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It could be a very useful thing as a second monitor, rolling server console cart, etc though.]]>Nov 14th 2007 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/14/samsungs-syncmaster-2263dx-the-22-inch-ubisync-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/14/samsungs-syncmaster-2263dx-the-22-inch-ubisync-monitor/
I am using, in the flesh, a 19" Samsung monitor over USB. The first question that a lot of people posting here would seem to ask next is "Why on earth would I want to do that? It's outrageous, ridiculous!!! If you do such and such calculation then blah blah blah...."

I work for a business where for most people running 2 monitors is a minimum requirement, I personally use 3 and others even more. A lot of us, myself included, run laptops too so our IT department has spent the last few years in docking station + PCI express card HELL. You should see their glittering eyes now at the mention of these new USB monitors and how much wasted time and pain is being saved.

Of my 3 screens - all the same Samsung 19" - one is using VGA, one DVI and the 3rd USB. In terms of quality if I had the time or inclination to bother to analyse the pixels then no doubt they would stack up as expected but truly, honestly as I use these screens day-to-day there is no noticeable difference unless I rapidly shake a window around (hardly normal usage) in which case the USB is only a little bit worse.

So video card techies / snobs, you are correct to be up in arms if the context is gaming or if someone was trying to run 4 USB monitors in serial on a slow PC. Otherwise, unless you're talking about something very niche, then for most business applications these USB monitors work well and I expect they'll be taking the world by storm.

Yours,

An actual USB monitor user.]]>Nov 14th 2007 9:27AM