Yes, the adapter uses a DisplayLink chip and the company's compression technology to deliver the signal. I've seen it in action and it's more than sufficient for general use and even video playback. Gamers should look elsewhere though...
I've always wanted a USB monitor. For some reason, the people who make the USB standard keep tying it to fixed clock speeds and numbers of pins. I believe that they are incompetent.
host at common low frequency, two pins: connections specs? device: 128 pins, 1 GHz. host: 64 Gbps connection established. device: roger that.
That's what I want. Bah. This here USB to DVI adapter probably doesn't work under Linux, BSD, or opensolaris anyways.
(and to anyone who may think that what I proposed is unrealistic, we have PCIe, don't we?)
To those who would like to remind me that it 'all comes down to money', I'll inform you that I don't care about other people's poor investments, and if pushing progress means screwing them over, I'm good with it, and will do it anyway.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Luigi193 @ Oct 31st 2007 11:09AM
Is USB fast enough?
tintastic @ Oct 31st 2007 11:17AM
Yes, the adapter uses a DisplayLink chip and the company's compression technology to deliver the signal. I've seen it in action and it's more than sufficient for general use and even video playback. Gamers should look elsewhere though...
ethana2 @ Oct 31st 2007 12:41PM
I've always wanted a USB monitor. For some reason, the people who make the USB standard keep tying it to fixed clock speeds and numbers of pins. I believe that they are incompetent.
host at common low frequency, two pins: connections specs?
device: 128 pins, 1 GHz.
host: 64 Gbps connection established.
device: roger that.
That's what I want. Bah. This here USB to DVI adapter probably doesn't work under Linux, BSD, or opensolaris anyways.
ethana2 @ Oct 31st 2007 12:48PM
(and to anyone who may think that what I proposed is unrealistic, we have PCIe, don't we?)
To those who would like to remind me that it 'all comes down to money', I'll inform you that I don't care about other people's poor investments, and if pushing progress means screwing them over, I'm good with it, and will do it anyway.
Hax Or @ Oct 31st 2007 2:42PM
I'm sure you can think of better retorts... for yourself.