http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/ Engadget Comments for USB 3.0-infused DisplayLink products coming in 2010 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/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Firewire 800 actually is spec'd to go to >3Gbps (that's gigabits per sec) = roughly 400MBps (megaBYTEs per sec), which is the same as USB3 after accounting for protocol overhead. This raises the question, why was this not done with Firewire 800 already, or the earlier Firewire 400 before that which is faster than USB 2.0 and certainly fast enough to drive 1080p? Actually one can find old web articles talking about just that – driving monitors with Firewire 400 – as far back as 2002. I'm sure there's some good reason related to video cards; I'd be happy if somebody knowledgeable could chime in.]]>Dec 25th 2009 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
My question about this is I wonder if USB3 will have the same problems USB2 has over firewire; namely, sustained transfer rate vs burst transfer rate.]]>Dec 26th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
What a waste. And with the legendary "consumer confusion", this name is sure to hurt DisplayPort.]]>Dec 26th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
HDMI is definitely not dead. I don't see USB connects carrying audio and video like HDMI so it's definitely not dead.]]>Dec 25th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/DisplayLink has also backed off from its once-ambitious plans to battle DisplayPort and HDMI in the PC market.

"We were trying to make USB video the primary solution for desktop machines, but the market has changed a bit towards notebooks and netbooks, so why fight the trend?" Crespo said. "We're now squarely focused on making USB video the solution for your second or third screen."

---cut----------
So it's for extra displays using USB3 as a virtual PCIe slot as it were.
]]>Dec 25th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
Not even for hard drives, and sure as hell not for VIDEO!]]>Dec 26th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.com/hdmi-cables.html

]]>Dec 25th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/The DisplayLink network graphics technology is composed of Virtual Graphics Card (VGC) software that is installed on a PC and a Hardware Rendering Engine (HRE) embedded or connected to a display device. The DisplayLink VGC software is based on a proprietary adaptive graphics technology. The VGC software runs on a Windows or Mac OS X host PC and takes information from the graphics adapter and compresses the changes to the display from the last update and sends it over any standard network including USB, Wireless USB, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi. After receiving the data, the HRE then transforms it back into pixels to be displayed on the monitor.

There is a DisplayLink-supported open source project called libdlo with the goal of bringing support to Linux and other platforms There are also unofficial reverse-engineered specifications available.

source: wikipedia.org
]]>Dec 25th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/]]>Dec 25th 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 25th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
And then if we get superfast WiFi and the ability to pair devices like bluetooth......... well......... the future does look quite rosy :)]]>Dec 25th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/]]>Dec 26th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
Bowtrol]]>Dec 26th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 26th 2009 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/
The less different ports out there to deal with, the happier I am. Video ports are a mess at the moment with VGA/DVI-D/DVI-I/HMDI/that new version of HDMI that won't be backcompatible/DisplayPort etc.

I like how this tech doesn't force people into anything.. you want another monitor, add on a usb one..and if you don't the port is still useful for a billion other things.

Video ports with the exception of HDMI and minidisplayport are also way too chunky.. I hate the whacking great ugly VGA output that I never use sticking out the side of my laptop.. and it's really hard to buy one without one of those dinosaur ports sticking out of it.]]>Dec 26th 2009 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Now really, there is something called overdoing it, whacking big, sticking out, come on now.
And you can buy colorful plastic covers for ports incidentally, if it's so ugly in your eyes, or you can make your own, you are a human, top-of-the-line species who can use tools.
]]>Dec 26th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/So far all my species' evolution has allowed me to master is the art of sticking black tape over all of the annoying blinding LEDs that turn most gadgets into an irritating imitation of xmas tree lights. Making covers for the clunky monstrosities that are VGA ports are far beyond the ability of my clumsy digits.

Yes, I'm also one of those people who also hates loud ticking clocks, don't try to rationalise a fruitloop. :P]]>Dec 26th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 26th 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 26th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/25/usb-3-0-infused-displaylink-products-coming-in-2010/Dec 27th 2009 7:33PM