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 |  Subject: Wireless Monitors and Sale Sat 10 May 2008, 16:07 | |
| | Quote: | Ditch D-SUB and DVI and send images by magic. Or Wireless USB, whichever you have more faith in.
Samsung’s SyncMaster 940UX screen introduced the idea that you don’t need a graphics card to hook up a second monitor – USB 2 will do. Now it appears you won’t even need a wire. DisplayLink, the company providing the tech behind the Samsung’s TFT’s ability to connect via USB has announced a collaboration with WiQuest to take the wires out of the equation.
WiQuest is a leading proponent of Wireless USB, which is based on the long-awaited Ultra-WideBand platform. This promises data rates of 480Mbits/sec at up to 3 metres, and 110Mbits/sec at up to 10 metres. So, at least at close range, Wireless USB offers comparable performance to USB 2.
When we tested the Samsung SyncMaster 940UX, it worked better than we expected. Whilst you can’t game over DisplayLink (there’s the small matter of it lacking support for hardware 3D acceleration for a start), video playback is supported, and it’s more than adequate for everyday apps. There’s no reason why this shouldn’t work over a comparably quick radio link.
Wireless USB hub devices have been shipping since mid-2007 from the likes of Belkin and D-Link, and notebooks from Dell and Lenovo (such as the T61p) have started to appear with the technology built in. With Belkin’s Wireless USB Hub already able to bring the technology to any desktop PC, it’s already feasible to make Samsung’s SyncMaster 940UX wireless.
At the end of 2007, DisplayLink also announced the world’s first Wireless USB graphics adapter, this time produced in collaboration with Alereon. Reference designs were demonstrated at CES in January. However, DisplayPort also intimated that a range of WiQuest/DisplayLink products were likely to be available commercially by the end of 2008.
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