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Product Description
Featuring the DisplayLink DL-195 USB 2.0 graphics chipset, the Plugable UGA-2K-A enables multiple monitors with any laptop or desktop (one adapter required per monitor, up to six on Windows PCs). Get the full benefits of USB, including plug and play connectivity, thin and flexible cabling, and ability to connect via USB 2.0 hubs and repeaters. Multitask with a dedicated monitor for each document or application.
Performance
USB graphics adapters work by rendering 2D/3D with your computer's CPU and GPU, and then compressing and transmitting the pixels that change over USB. Dual core or 2Ghz or better CPU recommended. Recommended for web and applications, not 3D gaming or motion video playback.
Connectivity
The adapter package includes the main USB 2.0 to DVI-I adapter, a USB 2.0 cable and hardware adapters for the different connector types (DVI-I to VGA/D-Sub and DVI-I to HDMI). HDMI connections are graphics only--this adapter has no audio function. Supports monitors and PC-compatible TVs up to 2048x1152 or 1920x1200 (1920x1080 for Analog VGA).
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 8/7/Vista 64 and 32 bit, XP SP2+ 32 bit only - We recommend downloading DisplayLink's newest driver.
Mac - Driver supported for OS X 10.8.3. Please note: Macs do not currently support audio via USB 3.0.
Requires Intel / AMD / nVidia main GPU and driver with Windows Aero enabled. USB graphics requires dual core or 2 Ghz or better CPU for best performance. Not compatible with ARM-based Windows (MS Surface). Windows RT, Vista Home Basic, Win7 Starter Edition disable multiple monitors and are not supported. No supported drivers are available for Linux at this time.
Performance
USB graphics adapters work by rendering 2D/3D with your computer's CPU and GPU, and then compressing and transmitting the pixels that change over USB. Dual core or 2Ghz or better CPU recommended. Recommended for web and applications, not 3D gaming or motion video playback.
Connectivity
The adapter package includes the main USB 2.0 to DVI-I adapter, a USB 2.0 cable and hardware adapters for the different connector types (DVI-I to VGA/D-Sub and DVI-I to HDMI). HDMI connections are graphics only--this adapter has no audio function. Supports monitors and PC-compatible TVs up to 2048x1152 or 1920x1200 (1920x1080 for Analog VGA).
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 8/7/Vista 64 and 32 bit, XP SP2+ 32 bit only - We recommend downloading DisplayLink's newest driver.
Mac - Driver supported for OS X 10.8.3. Please note: Macs do not currently support audio via USB 3.0.
Requires Intel / AMD / nVidia main GPU and driver with Windows Aero enabled. USB graphics requires dual core or 2 Ghz or better CPU for best performance. Not compatible with ARM-based Windows (MS Surface). Windows RT, Vista Home Basic, Win7 Starter Edition disable multiple monitors and are not supported. No supported drivers are available for Linux at this time.
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Customer Reviews
“ Now I have the laptop screen, one external monitor connected to the VGA port of the laptop plus an extra external monitor connected the Plugable UGA-2K-A adapter. ”
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
147 of 152 people found the following review helpful
By Ben Buck
Amazon Verified Purchase
I work at an office where each computer has 4 screens. We had no difficulty getting desktop cards to run 4 screens, but laptops were a different story. We used to get these large Dell docking stations with a pci card slot. They no longer make these and the new ones will do two external screens with the laptop closed. We keep the laptops closed on the docks, so I needed 2 more screens.
We purchased another brand of USB adapters and while they worked, we had problems with them. If you open anything video intense (quicktime for instance) or that heavily used the microsoft .net framework, the screens would flicker and go crazy. You would lose control of the mouse and keyboard making the computer unusable. Quickbooks 2010 was one of these products.
The screens with the other brand of USB adapters were also somewhat fuzzy and much less clear than the 2 screens on the integrated video.
I had just about given up hope when I read about Display link. I mean all usb adapters are equal right? (Answer: No way!) I visited their website and saw the videos of one of their employees running 720p video and thought I would give it a shot. Plugable was one of their featured products.
What a difference! These Plugable adapters are almost identical to the integrated video. They have clean and crisp video and each one shows up as a separate monitor in the Windows display preferences. I was able to play video and open Quickbooks without error. PDFs and other documents also scrolled faster, identical to the speed of the integrated video. They used to lag before when on the usb adapter screens.
This product is highly recommended for those needing extra screens. Very highly recommended for laptop users because your video card options are limited.
I even had the company contact me to let me know that there had been a price drop shortly after I ordered, and they wanted to refund me the difference. Very few companies would do that, and it speaks volumes to the folks over at Plugable. Thanks again for making such a wonderful product.
We purchased another brand of USB adapters and while they worked, we had problems with them. If you open anything video intense (quicktime for instance) or that heavily used the microsoft .net framework, the screens would flicker and go crazy. You would lose control of the mouse and keyboard making the computer unusable. Quickbooks 2010 was one of these products.
The screens with the other brand of USB adapters were also somewhat fuzzy and much less clear than the 2 screens on the integrated video.
I had just about given up hope when I read about Display link. I mean all usb adapters are equal right? (Answer: No way!) I visited their website and saw the videos of one of their employees running 720p video and thought I would give it a shot. Plugable was one of their featured products.
What a difference! These Plugable adapters are almost identical to the integrated video. They have clean and crisp video and each one shows up as a separate monitor in the Windows display preferences. I was able to play video and open Quickbooks without error. PDFs and other documents also scrolled faster, identical to the speed of the integrated video. They used to lag before when on the usb adapter screens.
This product is highly recommended for those needing extra screens. Very highly recommended for laptop users because your video card options are limited.
I even had the company contact me to let me know that there had been a price drop shortly after I ordered, and they wanted to refund me the difference. Very few companies would do that, and it speaks volumes to the folks over at Plugable. Thanks again for making such a wonderful product.
50 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
One line review: Great plug and play video adapters with more PROS than CONS. Only problem: very CPU consuming at high resolutions
Please consider my comments about this products before buying:
- This is not a Video card. Is a VIDEO INTERFACE.
Whats that mean? The image processing is done by the main CPU so the USB cable just send processed and ready to use graphics.
- The problem: Very cpu hungry at high resolutions. If you play a high res movie on a full hd screen expect to consume %.
- If you plan to have lot's of these little boxes hooked on the same machine make sure you have enough CPU processing capabilities like a quad-core+.
Conclusion: This product cannot be used to play graphic intense games.
Appreciate your time,
Bruno Ratnieks
Sniffer Networks do Brasil
Please consider my comments about this products before buying:
- This is not a Video card. Is a VIDEO INTERFACE.
Whats that mean? The image processing is done by the main CPU so the USB cable just send processed and ready to use graphics.
- The problem: Very cpu hungry at high resolutions. If you play a high res movie on a full hd screen expect to consume %.
- If you plan to have lot's of these little boxes hooked on the same machine make sure you have enough CPU processing capabilities like a quad-core+.
Conclusion: This product cannot be used to play graphic intense games.
Appreciate your time,
Bruno Ratnieks
Sniffer Networks do Brasil
39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By K. Wu
Amazon Verified Purchase
USB 2 has is slow, but for non-video and gaming usage, it is perfect. I use it to connect a second monitor to my laptop when I work with various office applications and web sessions at the same time. Note, the better your processor performance is, the better this adapter's performance will be.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works well
This worked well for me for what I needed it for. No issues at all. Display was clean and clear and performed as I expected.
Published 2 days ago by Kim
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great addon for All in one PC
We have Dell AIO pc's at the office and thought we were limited to not ever being able to add a second monitor since there is no built in video output. Read more
Published 3 days ago by BK2X
3.0 out of 5 stars
Works well for Windows but not Linux
Great way to add another monitor to a Windows computer. In fact, you can add several monitors.
But if you want to use it to add several monitors to a Linux computer,... Read more
But if you want to use it to add several monitors to a Linux computer,... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Seattle Buyer
2.0 out of 5 stars
too many issues
When this was released it had a mac beta driver to use with it and most of the time it failed, lagged between the 2nd LCD and there was no update for the longest time....
Published 12 days ago by Steve Antle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very NIce
This was everything I wanted and very easy to install. Now I can have my laptop screen and two additional monitors. Wish I had known about this before.
Published 12 days ago by Nicholas M Lattimore
5.0 out of 5 stars
easy to install and fully compatible with win7
Attached the adapter to a PC running win7. Did not install the driver from the CD. Win7 automatically detected the hardware, and I easily configured both monitor. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Ratatouille
5.0 out of 5 stars
It really works
This is very simple and a great solution. We had a three port video card and kept having problems with all three video outputs working simultaneous. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Dennis Cummins
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very cool
These are actually very cool if you need a quick way to add a couple monitors to a computer that has the HDMI or VGA slots already connected to monitors. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Jarrod A Henbest
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Adapter!
After I ordered this Adapter from Amazon, got an email from Plugable before I received the item. The email gave me a link (http://plugable. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Stanley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Post Sales product support !
I've had a few of these USB2.0 adapters for some years now. I'm motivated to write today because within the last week or so the adapters have had problems with 'cutting out', a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by electronics_buyer212
