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I paired this with a wireless USB network hub from IOGEAR and driving a TCL LED HDTV at 768x1360.
[[ASIN:B0058DN1Q4 IOGEAR Wireless 4-Port USB Sharing Station GUWIP204 (Black)]
This pair works together nicely.
I note that movies ported through USB this way are a bit choppy, the mouse as well if I am tying up USB with a movie. Note this is the roughest test I could possibly do with this - as the Pluggable box has a frame buffer in it and only pixel change information is sent via USB. On a movie, every pixel is constantly changing. Note too I conducted my tests using the Pluggable converter through the IOGear wireless port run as an ad-hoc network. Personally, I was amazed it worked at all... much less nearly full speed. For normal windows, it appears as if the secondary monitor was hardwired to the system.
What I am trying to do is build a podium setup where I can do presentations without having any wires to the podium, as well as adapt to whatever display technology the venue uses. VGA is pretty common in the venues I have seen.
Here's another nice thing about this Pluggable device.. it has a mini 5-pin USB jack for the USB connection, as well as your standard DB-15 VGA connector. It draws its power from USB, so there is no wall-wart to break or lose. The USB jack lets you disconnect all cabling from the box so you don't end up twisting the cable repeatedly at the same place which inevitably leads to broken cable. If you do succeed in breaking your USB cable, its the standard USB-A (Male) to USB-Mini 5-pin (male). One of the most common USB cables out there. I have left my box on for hours and was pleased to see it does NOT run hot. It should last a long time... probably longer than the computer I bought it for.
Note I am still on a learning curve with the IOGear unit, as it has a few quirks I am learning how to work with, however this pluggable USB-VGA converter has been very resilient. I note that it has a frame buffer internal to it, so in the event it loses signal, it continues to display the last image info sent to it. Since it is powered from USB, if you are powering this through a powered hub and turn off the main computer, the pluggable continues to feed the last image in its buffer to the monitor. Keep this in mind if you want the monitor to auto poweroff on a loss-of-signal cue. You probably do not want to run this from a hub anyway as you will want full USB bandwidth for it. Personally, I consider the retention of image a nice feature as sometimes I may have need to put an image up on
I noted during the testing with the wireless link, I caused dropouts and reconnects which the pluggable handled quite gracefully ( a USB memory chip and USB mouse did as well ). Thanks to its buffer, there was no abrupt tears or blanking of the picture during signal problems. The last good image stayed on the screen until new data arrived.
I am running WIN7. Installation was a snap. Be online when you plug this adapter into your machine for the first time and Microsoft will recognize it and download the latest driver for you and ( with your admin password ) install it. If you can not get online or have an earlier version of windows, a CDROM of the driver is included with the package. My CDROM is still in its unopened package. They provide one sheet of instructions - and if you are running WIN7, and have read this far, you already know how to get it running. This is one of those designs that is so intuitive you know exactly what to do with it when you see it.
I am very pleased with this. Most of all I am pleased with what I didn't get - lots of annoying and worrisome windows warning me of things I know nothing about... I have had this for two days now, and have gone from newbie to knowing what to do with this thing without one error window or bluescreen - and believe me I have done my share of plugging and unplugging things out of order. So far this has recovered gracefully from everything I have thrown at it.
| Brand | Plugable |
|---|---|
| Series | FBA_USB-VGA-165 |
| Item model number | USB-VGA-165 |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Operating System | Linux, Windows XP, Chrome OS |
| Item Weight | 1.55 ounces |
| Product Dimensions | 3.54 x 1.57 x 0.59 inches |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 3.54 x 1.57 x 0.59 inches |
| Color | Black |
| Manufacturer | Plugable |
| ASIN | B004D0QC0A |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Date First Available | November 21, 2010 |
