The Gadgeteer Reviews Our Plugable UGA-2K-A
Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in Windows
The Gadgeteer has been doing product reviews since 1997, and they just wrote a review of the Plugable UGA-2K-A.
A couple interesting things covered:
- The usefulness of multiple monitors – once you’ve used them, it’s hard to go back to the limits of one screen.
- They show using the DVI-to-HDMI adapter included with the UGA-2K-A, to add a 42″ LCD TV as a third laptop monitor. Nice!
And they summarize the review with this:
It does exactly what it claims it’s going to do. If I had to register any kind of complaint, I’d say that this could be considered a “gateway drug”…because if I can rock three monitors, what’s to stop me from six or eight?
Exactly what we think, too. Of course, by that analogy, we’re dealers …
One quick note: the review mentions our old pricing of $72.99. Fortunately, we’ve been able to increase our volumes and lower our prices as a result, so the UGA-2K-A is now $69.95. And because this technology is most exciting when it’s not just one but several extra monitors on a single PC — we’re also offering a temporary promotion of $10 off for every two you purchase. All the details are shown on Amazon.
If you don’t have extra monitors around, something like the Acer X203H bd 20-Inch LCD Monitor
Multi-Monitor Madness
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in Windows
This is an older video from NetworkWorld.TV showing an earlier iteration of the DisplayLink technology we use at Plugable.
A few things that have evolved since the video:
* Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac support
* Open Source exists for programming the DisplayLink chips
* It’s hard to find monitors with DisplayLink integrated, but it’s easy to find the adapters that work with any monitor (like our UGA-2K-A, which uses the DisplayLink DL-195 chip)
* The video showed an adapter with only VGA out. Our provides the more flexible DVI out, and includes simple, passive DVI->VGA and DVI->HDMI adapters which work transparently.
* The video doesn’t talk about resolutions, but the newest chips like the DisplayLink DL-195 can hit higher resolutions and/or have higher quality motion video playback at lower resolutions.
And it’s still the best and easiest way to outfit a cool bat cave.
Plugable’s USB 2.0 Graphics Adapter (DisplayLink DL-195)
Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in UGA-2K-A
Plugable’s new USB 2.0 Graphics Adapter is now available on Amazon.com.
The DisplayLink DL-195 chip inside this adapter is the best high-end chip out there for adding a display over USB. And because it pushes USB 2.0 and analog VGA to their limits, it isn’t likely to be beaten by any other chip in the USB 2.0 generation.
For this new adapter from Plugable, we wanted to offer that high-end choice, and also make sure that everything else about the adapter package itself meets or beats any alternative out there.
- The Plugable UGA-2K-A includes a DVI->HDMI adapter (in addition to the usual DVI->VGA adapter)
- The latest drivers are available on Windows Update and from displaylink.com
- Open source available, so there’ll be new software written for this device, even years from now
- Public problem reporting and support, so you can always get the full story about the product
- Amazon’s fast shipping and A-to-z guarantee on your purchase
In future posts, we’ll cover some of the cool things this device can do by enabling many displays on any PC (things like create the ultimate day-traders’ war-room, with many displays built around a single laptop).
Until then, you can read more about the product launch in the stuffily worded press release here. And more on the product page at http://plugable.com/products/uga-2k-a/.
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