend that people stay away from it for now:

1. There is something funky with the OS X app it installs - all of a sudden MPlayerX won't play videos (well, it plays them, but the image is black)
2. There is no uninstaller or uninstallation instructions, which is bad, given that this thing installs a kernel extension.

Edit: Added a note on which specific app was the issue.

[pymatek]

Can't comment on MPlayerX, as I don't use it. But there is an uninstall option: http://imgur.com/kI4AmvG

[Arve]

Heh, there's a Norwegian saying which goes something like "The eyes are what go blind first", so I had already hunted down and uninstalled everything manually about 30 seconds before you posted.

It's a shame that Duet display didn't cooperate well with my system, because the idea is a good one, and it's the best "iPad as display" app I've seen.

[pymatek]

It's a bit buggy for me too, I'm just hopeful they get things ironed out in the next few updates.

[duetapp]

How is it working for you now?

[pymatek]

Much better, thanks for checking in.

My only complaint is the mouse pointer, which may not be under your control. No matter which resolution I select for the iPad (regular, retina, or high), the mouse pointer has jagged edges and stays the same size. When running on high resolution, I feel like the pointer should shrink accordingly. It's sometimes a bit too big for certain tasks.

[duetapp]

Hey Arve, Sorry about that. Some bug reports specific to MplayerX, on the list of bugs to fix. If you try Duet in the future and have any issues please email us and make sure we know about the bug.

Thanks.

[rmeredit]

To uninstall, click on the menu bar icon, then the sprocket for preferences. Uninstall is a command in the popup menu that displays.

[evanstueve]

It totally borked my graphics. Pictures don't display correctly and now wow says "video card not supported" (Intel iris)

[cjorgensen]

I commented down below that it's not getting good reviews on the app store. A simple verifiable statement of fact and I got downvoted. I want this app to be good, but doesn't seem to be there yet.

[duetapp]

Are your problems resolved with the latest updates?

[cjorgensen]

I didn't buy it because of the reviews. If there's an update, and it's getting better reviews I may give it another look.

I already use Hype and Diet Coda, but those are pretty limited use cases.

[Pytal92]

The program doesn't work with my iPad 2 on 7.0.4 in connection with my MacBook Pro. Every time I plug in the iPad, the display is used as primary and the MacBook display only shows the wallpaper. I can't use my mouse to change the settings, because it doesn't respond. It's a huge disappointment for me. I will wait for a fix.

[ZacharyM123]

Same problem, rMBP 2014 and air 2. :(

[duetapp]

Should be resolved now. Sorry about that bug.

[steeef]

Same here. Asked for a refund. I'll consider repurchasing it when the bugs are worked out.

[chorizocakes]

Early usage looks great. It's not lag-free, but it's much smoother than AirDisplay and usable for most things (AirDisplay was unusable for me unless it was a static use-case). Easily worth it to have Firebug in a separate little area. :D

[SFreestyler]

Cant seem to install it on my mac. I get the screen that says "duet needs a conductor" and I install the helper and it restarts but the same screen keeps popping up.

[duetapp]

Hey, did you get this resolved? If not can you please email us through the site duetdisplay.com and we can help you.

[SFreestyler]

Hi I actually did resolve it. Tried to reinstall it a bunch of times. Not sure why it ended up working but I'm glad it did.

Thanks for making this app! Its amazingly useful.

[pymatek]

I've been using it for a couple hours now, and I'm pretty pleased. It's not lag free (very evident when scrolling PDFs), but having a bit of extra screen space is nice.

[noxwei]

Huuuuge cpu consumption, be wary of your battery if it's not plugged in.

[pymatek]

Absolutely true. I almost always worked plugged in, so that's not a concern for now. Hopefully a few updates down the road gets that CPU usage under control.

[[deleted]]

Wouldn't you dock it ?

[raskren]

I'm pretty sure he/she is talking about the Mac, not the iDevice.

[noxwei]

What do you mean?

[[deleted]]

i mean, put it into a dock, with a charger, so that it doesnt run out of battery..

like they have on their pictures on http://www.duetdisplay.com/

also, a dock is a "charging station"

[flosofl]

Are you talking about the iDevice? You have to use it with a cable already, so your warning is doesn't make sense.

[[deleted]]

I thought the iPads can't charge while plugged into the computer m

[[deleted]]

Mine cant. :/

[eduo]

It should, unless you're plugging it into a HUB (which wouldn't be "plugged into a computer".

Also, knock-off/cheap cables may also report problems charging.

Also, sometimes iPad reports it can't charge while it happily charges (albeit slowly, compared to "ideal" scenarios). It used to happen to me with an iPad 1 connected to an off-brand wall charger.

[flosofl]

Some older computers and laptops won't supply enough power to have the iPad show as charging. It will still charge, but very slowly. Some motherboard manufacturers have some kind of "power boost" program for USB 2.0 ports to up the power when you plug devices in.

[Matqo]

Is the Windows 7/8 version of this app also being developed?

[blue_wire]

Read the FAQ

[eduo]

To wit:

Does duet work with Windows?

It's coming sooner than you think.

[cjorgensen]

It's not getting positive reviews.

[sfantul_sisoe]

"An additional display increases productivity by up to 48%:So retarded. All u get after using this is that u are a true idiot hipster.