Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? Installation is a snap; after installing the DisplayLink software all you have to do is plug the USB cable into the monitor and connect it to your laptop or desktop PC. Setting up the e1659fwu on a Mac was much more difficult. © In addition to adjusting brightness the DisplayLink Manager software lets you choose how the E1659Fwu will behave; it can act as your primary display or become an extension of your primary display (extended desktop). With brightness and contrast levels set to max, colors were bright and vivid, but had an overall blue hue.

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