Mitsubishi's RDT201WDL DisplayLink monitor now available
Laptop user looking for some dual-display action? Mitsubishi's new DisplayLink-equipped RDT201WDL WIDE LCD is a 20.1-inch wide-format monitor that features a USB hub, built-in Ethernet and WSXGA+ (1,680 x 1,050) resolution. Energy-conscious consumers will enjoy the on-screen energy meter and three levels of power usage, and we can all appreciate the fact that this monitor uses up to 36 percent less juice than a traditional LCD (in addition to the traditional savings DisplayLink provides by skipping the discrete graphics card). This item is currently available in Japan, and there's no word yet on a Stateside release date.
[Via Business Wire]
[Via Business Wire]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
noyp @ Oct 6th 2008 9:12PM
WTF is on that monitor?
average_guy @ Oct 6th 2008 9:17PM
I believe it is the Sina logo
noyp @ Oct 6th 2008 9:39PM
You sir, deserve a cookie!
joe23521 @ Oct 7th 2008 8:25AM
It's one of Sina's Beijing Olympic icons, which still doesn't explain why it's featured here.
Copland @ Oct 7th 2008 9:33PM
Thats a character from Beijing Olympics ?
Hmm, I wonder why its there. Mitsubishi is a company in Japan.
Striker @ Oct 6th 2008 9:29PM
Wow, I already know what DisplayLink is, but try to look it up on Wikipedia...
Rhino @ Oct 6th 2008 9:29PM
built-in Ethernet? Supports remote display??
Ridgecity @ Oct 6th 2008 10:41PM
what's the ethernet for?
Urza @ Oct 7th 2008 12:32AM
So, this is the first I'm really seeing of this DisplayLink thing - I'm actually wondering if these could perhaps be a decent, fairly cheap upgrade to my laptop's onboard graphics - and if so by how much. They never really give enough tech specs, but they do say some of them are capable of handling Vista's Aero, which my laptop can just barely manage. So at the very least, they're just as good as my laptop's onboard. Which is really quite sad.
Tony @ Oct 7th 2008 12:38AM
So it uses a software emulated video card and compress the display to show an send it over the USB port.
Good for laptop users.
Good for one computer-4 displays for multi person workstation solution.
Not good for gaming or 1080p video,
as the CPU have to do the encoding of the virtual usb display.
that slows it down and result would be fuzzy.