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IOGear's USB to VGA Kit Puts Wireless Gap Between PC and Monitor
Posted by Kit Eaton at 7:45 PM on August 25, 2008
Combine this little gizmo with a wireless USB hub and you could almost have your PC in a separate room to you: it's a wireless VGA cable. The USB to VGA kit consists of a transmitter dongle and a receiver with a VGA-socket. It's probably aimed more at swanky PC-projector setups, since it can cope with video of up to 720p quality over a range of 10 metres, and sadly is only compatible with Windows XP and Vista machines. Due in September for around US$230. [TFTS]
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John Davy
Posted October 18, 2008 4:30 PM
It would be good to know if this can be configured to send the right half of an extended (second) monitor setup.
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:38 PM 25/8/08
Seems almost impossibly cool.
My guess is that it'll perform like...I don't think it'll do well.
strider_mt2k
rrwakc
Posted 9:09 PM 25/8/08
would be nice to connect to my TV but it doesn't do audio, just stereo would be enaugh.
rrwakc
Arvin Bautista
Posted 8:59 PM 25/8/08
720p quality? So for a PC, that means resolution less than the current low average for PC's, which is 1024x768... if it can handle multiple displays at 1920x1200, count me in.
Arvin Bautista
brainwav
Posted 10:22 PM 25/8/08
@Arvin Bautista: There are still people that run 800x600... but I suppose they're not really the target audience. Still, like the article says, it's likely meant for projector-use.
Definitely running this by my boss, could come in handy.
brainwav
IphtashuFitz
Posted 6:58 AM 26/8/08
Well if it wasn't limited to Windows I could see a huge potential use for this. I occasionally use video projectors in live theater and running 50 foot video cables can be a real pain in the backside. A wireless link would help out tremendously.
IphtashuFitz
Arvin Bautista
Posted 11:03 PM 25/8/08
@brainwav: I just checked 3 of my google analytics accounts and showed that less than 4 percent of users had resolutions equal to or less than 800x600, and I'm assuming people that would be in the market for this type of niche product would not be among those 4 percent.
Arvin Bautista
Zenshai
Posted 12:17 AM 26/8/08
I thought 720p was equivalent to 1360x768...
If it is, then this is not so bad
Zenshai
urbanturban666
Posted 1:13 AM 26/8/08
its only good for 30 feet? better off running cable...
urbanturban666
stretta
Posted 1:06 AM 26/8/08
I'd buy this immediately for audio recording. Even laptops make too much noise. It would be great to move the computer into another room.
BUT IT IS WINDOWS ONLY.
Sorry. -1 sale, IOgear for lack of Mac support.
stretta
cskelldog
Posted 3:01 AM 26/8/08
Too expensive just to make a monitor wireless.
cskelldog
Con Seannery
Posted 5:31 AM 26/8/08
@stretta: But NOBODY uses anything other than Windows except hippies and hackers. Big business told me that themselves. Yup.
Con Seannery
brainwav
Posted 6:33 AM 26/8/08
@Arvin Bautista: And I realize that. I'm just pointing out 800x600 is still something that you have to contend with.
brainwav
The Monarch
Posted 2:21 PM 26/8/08
Looks like the range of the Kensington is only half of this kit's 30-foot range -- bummer.
The Monarch
The Monarch
Posted 2:19 PM 26/8/08
I'd much rather have this. Sure it may not come with a pc-side wireless usb transceiver for the same $230, but the additional features more than make up for it.
The Monarch
taking_this_easy
Posted 1:13 AM 26/8/08
@IphtashuFitz: it says its 30 feet range.... how about boosting the antenna(like wireless routers), better?
i wont mind a connection.... leave the desktop CPU unit in the cupboard, wireless connect to an LCD mounted to a wall.... no wires ftw !
taking_this_easy