A vital missing link in notebook evolution has finally been
discovered - the UniXpress USB Port Replicator from Addlogix of Irvine,
CA.
"UniXpress is the latest advancement in the notebook
evolution, bridging the worlds of VGA, USB, and non-USB peripherals to
the notebook with one single USB cable," says Matthew Chang,
Addlogix marketing manager. "And for the first time, road warriors
can achieve 1280 x 1024 resolution via a USB connection from their
laptop to a nearby monitor or even use a third screen without adding a
video card."
Double Vision
This technology from Addlogix is known as the UniXpress USB Port
Replicator. It works on any Windows-based notebook or PC, and can do
virtually anything a traditional docking station can do. Mobile users
connect the VGA display, Ethernet, speakers, microphone, USB printers,
and other peripherals to UniXpress. All of these peripherals can then
interface with the computer via one single USB cable. This cable will be
the only cable the user connects or disconnects when the computer is on
the go.
UniXpress also comes with several unique features. For example,
users can add a second monitor without installing video graphics cards
i.e. you can have Word running on the laptop screen and an Excel
spreadsheet on an external monitor via UniXpress simultaneously.
Graphic designers can use this capability to facilitate the
manipulation of images in Adobe Photoshop and other graphics programs.
No longer will users have to scramble the little tool bars and property
windows away from the files that they are working on. Instead, they can
have the document on one screen and the tool bars on the other screen.
Similarly, animators, video editors and business users can make use of
the additional "desktop space" to increase productivity. And
on mid- to high-end notebooks which already have an additional VGA port,
it is possible to add a third screen through UniXpress.
In terms of resolution, UniXpress is the only port replicator that
supports video resolution of 1280 x 1024. Its patent pending graphics
engine also offers jitter-free DVD playback. Further, its VGA port
provides a benefit normally reserved for high-end video graphics cards -
three modes of video support:
1) Duplication mode (the same image appears on the notebook and the
second monitor)
2) Extended mode (different images on each screen)
3) Primary mode (acts as the only display) i.e. you close your
notebook screen and an image remains on an external monitor. If you have
a 19-inch flat screen on the desktop, primary mode lets you move from a
13 or 14-inch laptop screen to the larger monitor.
UniXpress is available at http://www.PCMall.com
Addlogix has been in the computer industry since 1979. Formerly
CompuCable Manufacturing Group, Addlogix is the first dedicated
manufacturer and distributor of interface cables. In addition, it is a
distributor of professional audio and video products, a provider of high
quality tools and tool kits for various computer, network, and data
communication applications.
Addlogix can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.addlogix.com/.
For more information, call 310/787-1940.
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