QX5 Computer Microscope from Digital Blue

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100

We love this microscope, pure and simple. Digital Blue has improved their inexpensive yet powerful QX5 computer microscope making kid-friendly experiments and examination available on PC

djam

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:54:28 +0100

There are a couple of issues you should be aware of before you purchase, use one of these QX5 Microscopes.

First is the 200x is really not usable without an external light source, the LEDs built in are just not bright enough.

If you run the software on large or high resolution monitors all your icons on the desktop will be moved to the used screen resolution of the device, 800x600 area. There is a fix for this, only you have to contact support to find out what to change, a note should be included with the device.

And last, the software can only operate in full screen mode, which means whatever your monitor(s) resolution is set to, it will be changed to 800x600, which also means you don't have access to other programs while this application is running. IMO this is not acceptable for an application running under Windows in 2008.

Had I known about these issues before I purchased it, I would not have bought it.

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QX5 Computer Microscope from Digital Blue

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