DisplayLink: Greener Multi-Monitor Solution
Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in Windows
This video shows two similar 2-monitor setups: the first using PCIe graphics, the other using Intel chipset graphics + a DisplayLink USB chip like the kind used in Plugable’s products.
The DisplayLink solution takes the power consumption from ~80W down to ~50W. Over time, and as you add more monitors, that’s a huge savings.
Read more about this at http://www.displaylink.com/power_saving.html
OS X 10.6.3 and DisplayLink Rotation
Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Bernie Thompson in Using
There are reports of a few problems with the just-released OS X 10.6.3 update from Apple, and current DisplayLink drivers (1.5 and 1.6 beta) for Mac. In particular, displays in a rotated (portrait) configuration are corrupted. Switching back to standard unrotated mode is a workaround.
DisplayLink users on Mac might want to hold off on Apple’s update until any problems are shaken out.
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.
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