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[Steam] DisplayFusion. USD $9.29 Approx AUD $12.35 (Multi-Display Software for Windows)

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[Steam] DisplayFusion. USD $9.29 Approx AUD $12.35 (Multi-Display Software for Windows)
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hen dawg on 03/07/2016 - 17:05 store.steampowered.com (1105 clicks)

This highly reviewed software is now on sale for 69% off for a lifetime licence. Deal ends 3am Tuesday morning AEST.

Dual/triple monitor use is almost standard these days so anything to make it easier and more productive is a good idea. Overall steam reviews are at 95% positive so the quality of the this software speaks for itself.

Part of Steam Summer Picnic Sale originally listed here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/254361

DisplayFusion will make your multi-monitor life much easier. With powerful features like Multi-Monitor Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons and fully customizable Functions, DisplayFusion will make managing your multiple monitors painless. These features even work when AMD Eyefinity or nVidia Surround are enabled on your system!

Monitor Splitting (works with Surround and Eyefinity!)
Split your monitors into multiple virtual monitors so that you can have separate Taskbars, Wallpapers, Window Location rules, Functions, and Screen Savers for each split. Applications will maximize to the size of each split, and Functions like "Move to Next Monitor" will treat each split as a separate monitor.

Monitor Configuration and Profiles
Use DisplayFusion to set your Monitor Configuration. Configure the resolution, colour depth, refresh rate and orientation. You can even save your configurations as Monitor Profiles that you can load later using a key combination or TitleBar Button.

Multi-Monitor Wallpaper
Customize your desktop with Multi-Monitor Wallpapers from WallpaperFusion, Flickr, InterfaceLIFT, Vladstudio and more. Tile, stretch, scale, crop, position and tint your images exactly how you want.

Multi-Monitor Taskbar
Keep your windows easily organized by adding a taskbar to each of your monitors. The taskbar on each monitor can be configured to show all windows, or only the windows that are located on that monitor. Use button grouping, auto-hide, window previews, shortcuts (pinned applications) and much more to help you work more easily with your application windows.

Customizable Functions and TitleBar Buttons
DisplayFusion comes bundled with over 30 pre-configured Functions, or you can create your own powerful custom Functions.

Scripted Functions - Need more options? Use DisplayFusion's Scripted Functions (Macros) to script anything you can imagine.

Remote Control - Remotely control DisplayFusion from your phone or tablet! C

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  • PlagueistheCheap on 03/07/2016 - 17:07
    +8

    Windows 10 covers alot of these features now. How does the software hold up to what is offered in windows?

    • ruddiger7 on 03/07/2016 - 17:49

      Cant remember particulars but there was a few perks when you have multiple monitors which have been helpful.

      • P1xellat3d on 03/07/2016 - 19:53
        +2

        There's one feature where, if you have monitors of different resolutions, it will prevent your mouse from "clipping" when moving monitor to monitor. Very useful IMO.

        • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2016 - 13:06

          How do I activate this feature?

        • quanticism on 04/07/2016 - 15:08
          +1

          @noodlesfordaddy:
          Settings -> Window Management -> Prevent mouse cursor from snagging on unaligned monitor edges

    • dunker56 on 04/07/2016 - 07:46

      I just bought display fusion a couple of weeks ago. My old gfx card died and I replaced it with Geforce 960. To my surprise Nvidia have done away with Monitor Profiling and the such (used to be called NView). I tried a few 'hax' to get around it, none worked, I eventually caved in and bought this third party program, does the trick nicely, just wish I got it on sale :(

      I needed the program mainly for toggling between monitors. In my 'office' room I want two monitors working, but I can hit a key combination and send the picture to my living room 55inch bravia (and turn off the office screens), which is what I wanted and Nvidia lacks control for. Win 8 couldn't do this, dunno about win 10..

      • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2016 - 13:06

        How do you do this in DisplayFusion? I bought it last time it was on sale and have not found a single use for it

        • dunker56 on 04/07/2016 - 13:33

          Monitor Profiles.

      • Fasty on 04/07/2016 - 16:12

        Hate to tell you, but if that's all you wanted to be able to do you can just tap Win+P to cycle through where you want your display to be shown. I do that to do exactly what you're describing (55inch bravia included!).
        Using Windows 7, but I'm assuming 8 and 10 still have this feature.

        • Shonky on 04/07/2016 - 16:39

          That will not do what he wants. He wants 2 monitors in one situation and a third in another.

        • Fasty on 04/07/2016 - 16:44

          @Shonky:

          From what I read, he wants

          a)Two monitors on his office on, Bravia off

          b)Bravia on, two monitors off.

          What I said will absolutely do this. I do this on a daily basis. It may depend on how the displays are connected though. My TV is connected via the HDMI out and the two monitors to DVI. Then you just switch between "Projector only" and "Computer only".

        • dunker56 on 04/07/2016 - 18:02

          @Fasty: Interesting, I did not know this. I'm not sure with Win 8 it will do this for me, this is what happens when I Win+P; https://s32.postimg.org/xxvb77bgl/New_Picture_14.jpg

          Right now, that screen shot was taken with the following on, a 24 inch 144hz monitor (main/primary connected via DP), and a 27 inch 1080p hdmi monitor (I cropped the screenshot to leave out the second monitor extended screenshot etc). I'm not sure those options are even seeing the bravia :S

          With that win+p how do u say "make the 55inch bravia primary, the other two disabled"? Looks to me like just duplication and extending of the current active monitors. Would perhaps be a lot of toggling involved?

          Can it also recall resolutions used? For example 1440p for the 24 inch, 1080p for the 27 and bravia? Can it also recall sound settings used in those profiles? (when i toggle to living room ie the bravia the display fusion will also make the 5.1 speaker set up as used in windows Control Sound settings etc, so its all done, sound as well and vice versa when I toggle back to office)…

          I did wonder if windows could do this… my googling sucks!

        • Fasty on 04/07/2016 - 18:11

          @dunker56:

          Hmmm. That looks like the same set of options as in Win7, just reworded. You might have to experiment, but try toggling between PC Screen Only and Second Screen Only. On mine, I set it to "Projector Only"("Second Screen Only" on yours) when I want to use the TV. The Bravia is considered a Projector, because it's connected via the HDMI cable I guess.

          And yes, it remembers resolutions and audio settings :)

        • dunker56 on 04/07/2016 - 18:13

          @Fasty: That's good to know, for second PC's etc (as I only have one licence for DF). I guess I'll stick with DF for now as it's easy (hit alt+f1/f2 to toggle it all etc), but nice to know for future reference, ta! :)

        • theguyrules on 04/07/2016 - 19:16

          @dunker56: AFAIK you can install DF on multiple PC's you own!
          At least the Steam one.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2016 - 11:02

      I have multiple docking scenarios and Windows occasionally gets a bit muddled up. Additionally my inbuilt screen is ridiculously high res and needs the zoom feature whereas the others don't, which adds an additional spanner in the works.

      Will this software help or is just an interface to the Windows settings as far as my use case is concerned?

  • theraque on 03/07/2016 - 17:28
    +6

    Nothing Windows does is as good as this software. The features it has are superior. It adds new menu buttons that can move the focused window to a specific screen, back and forth, or spanned across. You can set different resolutions and backgrounds and screen savers per screen. At this price it's worth it.

    • [Deactivated] on 03/07/2016 - 20:06
      +5

      and you can do most of that with windows 10.

    • Agret on 04/07/2016 - 01:29
      +2

      I just hold the windows key and press the left/right arrow a couple times to move windows quickly from one screen to another. Windows 10 lets you set separate resolution & wallpaper for each screen. Not sure about separate screensaver for each screen though, I just make my display turn off after x minutes since moving the mouse instantly wakes it up anyway.

      • dunker56 on 04/07/2016 - 13:41

        Does windows 10 do Monitor Profiling? What this is (in case yer not sure), is… say you have 3 monitors connected to yer gfx card, but u only want the 2 monitors working, and one disabled, then either via a shortcut or key combination shortcut you can toggle so that 2 monitors go off and 1 stays on, etc. Sounds very basic huh… but Nvidia don't support that, they figure if u have 3 monitors connected u want them all on all of the time :|
        They used to support Monitor Profiling in their Nview control panel, but they have done away with that.
        CCC (Catalyst Control Centre) for Radeon cards do this, just Nvidia cards don't. And I couldn't find a way for Win 8 to do this, so hence I bought this program about 2 weeks back.

  • chickens on 03/07/2016 - 17:39

    +1 would recommend, it has been cheaper but this is definitely worth it

  • rgr on 03/07/2016 - 17:59
    +1

    do you need steam to run this independently? i have a work laptop that i'd like to use for multi-monitor setup

    • NeggerOfDeals on 03/07/2016 - 18:03
      +2

      No. Serial key for the independent program.

    • theguyrules on 03/07/2016 - 18:48
      +1

      You need to install Steam to install this but once you've done that, you can uninstall Steam and never need it again, even for updates.

  • NeggerOfDeals on 03/07/2016 - 18:04

    I posted the last Steam sale for DisplayFusion. I think the current price is just a crap conversion rate.

  • jazzyman9182 on 03/07/2016 - 18:18

    Didn't think I'd use this once I upgraded to windows 10 but its still better than what it has built in. The task bar is better, can add apps on the task bar on all monitors and make it so they launch on the monitor they were opened from, different photo on each monitor and stuff like that

  • Terra Australis on 03/07/2016 - 19:35

    How does this compare with Actual Multiple Monitors?

  • Djiordje on 03/07/2016 - 19:55
    +1

    Best thing about this app is you can set different profiles at the click of a button - I currently have a HDMI cable running to my TV for when I occasionally want to play a game or stream something, the profile change will automatically flick the screen across and change which speakers the audio comes from.

  • rakkihizoku on 03/07/2016 - 20:28

    I'm currently on win 10, and i always get notifications on the same monitor I'm gaming on. Is there a feature from this software that could help move those notifications to the secondary screen?

  • TheDonBossj on 03/07/2016 - 21:15

    What a damn shame - I purchased this going from the positive reviews I had read from here and there, however, the current build version seems to be over-bloated and spiking my CPU speeds something shocking, there is a bit of lag greatly noticeable running on my system - therefore I have had to request a refund and will shortly uninstall this app from my PC. I hope in the near future they are able to reduce its footprint, it does look promising and I would love to have the ability to customize multiple screens other than the options provided by Windows10. Thanks again for the deal though, OP!

    • hamwhisperer on 03/07/2016 - 21:20

      Post about it on their forums, the support there is second to none, Keith is amazing. I've been using it for a LONG time and no issues.
      Maybe try switching to the latest beta.

      • TheDonBossj on 03/07/2016 - 21:40

        Thanks for the advice, I'll check it out.

    • Blitzfx on 03/07/2016 - 23:38

      If you're up for it, try Ultramon. Been using it for years. It's free as well.

      • TheDonBossj on 03/07/2016 - 23:52

        Yes, thanks. I've been using that for a while, also - great and simplistic app, but just lacks the extensive features offered by this app. I'll do some digging around and see what the beta version is like, as mentioned by Hamwhisperer.

  • hamwhisperer on 03/07/2016 - 21:21
    +6

    On my 4'th or 5'th year using this, destroys anything Windows 10 native or Ultramon can do. If you have multiple screens get it. or at least try the free demo, the power it gives you over multiple displays is second to none with AMAZING support. I'll gladly vouch for these guys every time.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2016 - 13:09

      So I bought this last time it was on sale because of comments like yours, but for the life of me can't see any major difference apart from the occasional glitch where the taskbar on the secondary monitor disappears.

      • hamwhisperer on 05/07/2016 - 07:53
        +1

        Take a look through all the options it gives you, plus hotkeys to disable /enable monitors. The auto background changing for example. I think it's super powerful.

        I've set up a hotkey to move windows from monitor to monitor, no need to drag anymore.

  • leetec on 04/07/2016 - 01:56
    +1

    I don't know is this software for special purpose or just a duplicated function, but I am sure almost all multi-monitors users don't need it at tall. Bedsides that, more software mean potential slow down and compatibility issues.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/07/2016 - 13:09

      I bought it last time and cannot find a single use for it

    • dunker56 on 04/07/2016 - 13:32

      Nvidia card holders will need it, if they want some monitors off and some on, and want to toggle that feature.

  • EightImmortals on 04/07/2016 - 07:38

    Anyone know if this plays nice with Stardock's 'Fences'?

    • wyrmy on 04/07/2016 - 08:27
      +1

      I use both displayfusion and Fences 2.x without issues on Windows 10

  • kei on 04/07/2016 - 10:46

    So this is the steam license version which you can install on unlimited computers as long as you have steam installed?

    • NeggerOfDeals on 04/07/2016 - 14:54
      +1

      A single DisplayFusion Pro on Steam license can be used on multiple computers, as long as you are the primary user of those computers, and can run Steam on them.

      They wont be able to tell if it's you or someone else, but yes you can use it with no real restrictions.

  • Pedsy on 04/07/2016 - 11:16

    I currently have the free version running on my work PC but would love to get the premium features back that ran during the trial period.
    I don't have Steam on this PC and never will. Can I just use the code to upgrade my existing install?

    • NeggerOfDeals on 04/07/2016 - 14:55

      Can I just use the code to upgrade my existing install?

      I don't see why not. You don't need Steam to run it.

      :EDIT: But the only way to see your serial keys is to access them from the actual Steam client.

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