UGA-165

I'm very satisfied with the Plugable UGA-165 USB 2.0 to VGA/DVI/HDMI Adapter. It works perfectly and installed with no problems. Matter of fact, the moment I plugged in the USB connection to my PC, the drivers downloaded automatically so I didn't need to use the CD that came with the product, nor did I need the link provided in e-mail by Plugable Technologies (they wrote even before the product arrived). Btw, their website was an excellent source of information about this product and helped me in my decision to buy. My system: Dell Inspiron 660 Desktop PC Intel Core i3-3240 CPU @3.40 GHz 8 GB RAM 64-bit OS Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 Intel HD Graphics w/1696 MB total available Graphics Memory I'm running extended desktop on two Viewsonic VA2246M 22-inch 1080p monitors using the Dell's VGA output to one and the Dell's HDMI to the other through an HDMI-to-DVI adapter (these Viewsonics don't have HDMI inputs). I'm now using the HDMI output of the Plugable UGA-165 connected to one of the Dell's USB 2.0 ports. I have an Orion (Sansui) HDTV with HDMI input in my computer area and the Plugable is supplying video to that as the "third" monitor of the Dell's extended desktop display. Windows Control Panel 'Display' /Change Display Settings was easy to setup and manipulate with the third monitor in the chain. It recognized it immediately. All monitors are running at 1920x1080 resolution. There is no distinguishable lag in the display running off of the Plugable UGA-165. I noticed that the LED light on the Plugable blinked a lot whenever there was video activity on the monitor for which it was providing the signal. Not a problem at all. I assume the LED light was just "eye candy" indicating processing activity. For a test I played a video stream on Windows Media Player and positioned the player's video playback "box" between the Orion and one of the Viewsonic's (a sort of split screen). There was a slight time-delay on the Plugable. I have no way to measure it, but let's just say it was an eye blink slower than the VGA and/or DVI supplied monitors. Again, no problem at all in my opinion. The Plugable UGA-165 does get a tad bit warm when on. But then, so do other devices plugged into the UBS 2.0 or 3.0 ports. It's a worthy and value-packed investment. I can see it being very beneficial in a number of video/PC environments, particularly those who do video editing and want to have several programs open at once. Even my little Dell with an Intel i3 holds up fairly well when each of the (now) three screens have something running in them (Adobe Premiere Elements editing program, Photoshop, and Acoustica Mixcraft6). It is definitely a great product and opened up a lot of visual landscape at my computer workstation.

*****UPDATE and Video showing the product in use***** Created a basic video review showing this product working with a laptop and also the Dell Venue 8 Pro. Check it out if you have any questions about whether you should order it or not. After a couple months now, I can honestly say it is the best purchase I could have made! That video can be seen here http://youtu.be/PzOX4JOGibE ***** original review below***** First purchase of a Plugable product, but I have to say I am really impressed so far. Got online originally to look them up for a dock. After looking, I emailed customer support and asked some questions. They quickly responded with the suggestion for this to connect to a monitor from my Dell Venue 8 pro. Could have pushed a higher priced dock, but listened to what I wanted and after things installed (all I had to do was plug it in) it works as advertised. Have comes with adapters to hook up via DVI, HDMI, or VGA from any USB 2.0 port. I can now hook my laptop up to a third monitor even if I choose to. Wish I had stumbled on their products sooner. Best part was customer service also made sure to remind me of the fact that I would still need an OTG cable, and a couple other suggestions that they did not have to take the time to do. I already knew what they suggested, but only because I had done some research. THey seemed to really want to make sure things worked out of the box. I will confidently buy from them in the future. Everything from the packaging to the products is well done. Connections turn and swivel to make life easier. Great Job Plugable.

I have bought this unit because of I have to work with multiple applications running at the same time so that I needed the 3rd monitor. The unit comes with required adapters like DVI-to-HDMI, DVI-to-VGA and all in very good quality. It was very easy to install. and configure. The only drawback of this unit is video playback capability. The video quality substantially deteriorated through this unit. I would assume same kind of experience for the games. If you do regular work and use office applications, web browsing, outlook etc this is a prefect piece of hardware that makes your life easier. Update: After I posted my review I realized that I should have put in more specific information about my setup in order to give better idea on how the product performs. Here we go; - Operating System: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit - Computer: HP Elitebook 8540w laptop that is now replaced with 8570w laptop with docking station - GPU: NVidia Quadro FX1800m with HP 8450w and Quadro K1000M with HP 8570w - Screens and connection: a 24" HP LCD via DVI, a Dell 17" LCD via VGA and the second Dell 17" LCD via Plugable UGA-165 my configuration has been same since I bought the product and I haven't experienced any major issues since I bought the unit. Two or Three times the USB connected screen went to black when I got my computer waken up in the morning (I don't shutdown my computer) and my DVI connected screen was also blinking. I had to disconnect the DVI connector from docking station and reconnecting back fixed the problem in both screens with out system reboot. This problem was happened a few times only with my previous laptop HP 8540w. This issue has never happened with the new laptop

The use of a second monitor has been an integral part of my computing experience for a few years now in both desktop and laptop (at home or work). I have recently begun contemplating the use of a third display (and possibly more) ever since I have begun using virtual machines extensively. To my dismay I found out that the laptop I use as my main machine (3 yr old model) does not support the use of both its graphics output ports (VGA + HDMI) at the same time. Conveniently enough at roughly the same time period I came across the entry for the plugable USB2 UGA multi-display adapter in amazon. I thought it was worth a try as the price was not prohibitive for a bit of experimentation. I was positively impressed by the email I received before the product was delivered pointing me towards more online information as well as the latest drivers (thumbs up for good customer support). When the UGA adapter arrived, the installation process in Windows 7 Ultimate went without any problems whatsoever. The integration with the graphics interface in windows is flawless as far as I am concerned. On the down side I have observed a bit of a lag upon occasion on the third display (the one connected on the USB port via the adapter) expecially when playing back video on this display with loads of other things going on in the laptop. I take this to mean that there is some computing overhead in the use of the UGA adapter but I have not looked into this any further as it does not bother me for my intended use of the product. I find it really interesting (and convenient for my case) that when I am running a virtual machine (for example linux) and I have this displayed in the monitor connected to the UGA adapter there is no detectable lag even when playing video in the virtual machine (the device driver for the adapter is still running in the host system which for my case in Win 7). Summarizing, I find the UGA adapter very usefull with right pricing and up to spec operation.

Se ve bien la imagen a 1080p.

A bit big and clunky, but works well

usato per convertire il segnale dal mio synth MODX yamaha per poter usufruire di un touch screen esterno, si comporta benissimo e senza sbavatura alcuna. Di dimensioni ridotte e ben concepito con i suoi adattatori, risulta essere un'ottimo strumento che mi ha permesso di estendere in modo eccellente il piccolo schermo touch, difficoltoso da utilizzare con le dita (troppe cose in troppo poco spazio) del MODX ad un ben più consistente touch screen a 15".

This is an awesome product. I have been trying to run a third monitor on my late 2014 mac mini for weeks now. Apple only allows two monitors to be run on this mac mini. After trying several adapters from usb to vga, dvi, or hdmi, I was to the point of giving up. I ordered this video adapter and it worked perfectly. It's basically plug and play with the exception of a simple download of the driver - if that makes any sense. In other words, Just a matter of a fast download and a click to active. The process is clearly outlined in the instructions provided. It works perfectly with a crystal clear picture and shows up as a third monitor in my display settings. Highly recommended.