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- Verdanic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+97Wouldn't USB's bandwidth cripple a monitor? Especially if there are other USB devices plugged in - say, an external USB HDD transferring files. I could be wrong.
- kiensoy, on 10/10/2007, -5/+49Will it work with Wireless USB?
- sixdust, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41*****, I am running out of USB ports with my mouse, keyboard, USB missile launcher, USB seat warmer and USB grill.
- korashime2001, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39USB doesn't deliver a very responsive picture, but it's more than sufficient for Word/Excel and websurfing.
- threemagic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28An easy second screen for low end graphical purposes without the need to purchase a video card
- threemagic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25From what I gather, the video card is within the monitor. So the transfer of the video information is being passed before the actual rendering. The USB port becomes an extended bus is all. I doubt the video card within the monitor is very powerful considering the price of everything.
- Langford, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21"This option is in addition to its standard analog (VGA/RGB) and digital (DVI) connection options."
This just went from a gimmick to a feature. If it had been exclusively USB, that might have pigeon-holed it's uses, but having it as an option in addition to normal usage makes it very nice. - manitoba98xp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23No, like, uh, Wireless USB. http://www.usb.org/developers/wusb/
- amoore260, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22what about 3d acceleration?
- damndj, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Served
- mburk, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20Just when you thought integrated video cards couldn't get any worse..........
- kiensoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15http://www.usb.org/developers/wusb/
- sarusa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14For what it's worth, these are using DisplayLink's chips to do lossless video decompression. Obviously your computer will be doing the compression in software (the drivers).
http://www.displaylink.com/products/asic.htm
Now what's super sweet is that the driver is included IN THE MONITOR. You just plug the monitor in and it's got a little flash drive with the driver in it. So the monitor is self contained. - MikeWanDo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Then don't comment
- sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Served again? I think it is 30-love.
- asaturn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Nope. No Mac drivers.
- martalli, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10But it says "Reply to this comment"
- WarPirate, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/samsungs-19-inch-syncmaster-940ux-lcd-picks-usb/
- FrostySol, on 10/10/2007, -4/+13Finally, I can have a second monitor for my Mac Mini!
- vvaduva, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I think his OTHER bus wouldn't be able to handle it...
- err404, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7This is not for gaming or videos, but would be very nice to provide extra real estate for utilities and document viewing. Like IM, emails, word processing, PDFs etc. I would guess that performance and functionality would be similar to Terminal Services.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12It would probably be bad at gaming... But if this used some sort of RDP protocol, I don't see why it wouldn't be fast enough for desktop stuff.
- theendlessnow, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Yes... it's USB powered. But it only supports LCD panels that are 4x4 pixels in size... colors are currently limited to black and white.
:) - Cint, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8O snap!
- Rikushix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7If you teamed this up with that 1-watt miniprocessor a few days ago, you could make the sweetest computer for cheap. Great design.
- BobbyOnions, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Better than that, think of the possibilities of routers, WAPs, NAS devices etc.
Add touch-screen capabilities and you've got amazing scope for simple end-user configuration via a single USB port. - CreepingDeath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6It won't though. On-board video is very cheap these days; laptops already have a vga or dvi out so its not going to change anything there. It is a neat idea; but I don't see this changing anything really.
- computergod, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7http://www.everythingusb.com/samsung_syncmaster_940ux_11970.html
The original, full article with lots of pictures and a rundown on how it works with video and games. - Bossman1086, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Look at the bottom. Around $200.
- Saint3k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7It should be noted that this thing has a very primitive video card built into it, for use when it's plugged in via USB. Your computer will read it as a video card with a monitor plugged into it.
Due to the bandwidth limitations of USB this monitor is USELESS for gaming when plugged in via USB. However, when plugged in via D-SUB or DVI then it should function just as well as any other monitor (as it bypasses the onboard video card and functions as a regular LCD).
This will work well as a second monitor for web surfing, editing documents, and generally anything that doesn't use 3d acceleration. - manitoba98xp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5If your USB bus and CPU can handle it, I see no reason why not.
- sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7It isn't really that USB 2.0 isn't fast enough. That is only about getting the video to the screen. 3D acceleration is about GENERATING the video. It is conceivable that a video card could have 3D acceleration, then get MPEG4 compressed and pushed over USB to the monitor. In this case, there is no 3D acceleration, because the main CPU isn't near fast enough to emulate video card 3D acceleration in software. However, that is a different issue than getting the "rendered" data to the display.
- hiro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Right, 'cos powering it is what we're all discussing. Wake up
- V3X3D, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It may sound useless to some but it can be useful if you just need additional desktop space that doesn't require much acceleration. I wouldn't mind having a second screen to keep track of stats or RSS feeds or for terminal use. Samsung should produce usb-to-vga adaptors so we can hook up our old tft screens.
- FearlessFreep, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6You can save a lot more space by virtualizing the cpu itself onto the network.
- sacherjj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The USB port doesn't provide enough power to run a monitor. You would still need to plugged in. However, your computer could be 10 feet away. This would be nice at convention booths, etc. Or a nice display up in the air in a manufacturing plant, without having to run video wires. Many uses.
- mercurysquad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I don't think it's a framebuffer on top of USB. Imagine the bandwidth requirement, for say, 1600x1200 @ 24 bit color and 60 Hz = 329 Mbps
- bromac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5RDP? This isn't a thin client. It just needs to send video.
- Burn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Rule #34.
- unruled, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3yeah, thats a great point, and its what Im doing right now on my rig. I have my 2 VGA/DVI's out on my 7800GS for my LCD TV and my primary monitor, my 2ndary monitor is hooked up to a pci 3dcard. Works like a charm.
- reginaldb, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7I use have a USB port replicator with VGA, that I use to connect my second monitor. It is awful. I'd send it back if I could.
- vvovv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/samsung-sm940ux.html mirror?
- mburk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yes, all USB devices can be affected by CPU load. We'll have to wait and see how this monitor copes, but my guess is you won't be connecting 5 of these to your Windows 98 machine.
- sarusa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I found some benchmarks... it seems to work fine for two usb monitors hooked up to a 3000+ AMD cpu, with cpu load hitting 50% if you display a full screen movie. So this should be just fine for normal 2D desktop work with 1-2 monitors.
- oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The internet is for porn.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Since the monitor has two USB ports on the side... you would actually be adding an extra port... so you could get a USB toaster too. ;)
- superbad, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Eight monitors? Perfect for your octopus hentai.
- ravithepimp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I'll admit, that's the first time I've ever heard of a penis referred to as a "bus".
But i guess it does provide communication from the external vagina to the internal brain... - geminitojanus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It should. Wireless USB implements a full USB2 stack and just pipes the connection over a wireless connection. The big deal with WUSB is that, until now, it's been very difficult to build a desktop-scale 480Mbit connection (your 802.11g maxes out at 54Mbit, 11n at 248Mbits), even for short 3-meter range connections.
- manitoba98xp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Bandwidth issues aside, it still probably wouldn't be great for gaming: there's no powerful GPU involved. But as a web browsing monitor, as others said above, it would suffice.
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