USB video card

[VJ]

I'm still amazed they managed to pull this off:

A USB 2.0 videocard that supports resolutions up to 1280 x 1024, 16 Bits.

http://www.trittontechnologies.com/products/TRIUV100.htm

Here is a review of it:

http://www.everythingusb.com/tritton_see2_usb_2.0_svga_adapter.html

Currently only one such device is supported on a computer, but they are working on that. There will also be a MAC version of it (useful for: Mac Mini, ibook, ...).


Jörg

[dbdg]

Amigas had video cards that worked through the clock port. No idea what res they managed probably 800*600.

[rylan]

Lol that thing is gonna suck.

[Gurm]

Not only that, but it won't work on 99.99% of PC's. I mean, let's be honest here - the PC _needs_ a PCI or AGP card in the slot and hooked up in order to boot.

[High_Jumbllama]

Hmm. Using a CPU dependant port to drive a monitor.

Brilliant!


Firewire maybe. :shudders:

[High_Jumbllama]

Not only that, but it won't work on 99.99% of PC's. I mean, let's be honest here - the PC _needs_ a PCI or AGP card in the slot and hooked up in order to boot.

It's supposed to be for an additional monitor anyway.

[Gurm]

It's supposed to be for an additional monitor anyway.

It's supposed to suck anyway?

[schmosef]

Mac had something like this that worked over the SCSI port to add colour graphics capabilities to those 9" monocrhome Macs. It was called SCSIgraph.

I wanted one for my Mac classic. But after running the #s I realised it was better to just get a new computer.

[Claymonkey]

The ONLY place I could see this useful is a laptop, and honestly I'd rather get a portreplicator for the thing. Still it's impressive that they got it to work at all. The ubergeek in my wants one just to say I've used it.

[Claymonkey]

Still I'd be far more impressed if it was DVI with a vga adapter

[Elie]

Yawn....

[High_Jumbllama]

It's supposed to suck anyway?

Apparently, yes.

[DGhost]

they used to sell PCMCIA video cards for laptops. their acctually is a market for having a second display device on laptops, even if they suck. no 3d acceleration, no overlays, just a basic low res graphics adaptor. i don't even think they had 2d acceleration.

[VJ]

Given the fact that there are ultra portable laptops that don't have a second VGA port, or even a PCMCIA slot, I think there could be a market.

Also, if you just temporarily need a second monitor, it can easily be moved from one PC to another (provided the drivers are installed). Perhaps some companies might have uses for stuff like that...


Jörg

[Nowhere]

they used to sell PCMCIA video cards for laptops. their acctually is a market for having a second display device on laptops, even if they suck. no 3d acceleration, no overlays, just a basic low res graphics adaptor. i don't even think they had 2d acceleration.

Yep:
Traveler
DTG
Easidock
VTbook

And they do have 3D even...