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InFocus Intros USB-based DisplayLink Projectors
6/17/2008
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Starting Wednesday at the Infocomm 2008 conference, being held this week in Las Vegas, InFocus will be showing off three new classroom and lecture hall projector series, along with new technologies designed to connect projectors wirelessly and to simplify connections between laptops and projectors using a computer's USB port for delivering video to the projector.
According to InFocus, "InfoComm will mark the first public demonstration of InFocus' simplified connectivity for laptops. DisplayLink technology makes connecting an InFocus projector to a laptop as easy as plugging in a USB mouse--eliminating the hassle of fumbling with function keys and VGA connectors. DisplayLink for projectors is an industry first and is available only for the new InFocus 1100 and 3100 series projectors."
DisplayLink technology actually uses a computer's USB port to deliver the video signal to the projector. The technology is designed to be cross-platform, with support for Windows 2000, Windows XP (32-bit), and Windows Vista (32-bit). Beta drivers for Mac OS X are also currently available for Tiger and Leopard. A release date for the full Mac OS X driver has not been announced, although DisplayLink (the company) said it's "committed to making a Mac release that is just as good [as]--if not better--than our Windows Vista release, including full support for OpenGL 3D acceleration."
InFocus will also be showing off LiteShow II, a new technology for connecting the company's new projectors in a "wireless peer to peer setup, or by using an existing wireless LAN" using WPA and WPA2 for security.
The three new InFocus projector series include the IN1100, IN3100, and IN5100. The IN1100, weighing in at 2.75 pounds, is an ultraportable DLP projector available in XGA and WXGA formats. It offers up to 2,200 ANSI lumens of brightness and includes DisplayLink technology. The IN1100 series starts at $1,299 and will be available in August.
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