Plugable UGA-165 USB to VGA/DVI/HDMI (1920×1080 / 1600×1200)
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View ArticleTwo New DisplayLink USB Graphics Adapters
[Update: We've been able to lower the price on our UGA-165, and will be discontinuing the USB-VGA-165 and the UGA-125.] The UGA-165 delivers resolutions up 1920×1080 / 1600×1200 over both analog (VGA)...
View ArticleDisplayLink Releases New 5.5 M1 Windows Driver
This release is especially important for users of the latest nVidia drivers (versions later than 258.96) on Windows 7 and Vista, because these recent nVidia drivers conflict with earlier DisplayLink...
View ArticleDisplayLink Releases Beta of Windows Server Support (2003, 2008, 2008 R2)
On Jan 1, 2011, DisplayLink released the first beta of their version 5.6 Windows drivers. The most significant feature in this release is Windows Server support: Windows Server 2003 (32-bit only – same...
View ArticleInstalling DisplayLink drivers on a Mac
You can attach up to 4 additional displays on any Intel Mac OS X system with DisplayLink-based USB virtual graphics adapters. Whenever images are redrawn, the CPU is heavily involved, so it may not be...
View ArticleNew DisplayLink Driver Released for Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
[Update July 2011: Lion is now out! And DisplayLink has an updated beta 3 driver available at the same location as below. The final version of Lion unfortunately has introduced several significant...
View ArticleDisplayLink 5.6 M1 Driver on Windows Update
Microsoft’s Windows Update system has been updated to the latest DisplayLink 5.6 M1 Driver (5.6.31854.0 dated 2011/04/18). If you used Windows Update previously to get your driver, you were getting...
View ArticleHowto: DisplayLink USB Single Monitor on Linux
Unfortunately, Linux doesn’t support multiple graphics adapters the way Windows does, which means you can’t just plug in USB graphics adapters and expect them to extend your desktop (the good news is...
View ArticleUGA-165 Graphics Adapter Now $49.95
We’re happy to announce that we’ve been able to lower the everyday price of the Plugable UGA-165 USB 2.0 graphics adapter by $5 to $49.95. This price drop is made possible thanks to our loyal...
View Articleudlfb 0.4.0
[Update Dec 29, 2011: udlfb was promoted from the staging to the mainline kernel tree in 2.6.38. And in kernel 3.3 pagefault detection and console are enabled by default. See all our udlfb posts for...
View ArticleUpdate on DisplayLink Linux support (udlfb in 2.6.34)
[Update Jan 2011: Udlfb was promoted from the staging tree to the main kernel (in drivers/video/udlfb.c) in 2.6.38. See documentation in the kernel tree at Documentation/fb/udlfb.txt] A 10-part udlfb...
View ArticleDisplayLink Linux kernel driver (udlfb) updates slated for 2.6.37
The latest set of patches for udlfb, the Linux kernel framebuffer driver for DisplayLink chips, has been submitted and looks on track for kernel 2.6.37. This will catch the kernel up to everything on...
View ArticleWhat’s the Best PC for Running Multiple DisplayLink USB Monitors?
One of our customers is building a six monitor setup on their PC for stock trading and ESignal Qcharts. They asked: “What is the best Windows laptop and/or desktop to run six Plugable USB graphics...
View ArticlePlugable Open Source Hardware Samples Program
From time to time Plugable has extra test hardware around our labs. Rather than have it gather dust, we’d like to send it out to the open source community to help foster driver development. We know how...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Plugable!
Plugable Technologies brought its first product to market a year ago this month. We’re humbled by and extremely appreciative of the more than 2000 customers we’ve served since then. Thank you!! As a...
View ArticleDisplayLink Releases New Mac Driver Beta (1.6 Beta 3)
DisplayLink has released an updated beta of their version 1.6 Mac drivers, available for download from their Mac forums. This is the first update in quite a few months, so it’s a good sign for Mac...
View ArticleDisplayLink Releases Updated Windows Driver (version 5.5)
DisplayLink has released an updated Windows Driver (version 5.5, dated September 29th, 2010), which is available for download here. This update is compatible with all of Plugable’s products with...
View ArticleHow Well Does the New MacBook Air Work with DisplayLink?
DisplayLink USB 2.0 graphics adapters are the easiest way to get multiple monitors attached to a laptop, especially one with limited connectivity. USB is ubiquitous, and you can always add an...
View ArticleDisplayLink and nVidia Driver Compatibility Update
[updated 12/3 - DisplayLink has released driver version 5.5 M1 (Dec 3, 2010) which appears to resolve all these outstanding nVidia issues. See details ... ] nVidia’s latest Win7/Vista drivers (October...
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