Items tagged with DVI

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Nov 29, 2012

Gigabyte Takes Aim at Budget HTPC Crowd with HD Motherboard Series

One thing you might run into when shopping value oriented parts is that the manufacturers often cut corners to keep the price tag down. It comes with the territory. Along those lines, the idea behind Gigabyte's new HD motherboard series is to offer budget DIY home theater PC (HTPC) builders a line of inexpensive mobos... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Sat, Jan 21, 2012

Don't Get Too Attached to DVI and VGA, They're Being Phased Out

Your PC (and maybe you) likely has a connection with DVI or VGA, a pair of interfaces that have seemingly been around since cavemen first discovered the computer. It hasn't actually been that long, however both are about to enter legacy status as a number of computer vendors and display makers start shunning DVI and... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Sat, Mar 05, 2011

Gefen Reveals Dual Link DVI To Mini-DisplayPort Converter

Intel's Thunderbolt I/O port is the buzzword right now, but DisplayPort still has a long life ahead of it. Gefen has stepped up with a new dual-link DVI to Mini-DisplayPort, which is designed to work with many of today's new monitors that utilize mini-DisplayPort. Most legacy laptops only support DVI, but if you buy a new monitor (like the... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 30, 2010

AMD to Shed ATI Brand, Intro Active DP-To-DVI Dongle

We have a couple of pieces of interesting information coming out of AMD this morning, one of them regarding AMD’s continued use of the ATI brand, the other about an inexpensive, active DisplayPort-to-DVI dongle that should make to cost of entry into multi-screen Eyefinity more palatable for budget conscious consumers. Over the last few... Read more...

by Amy Vernon - Tue, Jul 28, 2009

USB, Bluetooth the tops in digital interfaces

Here's a survey result that should surprise no one who has fallen in love with a useless but fun USB gadget: the interface is the most popular and most used on both home and business computers.For cell phones, Bluetooth pretty much tops the list.Flash drives topped the list of devices connected to computers via USB, followed by printers and... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Mon, Dec 03, 2007

Intel's Low-cost "Diamondville" CPU for OLPCs?

The OLPC and Asus Eee are garnering a lot of attention. Might Intel's new Diamondville CPU be just the ticket for upcoming versions?The first detail that Intel's Anand Chandrasekher announced on Monday in an interview with IDG is that Diamondville is a Silverthorne derivative. This tidbit clarifies the confusion around Mooly Eden's comments... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Thu, Aug 16, 2007

Taxpayer Bailout Of Ill-Advised Business Needed

Subprime mortgage market? Stock market? What are you talking about? I was referring to BusinessWeek's report that municipal wireless networks are colossal money losers, and the companies that partnered with many cities and counties to offer it are tired of losing their shirt on expensive infrastructure and operating costs based on demand that... Read more...

by Jeff Bouton - Tue, Nov 21, 2006

HIS X1650 Pro IceQ Turbo Dual DL-DVI

Not long ago, when we reviewed MSI's GeForce 7600 GT, the closest ATI-based competitor available was the Radeon X1600 Pro. It was far from an apples-to-apples comparison from a technical standpoint, however. While both models sported the same number of Pixel and Vertex Shaders and had similar prices, the X1600 Pro's... Read more...

by Sandy Drew - Fri, Nov 03, 2006

HIS delivers the HIS X1950XT 2x Dual Link DVI VIVO 512MB

HIS delivers the HIS X1950XT 2x Dual Link DVI VIVO 512MB Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov 3, 2006 - HIS (Hightech Information System Limited) delivers the HIS X1950XT 2x Dual Link DVI VIVO 256MB card, a radically new 3D performance architecture technology delivers superior image quality. HIS X1950XT 2x Dual Link DVI VIVO 256MB card delivers 12% faster... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jun 22, 2006

HIS X1900XT IceQ3 Dual DL-DVI VIVO 512MB

As power users, we'd all love to own one, or perhaps even two, of today's latest and greatest graphics cards. But wanting to own the best and having the means to do so are two totally different things. Lucky for us, there are usually a multitude of products that fall in just behind the top-of-the-line that tend to offer similar... Read more...

by Sean Pelletier - Wed, Dec 21, 2005

Goodbye DVI, Hello UDI?

eHomeUpgrade has posted an interesting story this morning outlining a proposed new display interface that would replace DVI in all PC's. Apparently, a number of leading PC hardware vendors such as Intel, Apple, NVIDIA, and more are working together to develop this new specification. Who knows what features we can expect with this new technology,... Read more...

by HH Editor - Thu, Jan 15, 2004

Hercules Video Prophetview 920 Pro DVI

Hercules Video - Prophetview 920 Pro DVI A Gamer's Flat Panel And More Jason R. Gibson January 15th, 2004 It has been a while since we at Hot Hardware have taken a look at a new Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Back in March of 2001 my fellow H.H. colleague, Dave, ventured a look at one of the forerunners of modern LCD displays. Needless... Read more...