ASUS does DisplayLink with VW223B 22-inch LCD

Hard to go wrong with a little bit of DisplayLink, and ASUS giving its VW223B the full USB treatment. The 1680 x 1050 display can accept a VGA plug, but the real magic happens over USB. You can plug up to six of these monitors into your PC and run them at full resolution, and the VW223B even includes a few USB plugs to help with the daisy-chain. The 5ms response time and 3000:1 sweeten the deal. No word on price or availability just yet, but we're starting to get a serious DisplayPort hankering up in here.

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[Justin B @ Mar 4th 2008 11:14AM]

Wow go Asus! Truly innovative

Hopefully it works as good as they say.

[spam_from_engadget @ Mar 4th 2008 11:20AM]

It won't work with Asus' currently best-known computer, the Eee, because DisplayLink's proprietary protocol has no Linux support.

[anonymous @ Mar 4th 2008 2:03PM]

make sure you include the word yet when you make this statement. I am sure at some point they would add that functionality or someone in the open-source world will.

[Moofree @ Mar 4th 2008 11:20AM]

Sounds like a processor and usb bus hog.
Definitely not a monitor for gaming.

[Mike @ Mar 4th 2008 11:34AM]

Maybe not currently, but I could easily donate a couple cores to these monitors if my mobo can handle the rest. This might even get easier with future cpu+gpu integration.

I only really need 1 gaming monitor, but 2 additional monitors would be great. Maybe one for my desktop and one for a map, things that don't need a lot of power, but are useful nonetheless.

[Andy @ Mar 4th 2008 11:47AM]

This is a great solution for laptop users and those of us with limited expansion possibilities. The DisplayLink people have been promising Mac drivers since Macworld, hopefully they will make good on those promises, because my Mac Mini would love to run an extra display

[Michael LaFramboise @ Mar 4th 2008 11:47AM]

Wow, this will def be great for us laptop users. Does anyone know if this would work w/ a Mac?

[Down @ Mar 4th 2008 12:16PM]

So this is not powered by and connected through USB? Nevermind then.

[tintastic @ Mar 4th 2008 12:22PM]

According to their website, Mac drivers for DisplayLink are due 31 March.

Looks like they'll be published here when they are launched:

http://www.displaylink.com/downloads.html

I saw the technology in action at MacWorld Expo and it rocks!

[Jerome @ Mar 4th 2008 4:11PM]

The idea is nice.

I would like to know if we will be able to move our mouse to the other screen.

I wonder if it is really powered by USB. I don't think so, since you can not go far with 500mA!

One day it will be wireless + touch screen!