http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/ Engadget Comments for Sewell's DisplayLink-enabled USB-to-DVI / VGA / HDMI adapter does 2,048 x 1,152 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/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/ya i cant sleep at all...and when i do convince myself to get off the computer and sleep, my brain keeps me up..its annoying as hell

and ya, its an adapter, not really much to comment about lol]]>Nov 22nd 2009 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
can anyone confirm this?]]>Nov 22nd 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
Unverified is annoying]]>Nov 22nd 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/And the amount of times i have used spellcheck while writing this comment tells me that i should reeaallly get some sleep soon.

.. and by the way, it late at night where i live, nite y'all.
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"To play DVD on the adapter-attached monitor, in addition to the requirements above, the following requirements should also be met:
- With dual core CPU at 2.0 GHz processor clock
- The adapter screen resolution be set to 800x600 with 16bit color"

My 1.86GHz Pentium-M laptop handles 720p videos just fine through its analog output... looks like this won't really give me usable HDMI.

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"Max Resolution: 1920 x 1200 (native 24" resolution), 2048 x 1080 (1080p: Full HD for HDTVs), 2048 x 1152, and all standard smaller sizes"]]>Nov 22nd 2009 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/]]>Nov 22nd 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
Here's a video of their cheaper model to show what it can do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_y5iO5sQ0Q]]>Nov 22nd 2009 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
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Unless, of course, they are trying to get you to buy one now, and one in six months wen they upgrade it to USB3... something that I am betting could significantly improve performance of this device.]]>Nov 22nd 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
2,048 x 1,152 = 2,359,296 pixels
1,920 x 1200 = 2,304,000 pixels

Math.]]>Nov 22nd 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://sewelldirect.com/drivers/SW-8769.pdf

]]>Nov 22nd 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
Do you actually have any first hand experience with these devices or are you drawing faulty conclusions based on your own biased assumptions and an out of date manual.

DisplayLink manufactures the chips that drives these devices. They provide the drivers and the chip is what determines the functionality. Here is the DisplayLink product page with a matrix which shows the capabilities of the various chips.

What you said about the veracity of information posted by commenters is 100% applicable to this situation.

Have a nice day.

]]>Nov 22nd 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/"Max Resolution: 1920 x 1200 (native 24" resolution), 2048 x 1080 (1080p: Full HD for HDTVs), 2048 x 1152, and all standard smaller sizes".

Apparently someone needs to tell them that 1080p HD is 1920 x 1080, not 2048 x 1080, however.]]>Nov 22nd 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/]]>Nov 22nd 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
http://www.displaylink.com/shop/index.php?product=1]]>Nov 22nd 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Excuse me? How does 2,048 x 1,152 work on a 1920 x 1200 monitor?

Are you pulling 48 lines out of your A**?]]>Nov 22nd 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
RTFA.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
just to clarify, johnj is right, the main idea behind this thing is to add more monitors to your system and can add up to 6 more (with 6 devices). Also, it's true that this supports 1080p and 1920x1200, 2048x1152 is just one of the max resolutions it supports for displays with different dimmensions.

There are other USB to HDMI solutions that support 1080p, but this one is just much less expensive since it uses a different type of chip, plus it doesn't support audio, so you'll have to run a seperate audio cable to your HDTV. There isn't a video quality difference between this and running a straight video line to your HDTV as long as your processor can support it, but the main idea behind this device is to increase workplace productivity with extra desktop real estate.]]>Nov 22nd 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 22nd 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
USB is not for video. It's for mice, keyboards, and modems. It's not even for hard drives. And definitely not for video.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
With the increase of the up and down speeds of the tech, more applications of this universal port become possible.

]]>Nov 23rd 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/
Regardless of speed, it still imposes excessive CPU overhead that more appropriate technologies like Firewire and DisplayPort don't.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/sewells-displaylink-enabled-usb-to-dvi-vga-hdmi-adapter-doe/Nov 23rd 2009 11:19AM