http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/ Engadget Comments for ViBook looses DisplayLink USB-to-DVI adapter with support for six-screen spanning http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 12th 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 12th 2008 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/You could probably do windowed casual gaming with this or surf the web while having a DVD playing on another display, but I wouldn't try to do high-res gaming or play 1080P video.

The primary thing I can see this being useful for is driving more than one external display from a laptop.
If you have a desktop and want a high performance solution without resolution or 3D/video limitations, you can simply buy a new videocard. ATI, nVidia, Matrox, et al offer video cards that can drive 4 or more high-resolution displays, and that are more than adequate for gaming, 3D apps, DCC, etc.



]]>Dec 13th 2008 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
If I could run this through a USB hub (can I? Do we know that?), it'd make the process converting laptop to desktop just one connection quicker.

Is that worth $130? eh. probably not.

Also, would this hamper the monitor's performance?]]>Dec 13th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
If the algorithm is proprietary (i.e., belongs to the company), there must be a patent; do you know where it is?

More likely, they are using a standard algorithm that they can already get hardware/software support for: MJPEG, MPEG, or VNC.]]>Dec 14th 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Nothing new here...

http://www.iogear.com/product/GUC2020DW6/

each device shows up as a new monitor in Windows, and windows can span the application window accross all six...

Am I missing something?]]>Dec 15th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 12th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 12th 2008 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
Im going to go sit quietly in my corner now.]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 12th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 12th 2008 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Took me a few reads, but I've seen it in previous posts.
It's Engadget, so however they want to say it is fine with me!
;@b]]>Dec 13th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
Nones no one gonna correct mines grammer.]]>Dec 13th 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/]]>Dec 13th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/]]>Dec 13th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/20 inch lcds
i just need six of these
then i'll have like 8 monitors]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 14th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 25th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
]]>Dec 13th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/ to use my 4800x1200 space for games! :-p]]>Dec 13th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Dec 13th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
Imagine the future PC: DC in + USB. Ports and their associated mechanical structure cost money and limit the design. Look at the back of your PC - the video out is only port that cannot be replaced with USB (for most users) and consider that the USB port can be centrally managed in enterprise solutions. The missing piece to further drive down PC costs is an in-wall DC supply with a "standard" line plug and filtering to eliminate the potential for powerline networking - a major security hole. This isn't for gamers or engineering workstations - but the masses.

Wait till somebody hacks up a DisplayLink driver for WinMo and the iPhone.]]>Dec 14th 2008 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/
Then there's the CPU overhead that's always cited as a major problem with USB.

So really, this sounds like a major step backward, loading the CPU down with graphics chores that we knew enough to offload 30 years ago.]]>Dec 14th 2008 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/vibook-looses-displaylink-usb-to-dvi-adapter-with-support-for-si/Anything less is a waste of time. Unless it sell for $20 of course.]]>Dec 15th 2008 11:08AM