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Very cool stuff indeed! A few points of interest/questions/thoughts... first off, just in general, are most of the USB-VGA adapters based on the SiS chipset, or are there a whole slew of different chips out there? I know that there are at least two different versions of the Startech adapters (usb2vga, usb2vga2) that support different resolutions, and there are also some by other manufacturers... but of course, nobody in their right mind reveals chipset information ;o)

One item in my research that really caught my eye is that in addition to their USB2VGA adapters, Startech also makes a complete docking station solution:
http://www.startech.com/item-specs/U...g-Station.aspx
I'm kind of hoping they'd use the same chipset for the VGA adapter build into that bad boy... and we've got pretty good support for Network adapters with the various kernel modules that are available, and since the thing has it's own power source it's also going to eliminate the need for a powered hub. Now, not exactly the most compact portable solution (though I still can't find dimensions on the blummen thing anywhere), but for presentations/or at a fixed place like home it would be an awesome one USB cable solution to a lot of needs. If anyone's interested I can source them for about $120 Cdn; I just don't have the extra cash to pick one up at the moment to play with!
I can also get my hands on the USB2VGA and USB2VGA2 adapters (the latter being slightly more expensive as apparently they do a slightly higher resolution?) and I will get them up for purchase in a new "developers" category on my site in the next few days hopefully... they're somewhere in the $100 Cnd range, so not cheap, but if they work, would be worth while!

Thanks again for all the great work so far!
-Rob