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Village phoenix

June 3rd, 2008

ViDock Gfx shown at Computex 2008!

See also the related Press Release and Into Tomorrow video show.

ViDock Gfx has been demonstrated at Computex 2008 in a multidisplay setup and was used by PCMCIA organization booth to display a soft signage and a press conference multiscreen presentation.

 

CeBIT booth 1

CeBIT Booth 2

 


Village phoenix

March 3rd, 2008

ViDock Gfx shown at CeBIT 2008!

See also the related Press Release and the ViDock home page.

ViDock Gfx has been demonstrated by Village Tronic at CeBIT 2008 in three locations, with 4 displays setups running professinoal applications and graphics intensive demo with 3D accelerated games and simulators.

The first location was in hall 13, stand D32, booth C1, inside the PCMCIA Association booth, demonstrating the power of the ExpressCard expansion slot.

CeBIT booth 1

CeBIT Booth 2

The second location was the MacLAND all day event on March 5th, in the Berlin room in the Conference Center, using a MacBookPro with three external 22" displays attached to it, two of them in portrait mode.

CeBIT MacLand Event

The third location was the PCMCIA Press Conference on the 6th at 10 AM in the conference room 16 at the Conference Center. Again a Mac based three external displays configuration was used.

CeBIT MacLand Event

 


VTBook

October 26 2007

VTBook is Leopard compatible

No matter what is your favourite big cat: Jaguar, Panther, Tiger or Leopard: VTBook will play just well with it!

The current version 2.1.1 drivers can be installed on any OS from 10.2.8 on (on systems officially supported by the OS of course). You can find the latest version of the drivers in the VTBook downloads page.

 


Village phoenix

October 17 2007

ViDock: Introducing a new family of graphics docking solutions

Village Tronic is proud to announce at SMAU 2007 new family of graphics products: ViDock.

ViDock is a high performance graphics docking station that allows users to connect up to two additional external displays to an ExpressCard equipped notebook.

Please see all the currently available details in the press release.

ViDock is still not final and we'll be providing more news and details about its characteristics and market availability in later news.

Stay tuned since the next update will already be on November 1st!

 


Tux

September 17 2007

VTBook Linux drivers version 1.1 released!

These new drivers provide compatibility with Xorg 7.2. Moreover, the kernel path is no longer needed on systems with Kernel 2.6.22 or later.

The new drivers can be downloaded here. Please read thoroughly all documentation before installing them.
For more information about VTBook: VTBook home page

 


DualHead Stationary cable

January 5 2007

DualDisplay & VT MultiDisplay bundle discontinued

From January 2007 the free VT MultiDisplay license will no longer be bundled with the VTBook DualDisplay cables. This decision avoids an unnecessary double licensing because we've been bundling a free VT MultiDisplay license with VTBook since August 2006.

VT MultiDisplay is also sold as a standalone utility for $49 and is bundled with Village Tronic's notebook graphics card: VTBook.

For more information about VT MultiDisplay: VT MultiDisplay home page
For more information about VTBook: VTBook home page


 

VT MultiDisplay logo

October 30 2006

VT MultiDisplay 2.7.1 available!

A new version of VT MultiDisplay is available! Version 2.7.1 brings many bug fixes that will make your Windows multi display experience even smoother.

VT MultiDisplay is an extremely useful Windows utility that extends the operating system's multi display support with a wide range of features, including extended window management, smart taskbar, multi display desktop wallpapers and many more.

VT MultiDisplay is also sold as a standalone utility for $49 and is bundled with Village Tronic's notebook graphics card: VTBook.

For more information about VT MultiDisplay: VT MultiDisplay home page
For more information about VTBook: VTBook home page

 


VT MultiDisplay logo

October 27 2006

VT MultiDisplay retail available!

Our customers love VT MultiDisplay so much that we made it available to any Windows user. If you are using multiple displays on any Windows configuration now you can experience the full VT MultiDisplay power!

VT MultiDisplay retail comes in a convenient box containing the installaion CD and useful product information. It is available at 49USD SRP in shops worldwide: if you can't find it in your local shop, ask to your local distributor!

If you prefer the ease and speed of an Internet download, you can immediately download your copy and then buy the license on our online store.

VT MultiDisplay is an extremely useful Windows utility that extends the operating system's multi display support with a wide range of features, including extended window management, smart taskbar, multi display desktop wallpapers and many more. A fully functional 30 days trial version is available for download.

VT MultiDisplay is also bundled with Village Tronic's notebook graphics card: VTBook.

For more information about VT MultiDisplay: VT MultiDisplay home page
For more information about VTBook: VTBook home page

 


Tux

September 18 2006

VTBook Linux drivers version 1.0 released!

Finally it's here: the first official release!

Don't be mistaken: this driver is not a point-and-click installation. It requires deep Linux knowledge any abilitities.

But it's stable, offers both VGA and DVI capabilties, 2D hardware acceleration and is compatible with latest kernel and Xorg.

There is still a long feature list to implement, so please send us feedback to help prioritize its items.

One special notice for Wyse customers who are using a Linux-based thin client: the VTBook Linux drivers for Wyse are developed by Village Tronic but are distributed directly by Wyse and are compatible with their latest Linux images.

The new drivers can be downloaded here. Please read thoroughly all documentation before installing them.
For more information about VTBook: VTBook home page

 


VT MultiDisplay logo

September 8 2006

VTBook&VT MultiDisplay
bundle is available!

From today, a VT MultiDisplay license will be bundled with VTBook, at the same price! This is a token of appreciation to our customers and a step further in making VTBook the best productivity enhancement for any notebook user.

VT MultiDisplay is an extremely useful Windows utility that extends the operating system's multi display support with a wide range of features, including extended window management, smart taskbar, multi display desktop wallpapers and many more.

VT MultiDisplay is also sold as a standalone utility for $49 and is still bundled with the VTBook DualDisplay cables.

All customers who bought a standard not bundled VTBook after August 8th, 2006 are eligible to a free upgrade to the VTBook&VT MultiDisplay bundle. The VT MultiDisplay license can be requested using our Tech support form. Don't forget to include a copy of your proof of purchase and VTBook serial number!

For more information about VT MultiDisplay: VT MultiDisplay home page
For more information about VTBook: VTBook home page

 


MPDD Pro logo

June 7 2006

Farewell MPDD Pro

MPDD Pro has been in the Village Tronic product line for many years with great satisfaction for both us and our customers.
In this period, MPDD Pro demonstrated how a secondary display card should be: reliable, flexible, stable. And honestly priced, of course.

We are aware that many Mac users with PCI and PCI-X equipped Macintoshes are still looking for a secondary graphics card, but component constraints are preventing us from making new MPDD Pros.

So, MPDD Pro is officially declared EOL. Farewell, MPDD Pro!

We will keep updated the MPDD Pro drivers as long as the new Mac OS X releases will allow us. Since there are no new Macs with PCI or PCI-X slots that will be easier of course.

For more information about MPDD Pro: MPDD Pro home page

 


VTBook

May 15 2006

VTBook solutions featured by Targa

Targa Hong Kong is providing a wide range of innovative notebook multi display solutions using VTBook and the award winning DoubleSight display systems.

Here are just the latest press releases that feature these innovative solutions:

VTBook DualDisplay CardBus Display Card- Notebook Multiple Display (PC Weekly)

Notebook Multiple Display - VT Book DualDisplay Stationary Edition (PC Market)

VT Book- Notebook Multiple Display Card (e-zone)

For more information about Targa products and services please visit their homepage.

For more information about Village Tronic products please visit our VTBook and VTBook DualDisplay pages.

 


VT Voilà logo

March 21st 2006

VT Voilà becomes Universal Binary

VT Voilà version 1.1 brings Universal Binary support and is now compatible with all Intel based Macs.

VT Voilà is a suite of interface enhancements that considerably speeds up user interaction with large (and very large) screen configurations.

VT Voilà is a free Mac OS X utility that you can download here or find bundled with your Village Tronic graphics card installer.

 


MPDD Pro logo

November 29th 2005

Panning Strikes Back:
MPDD Pro drivers 2.0

A much-awaited driver update brings full 2D acceleration compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and, most importantly, brings panning back in Mac OS X!

The VT Voilà multi display utility is now bundled in the MPDD Pro OS X installer and is fully aware of panning, tremendously extending its useful applications in a multi display setup.

Both panning and VT Voilà require Panther or Tiger on Mac OS X.

The driver features more fixes and advances for Mac OS X, including better resolution support, better support for vintage displays, faster 2D acceleration in Panther and Tiger, other bug fixes.

You can download the new driver from the MPDD Pro downloads page.

For more information about VT Voilà please check out the VT Voilà home page.

 


VT Voilà logo

November 2nd 2005

Change your Mac OS X multi display experience forever: VT Voilà

VT Voilà is a suite of interface enhancements that considerably speeds up user interaction with large (and very large) screen configurations.
We recognized two main problems the multi display user must face:
Mouse pointer traveling time (and space on desk as a side effect).
Lost items, that can be the mouse pointer or the current task or the next task he wants to switch to.
Moreover, if the user is working on one or more panned screens (even more space available!), another problem may arise:
Some screen real estate is temporarily hidden.
VT Voilà is a simple yet effective solution for these inconveniences. However, we have to admit that there is a major drawback in VT Voilà: it is highly addictive. We have observed customers that, while forced to use other computers, were frantically hitting the VT Voilà hot keys trying to make their cursors jump. Even on single screen systems!

VT Voilà is a free Mac OS X utility that you can download here or find bundled with your Village Tronic graphics card installer.

 


Win logo

October 24th 2005

VTBook Windows 2.4 Standard and 1.2 DualDisplay drivers released!

Hot Plug and Hot Unplug on Windows XP is a reality!

Our driver developers have finally been able to accomplish the impossible: make Windows accept a completely hot pluggable graphics card.

With this release a new VTBook Gauge application will offer all the needed controls to hot plug and hot unplug your VTBook, adding a little taskbar icon for your convenience. You are now able to plug VTBook while the system is running and unplug it at any moment using the Hot Unplug command. And when you re-plug VTBook, the VTBook screens positions are automatically recalled for you.

Hot plug/unplug is available in both the standard and DualDisplay drivers on Windows XP, other improvements are available for both Windows XP and Windows 2000:

  • Improved implementation when reading native display resolutions
  • Now the display(s) are correctly powered off for energy saving
  • Other small fixes

You can find the complete new feature list here and download the drivers here. As always, please read all documentation before using the drivers.

 


Village phoenix

October 11th 2005

New sales section is online

A completely renewed sales section of this website is online from today! You can access it here.

The new sales pages take a customer-centric approach to make it easier to find where to buy Village Tronic products.

Our commitment is to bring new dealers and distributors to the website, to further ease the Village Tronic's buying experience.

If you have any suggestion to improve our website please let us know!

 


VT MultiDisplay logo

October 10th 2005

VT MultiDisplay upgrade program for bulk VTBook DualDisplay customers

If you bought one of the first DualDisplay cables in bulk packaging, you are eligible to receive a free VT MultiDisplay license.

Even if the DualDisplay cables in bulk packaging were sold at a discounted price, we think that early adopters of Village Tronic's latest technologies deserve our gratitude and should be able to enjoy the complete VTBook DualDisplay user experience.

To apply for this offer you must do the following:

1) Fill out the Village Tronic's betatester program form that you can find here

2) Send to this address a copy of the invoice reporting the VTBook DualDisplay cable you bought. Any format would do, even a legible picture taken with a digital camera.

You will receive the VT MultiDisplay license key at your email address.

Village Tronic thanks all the people that helped, are helping and will help us in developing better products for.. well.. people like us!

 


Apple logo

July 27th 2005

VTBook Mac OS X 2.0 drivers released!

We receive a lot of feedback from Mac users lucky enough to be our customers. Strangely enough, many are writing us to praise our products, in particular VTBook. And many are asking for new features to further improve their multi display experience.

We called "2.0" this VTBook Mac software release because we think we have addressed many of our VTBook customers' requests. Features like display hot plug and iLife '05 compatibility will please everyone using VTBook on a Mac. Not to mention the thorough compatibility with Tiger.

Here is the complete new feature list for this driver version:

  • BIOS (Mac OS X):
    • Added Display Hot Plug and Unplug capability: VTBook can adapt to new display configuration at runtime when the "Detect Displays" system function is triggered.
    • New VGA sensing mechanism implemented
    • Improved implementation when reading display's native resolutions
  • OpenGL accelerator (Panther, Tiger):
    • First official release!
    • Added Tiger support
    • Added support for iLife '05 and iWork
    • Bug fixes
  • Installer/CD (Mac OS X):
    • Added OS version check for Tiger. New minimum versions are 10.2.8, 10.3.9, 10.4.1
    • Uninstaller updated for Tiger compatibility
  • Documentation:
    • Manual and Help updated to version 2.0

As you would expect, we are already working on even better drivers so feel free to come back to the VTBook pages to see if there's something new.

The new drivers can be downloaded here. As always, please read all documentation before using the drivers.

 


VTBook

July 18th 2005

New VTBook DualDisplay available!

VTBook DualDisplay is now shipping in two different Editions featuring the must-have VT MultiDisplay software utility. Thanks to VTBook DualDisplay and VT MultiDisplay you'll be able to enjoy the most complete multidisplay experience possible on a notebook.

DualHead Mobile cable  

VTBook DualDisplay Mobile Edition is best suited for notebooks that travel between different multidisplay locations.

This cable is 16cm (6.3 inch) long and has been designed to offer the most mobile solution possible.


VTBook DualDisplay Stationary Edition is best suited when you have only one multi display setup and you are looking for the best signal quality.

This cable is 1.8m (5.9 feet) long and is designed to be directly connected to the displays.

  DualHead Stationary cable

VT MultiDisplay logo  

VT MultiDisplay is an extremely useful Windows utility that extends the operating system's multi display support with a wide range of features, including extended window management, smart taskbar, multi display desktop wallpapers and many more.

A VT MultiDisplay license is bundled with every VTBook DualDisplay.

 

For more information please visit the VTBook DualDisplay pages.

 


HP logo

May 2nd 2005

HP featuring VTBook in its MultiDisplay Portable Workstations

Village Tronic and HP teamed up to provide to HP customers the real MultiDisplay power on their notebook workstation.

With an HP docking solution and a Village Tronic VTBook, up to four high-end displays can be connected to most HP notebooks and mobile workstations. State-of-the-art visual workspace is now possible without sacrificing the portable convenience and mobility of notebook PCs.

4Displays with VTBook and HP

Read this PDF brochure (143Kb) for more information about how to create such a beautiful setup.

 

 

 


Latest Short News

 

OrangeSquare ViDock: On Air in Video Show

2008.06.15: ViDock Gfx is cited in the news show "Into Tomorrow" by Dave Graveline.

OrangeSquare ViDock: On show at Computex 08

2008.06.03: ViDock Gfx is being demonstrated at Computex 08 in PCMCIA Association booth with multidisplay displays setup.

OrangeSquare ViDock: First review

2008.05.17: ViDock Gfx got its first official review on Tom's Hardware. Read the fullreview here .

OrangeSquare ViDock: on show at CeBIT 2008

2008.03.04: ViDock Gfx is being demonstrated at CeBIT 2008 in PCMCIA Association booth with 4 displays setup running exciting 3D performance applications and games, as well as productivity applications.

OrangeSquare ViDock: new information available

2007.11.19: ViDock Gfx is a high performance graphics docking station that allows users to connect up to two additional external displays to an ExpressCard equipped notebook.

OrangeSquare VTBook is Leopard compatible

2007.10.26: No matter what is your favourite big cat: Jaguar, Panther, Tiger or Leopard: VTBook will play just well with it!

OrangeSquare Introducing ViDock

2007.10.17: ViDock is a high performance graphics docking station that allows users to connect up to two additional external displays to an ExpressCard equipped notebook.

OrangeSquare VTBook Linux drivers 1.1

2007.9.17: Compatible with Xorg 7.2 and no kernel patch needed on kernel 2.6.22 and newer.

VT MultiDisplay version 2.7.1

2006.10.30: This new version brings many bug fixes and is immediately available for download.

VT MultiDisplay retail available

2006.10.27: VT MultiDisplay is now available in shops for any Windows user: experience the full VT MUltiDisplay power!

VTBook Linux drivers 1.0

2006.9.18: Available for download, featuring VGA/DVI connection, 2D hw acceleration and improved compatibility.

VTBook&VT MultiDisplay bundle

2006.9.8: From today, a VT MultiDisplay license will be bundled with VTBook, at the same price! It's a $49 value in every VTBook!

Farewell MPDD Pro

2006.6.7: After many years of honored service, MPDD Pro has been declared EOL.

Targa featuring VTBook

2006.3.21: Targa is providing a wide range of notebook multi display solutions built around VTBook

VT Voilà is Universal Binary

2006.3.21: Version 1.1 brings Universal Binary support and is now compatible with all Intel based Macs.

VTBook at CeBIT 2006

2006.03.09: VTBook is on show at CeBIT at the following locations:

Live 3 display demo: Hall 25 booth "Planet Reseller"
Product show and info: Hall 23 booth C40

MPDD Pro: 2.0 OS X drivers

2005.11.29: Panning strikes back! The new drivers offer full Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger compatibility and feature panning in Mac OS X!

VT Voilà: new Mac OS X utility

2005.11.02: VT Voilà is a suite of interface enhancements that considerably speeds up user interaction with large (and very large) screen configurations.

VTBook 2.4 and 1.2DH drivers

2005.10.24: Hot plug/unplug on Windows XP is a reality! Many other improvements for both Windows XP and 2000 in this release.

VTBook 2.0 Mac drivers

2005.07.27: Full iLife '05 and Tiger compatibility, Display Hot Plug and many other features for all VTBook on Mac OS X users.

  New VTBook DualDisplay!

2005.7.18: Completely redesigned DualDisplay cables, now available in two different editions to suite any mobile need.
Awesome VT MultiDisplay utility is bundled with every VTBook DualDisplay.

VTBook 1.1 DualDisplay drivers

2005.3.2: Great new features in an extremely polished release: highly recommended to all DualDisplay users!

VTBook 2.3 Win drivers

2005.2.17: More compatibility, more reliability, more usability: VTBook is better than ever!

VTBook 1.6.2 Mac drivers

2004.11.11: OpenGL update to ensure compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.8: recommended to all Panther users!

XGI distributes VTBook

2005.1.6, CES 2005: XGI technology will primarily focus on key accounts and first tier manufacturer markets.

VTBook 1.6.1 Mac drivers

2004.11.11: OpenGL update to ensure compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.6: recommended to all Panther users!

SMAU2004 logo

2004.10.26: Village Tronic shows in Milan how to have a grand total of four displays on one notebook!

IST Prize logo
IST Prize Nomination

2004.10.15: Village Tronic has been recognized as one of the 70 most innovative European companies.

VTBook 2.1 Win drivers

2004.8.4: New HDTV and widescreen resolutions, updated documentation and bug fixes

VTBook 1.6 Mac drivers

2004.6.28: New drivers bring HDTV and wide resolutions, hardware support for iLife, iChat and QuickTime and many other features

MPDD Pro: Best XServe G5 Solution

2004.6.15: MPDD Pro has been validated for XServe G5: add a monitor to your headless server!

VTBook runs on Linux!

2004.6.3: The first beta release of Linux VTBook drivers is out: add a display to your Linux notebook!

Brand new News and VTBook pages!

2004.4.19: A major overhaul of the Village tronic website brings new News and VTBook pages: check them out!

Macity reviews VTBook

2004.3.23: The authoritative Italian Mac news site reviews VTBook. You'll find great VTBook pictures: recommended even if you're not Italian!

VTBook: up to 6 displays on 1 notebook!

2004.3.20: Read the latest press release from CeBit.

1.6 Windows Drivers Released

2004.3.15: Vastly improved resolution table and better Installer the main improvements. Download it now!

More VTBook reviews!

2004.3.4: VTBook earns 4 out of 5 Macs from MacWorld Sweden and 4 out of 5 mice from MacUser UK!

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VTBook earns a 5 Star Rating!

2004.1.14: MacWorld France awards VTBook with the highest score: "A bijoux of a graphics card".

Ultra High Quality DVI to VGA Adapter

2003.12.15: Extra strong Gold plating ensures best quality of connection and image.

New VTBook online reviews

2003.12.02: Check out the latest VTBook reviews on O' Grady's and RealTimeSoft. "This is clearly the best PCMCIA video card currently available, and a good replacement for the older cards from Appian and Margi."

All VT Products ready for Panther
2003.10.24: Same day Apple shipped its great new OS all our products have been ready for Panther. Please check here if you need newer drivers for your card.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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