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(More customer reviews)Received this today. Does not contain the DVI to VGA adapter shown in the 4th photo and referenced in the description. The enclosed user manual shows it as one of the hardware components, but it is not in the product's box as shipped. The Display Adapter itself has a DVI female. If you are plugging into a VGA only monitor, the DVI to VGA is essential.
OPPS! Correction. The box has cutouts where each part fits into the cutout. When I opened the box, the DVI to VGA adapter was was not there. I don't actually need that adapter, so I went ahead and hooked up. Well, later when I tore the box down to put it in the trash - there the adapter was - it had slid out of the cutout and under the cutout's false front.
Now, as for the device's performance. Incredible!! I'm running this monitor powered by a 1.33MHz cpu on an HP Tablet PC. I really doubted that it could handle 1600x1200 resolution, but I was wrong. I run a cpu monitor in a sidebar, and this cpu run monitor is noticeable, but certainly is not taxing the system. The computer is running a 1.33MHz dual core 4 thread processor. The cpu has a 33% overclock turbo-boost to 1.8MHz, but this monitor has yet to trigger it, or even get close to it. The main monitor is an identical twin to this plugable powered monitor and I've seen no difference in performance so far. One note: do plug the USB for the display adapter directly into a USB on the computer - it made a difference to plug that into a USB hub.
My apologies to Plugable for the original post. They got right on this and offered replacement. But, just in case someone else has their adapter get bumped out of place in shipping, I thought I confess my error instead of just deleting the review.
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The Plugable UGA-165 enables multiple monitors with any laptop or desktop (one adapter required per monitor, up to 6). Most people use it to gain a 2nd or 3rd monitor for their laptop.You gain the benefits of USB, including plug and play connectivity, thin and flexible cabling, and ability to connect via USB 2.0 hubs and repeaters. Projectors can be connected with long and flexible USB wiring that doesn't lose monitor configuration information. Multitask with a dedicated monitor for each document or application. This adapter works 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. The monitor itself is then constantly refreshed directly from the USB hardware. The adapter package includes a USB 2.0 cable and hardware adapters for the different connector types (DVI to VGA and DVI to HDMI). No power plug is needed - power is provided by USB and the adapter has an LED indicator light. Windows 7/Vista/XP drivers installed automatically via Windows Update. 32 and 64 bit supported for both Vista and Win7. Windows Server SKUs not supported. GPU is used for 2D/3D rendering on Windows, requiring Intel, nVidia, or ATI primary WDDM driver. Beta-level Mac support for Intel OS X 10.4 or later, 32 and 64 bit. Not compatible with MacBook Pros with switching nVidia/Intel graphics. Open source available for Linux and other platforms. Linux requires manual configuration - for advanced users only. See plugable dot com for additional information and tips for making the most of your Plugable USB display adapter.
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