Atlona Releases Second Gen USB To HDMI Converter
Do you have an HDMI port on your PC? Would you like to connect your pc to your HDTV? Atlona has you covered with their recently released AT-HDPiX2. The second generation of their USB to HDMI converter features many advancements users have been waiting for. Supporting full 1080p HD video the AT-HDPiX2 is designed to add an HDMI port to any computer. The USB to HDMI converter supports audio, video and is powered through the USB connection with a maximum resolution of 1080p or 1600×1200. This plug and play hardware is compatible with both Mac and PC. Making a great addition to any home theater system, the AT-HDPiX2 Starts at $149.00 and can be found here: http://www.atlona.com/ATLONA-2ND-GENERATION-USB-TO-HDMI-CONVERTER.html
Key Features:
- Plug & play. Installs in seconds.
- Easily connect up to 6 (Windows OS)/ 4 (Mac OS) monitors to one PC through USB 2.0.
- Offers Great quality video and Audio though HDMI output.
- Supports resolution up to 1080p or 1600×1200
- Bundled Software
- Audio embedded into HDMI
- Supports Extended and Mirror Functions
- Supports screen resolution and color quality adjustment in extended mode.
- Allows you to rotate the screen on the add-on monitor by 90, 180 or 270 degrees
- Supports online update automatically.
- Supports all Intel Macs.
- No external power supply needed (power is supplied from the PC through USB connection).
Minimum System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows XP and Vista (32/64bit) and Window 7, Snow Leopard 10.6.2 and 10.6.3, Leopard 10.5.8, Tiger 10.4.11 (new support is added monthly. Please check DisplayLink.com for updates)
- Processor: Pentium 4 2.4GHz or above
- 512MB RAM or above
- Available USB 2.0 port
- 30Mb of available disk space
Technical Specifications:
- Video Input: USB 2.0
- Video Output: HDMI up to 1080p or 1600×1200
- Audio Input: USB 2.0
- Audio Output: HDMI
- USB: 2.0
- Dimensions (in): 4.5″ x 2.6″ x 1.0″
- Weight: 7 oz.
Package Includes:
- Atlona USB to HDMI Converter device
- 6 ft. HDMI Cable
- Operation Manual
- Driver CD x 1 (Mac users, please download drivers from the Atlona website www.thehdpix.com/download.html)
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OOG
Cool its a shame how frickn expensive this things are tho must say… but I guess to some its worth it.
Daxter241
what i am curious about is if this tool could be used the other way around, for example: could you connect your ps3 directly to this device through the hdmi port then connect the usb to your pc in order to display whatever is going on on your pc?
if that is possible then right off the bat it would be 50 bucks cheaper than the nearest HD PVR which totally grabs my attention.
edit: ah….nvm, the hdmi output would need to be an imput in order for something like that to work….
Da_Dios
Going from HDMI to your PC assuming your PC doesn’t have an HDMI input slot then you might wanna try HDMI to DVI. I never tried it but the adapters aren’t that expensive. The same with regular HDMI to USB adapters you don’t always require a converter.
Daxter241
yeah i ending up doing that a while ago with this wire i bought off of amazon. it works great and allows me to view my laptop and ps3 off of the same screen
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TH7T2U/ref=oss_product
but i recently ran into a situation where whenever i wanted to record something it i had to view it on a tiny 14″ sd tv sitting right next to me that makes it pretty difficult to view everything thats going on. until i get an hdtv in my room, it looks likes ill be sticking to that….that is if there is some kind of DVI to Composite/Component cable that will connect properly to my 19″ LCD monitor and from there will go to a set of adapters that connect with my ps3.
Da_Dios
“Easily connect up to 6 (Windows OS)/ 4 (Mac OS) monitors to one PC through USB 2.0.”
SOLD!!!! Add the fact that it’s USB powered and that’s just golden. A tad expensive too, also check out http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/ for some really quality products in relations with video editing/capture/monitoring and adapters.
If products like this http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-Wireless-Adapter-Audio/dp/B0030C9V3C could get the kinks worked out that would be next step.
OOG
Yeah it does seem interesting… especially for people that dont have hdmi outputs etc
Da_Dios
Well I’ll be damn! I actually ended up buying some Atlona VGA/Audio to Cat 5 adapters. Pretty sweet shit worked like a charm too.
http://www.amazon.com/Atlona-AT-VGA180ASR-VGA-Extender/dp/B001CX2H0U
I didn’t pay that price either it was about $50 cheaper, well actually my job paid for it so
shazjabotlex
This device is would not certainly be used for gaming. It probably uses the brute force of CPU processing to send the signals across the USB wire. It’s still whole lot cheaper (and probably a whole lot better to output PC games from your video card) to use a DVI to HDMI adapter for the video http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TH7T2U/ref=oss_product and a 1/8″ mini to RCA adapter for the sound http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Audio-Cable-Splitter-1-Mini/dp/B00004Z5CP/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1279845590&sr=1-1
This method would probably be the only way to output PC games on a high def t.v. Unless you have an HDMI out on the video card itself, then you would not need an adapter. By the way, crysis looks freaking amazing on a 50″ high def t.v. coming from a system with 2 nvidia geforce video cards and 3 gpu’s. One video card (geforce gtx 295) has 2 gpu’s in SLI and the second video card (geforce 8800 gtx) is assigned as the dedicated physx processor.