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[www.displaylink.com] for details.
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[en.wikipedia.org]
Although I noticed the wiki article is a little "biased" and of questionable validity...
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Funnily enough, I work for a DisplayPort adopter company, so I'm probably more than a little biased about the format as well ;) Actually, DisplayPort isn't proprietary at all. It's a VESA standard just like VGA and DVI. And DisplayPort will eventually be cheaper to implement than DVI (once the devices that support it are produced in volume), which is why there's a PC industry push to adopt it. Despite what you hear from certain websites, it's not just Apple (although Apple has their Mini-DisplayPort which is actually proprietary).
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[www.samsung.com]
I've got it hooked up to a Thinkpad T-60 (which is docked and has an external Viewsonic 17" LCD as the primary monitor). With the Samsung plugged in, I've got 3 monitors running. The primary 1280x1024 17" LCD, secondary Thinkpad Monitor @ 1440x1050 and the Samsung SPF105P @ 1024x600.
The samsung's enabled in XP via driver/app that's continuously running. The sam_controller.exe uses between 7-10% CPU. The screen itself is ok for showing messenger windows, small applets, etc. There's serious lag moving about on the monitor with the mouse and it's quite noticable when dragging windows on it. It does look good though, both on screen and the physical device.
Check out the other Samsung monitors/frames. They've got from 7-10 inch models, with 7, 8 and 10 inch models USB mini-monitor capable. Careful what you look at though, some have wireless built in, some don't have the support for mini-monitor-ness.
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.... and I took it home only to find it doesn't work as a Mini-Monitor in Vista-64 bit (install of the driver software fails and this monitor's not displaylink compatible).
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* ex-grammar nazi smiles approvingly *
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I'm pretty sure this would make you a spelling nazi, not a grammar nazi.
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harumphht!
* adds chefgon to "the list" *
* and not the good one *
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If by "useful" you mean "earns you the approval of one insignificant yet inexplicably self-important Gizmodo commenter" then, yes, you're right. However, all other senses of the word--such as "functional", "valuable" and/or "can get me hired into a meaningful position"--remain null and void.
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(Morse Code in a language of love dialect)
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"The basic model is the UM-710, which goes for just $78. The UM-750 adds a touchscreen, a built-in webcam, and a DMB television tuner for only $147."
How this will correlate to the prices set by this particular importer's circumstances--did he get a good wholesale price? what kind of profit does he want?--remains to be seen.
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