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Latest press release - July 24th, 2008

Village Tronic’s ViDock Gfx Assists Artist Jeremy Sutton in Lectures and Workshops in London and Oxford.

United Kingdom, July 24th, 2008 – Village Tronic announces that to begin Jeremy Sutton’s tour is a lecture on July 29 at the Regent Street Apple Store in London where he will be giving a free lecture including a live art demonstration. Then on to the Oxford Internet Institute on July 31st where he will demonstrate how state-of-the-art digital media can be used by a 21st century fine artist by transforming digital photographs into fine art paintings. One device that will be used at both lectures is Village Tronic’s ViDock Gfx. Jeremy stated, “The ViDock enabled me to give a live painting demonstration from my MacBook Pro last week in a dramatic and effective way that would not have been possible without the ViDock….. This is exactly what I had been looking for when I had a booth at WPPI this year and, since it didn’t exist then, I ended up shipping a Mac Pro tower computer since it had two DVI ports built in…. Thank you Village Tronic (Jeremy Sutton).” This is also free and open to the public.
Starting August 1st thru the 4th, Jeremy will be holding a workshop for all levels at Pembroke College in Oxford. This will be a workshop that will try to help unleash creativity with digital media and how to maintain a balance between “control and structure with improvisation and freedom of expression” (Jeremy Sutton). ViDock Gfx will be one of the digital media headliners and will assist with creating a dynamic presentation and easy of using other tools and supporting graphics. 
Jeremy is a great example to show who the ViDock family of graphics docking solutions was created for and its versatility across the business spectrum: the professional user that wants to use a single portable computer both on the road and the option to utilize multiple screens when needed whether that be in the office, studio, classroom or at home.
ViDock Gfx takes advantage of the fast connection offered by ExpressCard technology, the latest standard from PCMCIA for notebook expansion, to deliver an uncompromised user experience in terms of speed, responsiveness, 3D acceleration and resolution support. With the options of VGA, DVI Dual Link, or Dual DVI video output (Pro Edition), all the displays currently in the market can be supported, including the 30” ones at 2560x1600. The operating system compatibility ensures support for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X. Aero accelerated user interface for Vista is also supported.
ViDock will be on the market bundled with the valuable software application “VTMultiDisplay” that improves the user experience when working with multiple screens. Thus, allowing the user to analysis large quantities of data. Creative professionals can take advantage of ViDock’s powerful multi-display support to experience the final work on one screen while viewing edit commands on another. ViDock also allows the user to turn a notebook into a high performance graphics platform, with full HDTV support perfect for artists, gamers, and home users alike.
For further information about Jeremy Sutton or his seminars/classes please visit his website: http://www.jeremysutton.com. For further information about Village Tronic and its products, please visit the company's website: http://www.villagetronic.com. Email: press@villagetronic.com

Jeremy Sutton adds Village Tronic’s ViDock Gfx to his “tool bar” for more dramatic and effective presentations.

Palo Alto, CA, June 18th, 2008 – Village Tronic is pleased to announce that Jeremy Sutton will now be utilizing ViDock Gfx in his presentations and seminars as well as his artwork. Jeremy Sutton is an expert Portrait Artist and Corel Painter Master as well as an author and educator on the topics of creativity and digital fine art. When asked about the ViDock he said:

°The ViDock enabled me to give a live painting demonstration from my MacBook Pro last week in a dramatic and effective way that would not have been possible without the ViDock. I had my 30-inch Apple Cinema Display connected to the DVI video port on the laptop and my Cintiq 12WX linked to one of the extra DVI ports provided by the ViDock. I still had one DVI port unused, which could, for instance, have been connected to a digital projector or third monitor. This tool is indispensable to anyone who travels with their laptop and gives lectures, presentations or demonstrations. This is exactly what I had been looking for when I had a booth at WPPI this year and, since it didn’t exist then, I ended up shipping a Mac Pro tower computer since it had two DVI ports built in. I’ll also be taking this with me whenever I teach a class or give a lecture, such as this summer in the UK. Thank you Village Tronic (Jeremy Sutton)."

Jeremy is a great example to show who the ViDock family of graphics docking solutions was created for and its versatility across the business spectrum: the professional user that wants to use a single portable computer both on the road and the option to utilize multiple screens when needed whether that be in the office, studio, classroom or at home.

ViDock Gfx takes advantage of the fast connection offered by ExpressCard technology, the latest standard from PCMCIA for notebook expansion, to deliver an uncompromised user experience in terms of speed, responsiveness, 3D acceleration and resolution support. With the options of VGA, DVI Dual Link, or Dual DVI video output (Pro Edition), all the displays currently in the market can be supported, including the 30” ones at 2560x1600. The operating system compatibility ensures support for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X. Aero accelerated user interface for Vista is also supported.

ViDock will be on the market bundled with the valuable software application “VTMultiDisplay” that improves the user experience when working with multiple screens, thus, allowing the user to analyze large quantities of data. Creative professionals can take advantage of ViDock’s powerful multi-display support to experience the final work on one screen while viewing edit commands on another. ViDock also allows the user to turn a notebook into a high performance graphics platform, with full HDTV support perfect for artists, gamers, and home users alike.

For further information about Jeremy Sutton or his seminars/classes please visit his website: http://www.jeremysutton.com. For further information about Village Tronic and its products, please visit the company's website: www.villagetronic.com. Email: press@villagetronic.com

Village Tronic will show ViDock Gfx at Computex 2008

Computex 2008 – Village Tronic will show ViDock Gfx, an extraordinary graphics docking solution for portable computers.

Taipei, June 3rd, 2008 - Village Tronic is proud to announce ViDock Gfx, the first product of a new family of graphics docking solutions for notebooks at the Computex fair. The product already received positive press coverage and mass production is starting. It will be on display at Computex at Nangang Hall, N226 (Upper Level).

The ViDock family of graphics docking solutions is aimed at the professional user that wants to use a single portable computer both on the road and with a large display area composed of multiple screens in the office.
ViDock Gfx allows IT managers and finance professionals to view large quantities of data across multiple screens. Meanwhile, creative professionals can take advantage of ViDock’s powerful multi-display support to experience the final work on one screen while viewing edit commands on another as well, thanks to ViDock Gfx’s graphics support. Home users and gamers can also use ViDock to turn their notebook into a high performance graphics platform with full HDTV capability.

ViDock Gfx takes advantage of the fast connection offered by ExpressCard technology, the latest standard from PCMCIA for notebook expansion, to deliver an uncompromised user experience in term of speed, responsiveness, 3D acceleration and resolution support. Combined with DVI Dual Link and Dual DVI video output, all the displays currently in the market can be supported, including the 30” ones at 2560x1600. The operating system compatibility ensures support for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X. Aero accelerated user interface for Vista is supported.

ViDock Gfx will be on the market bundled with the valuable software application “VT MultiDisplay” that improves the user experience when working with multiple screens, enhancing Windows user interface with multi-display oriented new functions.

Village Tronic is an international, multi-display company and since 1996 is the world market leader for independent graphics cards for Motorola based Work Stations. In 2004, Village Tronic ignited the Multi-Display-Revolution for Notebook workstations with the introduction of VTBook for the Windows, Macintosh & Linux platforms.

Village Tronic will show ViDock Gfx at CeBIT 2008

CeBit 2008, March 4th, 2008, Hannover - Village Tronic will show ViDock Gfx, an extraordinary graphics docking solution for portable computers.

Hanover, March 4th 2008 - Village Tronic is proud to announce during the CeBit fair will that ViDock Gfx, the first product of a new family of graphics docking solutions for notebooks, will begin delivery early in Q2 this year.

The ViDock family of graphics docking solutions is aimed at the professional user that wants to use a single portable computer both on the road and with a large display area made up of multiple screens in the office.

ViDock Gfx allows IT managers and finance professionals to view large quantities of data across multiple screens. Creative professionals can take advantage of ViDock’s powerful multi-display support to experience the final work on one screen while viewing edit commands on another. Home users and gamers can use ViDock to turn their notebook into a high performance graphics platform, with full HDTV support.

ViDock Gfx takes advantage of the fast connection offered by ExpressCard technology, the latest standard from PCMCIA for notebook expansion, to deliver an uncompromised user experience in term of speed, responsiveness, 3D acceleration and resolution support. Combined with DVI Dual Link and Dual DVI video output, all the displays currently in the market can be supported, including the 30” ones at 2560x1600. The operating system compatibility ensures support for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X. Aero accelerated user interface for Vista is supported.

ViDock will be on the market bundled with the valuable software application “VTMultiDisplay” that improves the user experience when working with multiple screens.

Village Tronic is an international, Multi-Display company and since 1996 is the world market leader for independent graphics cards for Motorola based Work Stations. In 2004 Village Tronic ignited the Multi-Display-Revolution for Notebook workstations with the introduction of VTBook for the Windows, Macintosh & Linux platforms. For further information about Village Tronic and its products, please visit the company's web site: http://www.villagetronic.com. EMail: press@villagetronic.com

CeBIT press contacts : Ascanio Orlandini, Hall 13 Stand D34 Booth C1

ViDock: Introducing a new family of graphics docking solutions

SMAU, October 17th, 2007, Milano – Village Tronic introduces a new family of graphics docking solutions for portable computers.

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

ViDock takes advantage of the fast connection -2.5Gbps- offered by ExpressCard to deliver a no compromise user experience in terms of speed, responsiveness, 3D acceleration and resolution support. Combined with Dual DVI video output and (on selected models) DVI Dual-Link, even the biggest displays currently in the market can be supported, including the 30” models at resolutions up to 2560x1600. The operating system compatibility ensures native support for Windows Vista and Windows XP. On selected systems, full Aero accelerated user interface is supported. Support for Mac OS X is also under development.

The ViDock user can access the huge display area offered by his external displays by simply connecting ViDock’s Magic Cable to their notebook’s ExpressCard slot. The user can freely and independently choose connection technology, resolution, refresh rate and position of each display to build a desktop as large as needed.

The ViDock family will offer different connectivity and performance levels to best suit the needs of each notebook user. ViDock is targeted to all the mobile users that need the best display performance while on their desks in the office or at home:

• Professional traders, executive professionals, creative professionals, programmers and any field in which mobility is a must as well as productivity when working in the office.
• Video enthusiasts, gamers and first adopters that want to have the ultimate display/HDTV setup at home

ViDock will be bundled with the utility “VT MultiDisplay” that greatly improves the user experience when working with multiple screens on Windows.
ViDock follows the success of VTBook, an extremely portable graphics card that will remain the suggested solution for notebooks based on the older CardBus technology.

Village Tronic is showcasing the anticipated product, ViDock, at SMAU show in Milano from the 17th to 20th of October. ViDock will be shown in hall 22, booth S08-V21/11, inside the “Innovation Path” area promoted by the prestigious “Il Sole 24 Ore” financial newspaper. A notebook workstation will be displayed with a total of 4 screens, featuring more than 5 MPixel display in total.
Market introduction and detailed features will be communicated by follow up press releases.

About Village Tronic - an innovator in the graphics card industry for more than 20 years, Village Tronic introduced in 2004 the most powerful all-in-one graphics card for Windows, Macintosh & Linux notebooks: VTBook. For further information about Village Tronic and its products, please visit the company's web site: http://www.villagetronic.com. EMail: press@villagetronic.com

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Village Tronic Announces VT MultiDisplay Software to be included with VTBook

[Wichita, KS] August 8, 2006 -- Village Tronic will now include a copy of the new utility software VT MultiDisplay at no additional charge with every VTBook distributed. VT MultiDisplay enables users to quickly and effectively manage multiple screen configurations, integrates perfectly with Windows and is highly customizable.

A trial version of VT MultiDisplay is available for download on the VillageTonic website. The MSRP for VT MultiDisplay is $49; VTBook MSRP, now including VT MultiDisplay is $249.

VTBook Hardware Features:

VTBook enables PC notebook users to connect multiple displays and does not require an external power source.

VTBook comes with over 130 predefined video modes and automatically offers the best solution for any video devices you may connect. VTBook is ready to support nonstandard video modes, ranging from video panels, to special LCD panels projectors, HDTV support for presentation purposes. Wherever you go, whatever display you connect, you always have a successful connection.

VT MultiDisplay Software Features:

Window Management
Quickly move windows between monitors or maximize a window to the desktop using the additional buttons added by VT MultiDisplay. The Move Window button conveniently moves the window to a screen of your choice. Even if the window is maximized!

Smart Taskbar
VT MultiDisplay adds an additional taskbar for each secondary monitor, and each taskbar only shows tasks from the monitor it is on. This makes managing lots of open applications much easier, and when activating an application, you'll know on which monitor it will appear.

Display Profiles
With display profiles, you can quickly change the settings of one or more monitors. You can also create a display profile that gets applied when logging in, especially useful when the computer is used by more than one person, and not everyone wants to use the same display settings.

Mirroring
Mirror the primary monitor on one or more secondary monitors, for example when doing a presentation. A unique feature is support for different resolutions, the primary monitor can run at a higher resolution for example. Mirroring is only available on Windows 2000 and XP.

Where to Purchase
The software is available for purchase through http://www.villagetronic.com.

Harmonic Inversion Technology provides services for manufacturers and dealers, including sales, marketing, product support, public relations, advertising, channel management, and dealer recruitment.

For more information, contact:
Randy Case
131 N. Rock Island
Suite 200-B
Wichita, KS 67202

Village Tronic today announced the release of VT MultiDisplay software in North America

VT MultiDisplay enables you to quickly and effectively manage multiple screen configurations, integrates perfectly with Windows and it is highly customizable.

[Wichita, KS] August 3, 2006 -- Village Tronic today announced the release of VT MultiDisplay software in North America. VT MultiDisplay enables you to quickly and effectively manage multiple screen configurations, integrates perfectly with Windows and it is highly customizable. The software integrates with all video cards and configurations and is compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. A trial version is available for download on the VillageTonic website. The MSRP is $49 for the full version.

Window Management
Quickly move windows between monitors or maximize a window to the desktop using the additional buttons added by VT MultiDisplay.
The Maximize to desktop button enlarges the window to the whole desktop size, covering all avalaible displays.
The Move window button conveniently moves the window to a screen of your choice. Even if the window is maximized!

Desktop Wallpaper
VT MultiDisplay Wallpaper Manager utility adds the ability to use a different picture on each monitor, or stretch a single picture across the desktop.

Smart Taskbar
VT MultiDisplay adds an additional taskbar for each secondary monitor, and each taskbar only shows tasks from the monitor it is on. This makes managing lots of open applications much easier, and when activating an application, you'll know on which monitor it will appear.

Application Positioning
Use the VT MultiDisplay tabs added to a shortcut's properties to set an application's position or use custom display settings when the application is running.

Display Profiles
With display profiles, you can quickly change the settings of one or more monitors. You can also create a display profile that gets applied when logging in, especially useful when the computer is used by more than one person, and not everyone wants to use the same display settings.

Screen Savers
Most screen savers only run on the primary monitor. VTMD can blank the secondary monitors when the screen saver is running, or run additional screen savers on secondary monitors.

Mirroring
Mirror the primary monitor on one or more secondary monitors, for example when doing a presentation. A unique feature is support for different resolutions, the primary monitor can run at a higher resolution for example. Mirroring is only available on Windows 2000 and XP.

Can Support 10+ Monitors
VT MultiDisplay provides a custom Display Settings applet with support for configuring more than 10 monitors, provided your hardware supports them. You can quickly configure even large numbers of monitors using the included monitor arrangement tools.

Where to Purchase

The software is available for purchase through http://www.villagetronic.com.

More Information, Product Photos:
Harmonic Inversion Technology Attn: Randy Case
131 N. Rock Island
Suite 200-B
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 858-0047
rcase@harmonicinversion.com

XGI distributes Village Tronic’s VTBook

HANOVER, Germany and TAIPEI, Taiwan - January 6, 2005 - Village Tronic and XGI today announced that XGI Technology is starting distribution of Village Tronic’s unique graphics card for notebook computers: VTBook. Primary focus of XGI will be introducing VTBook into corporate key account and first tier manufacturer markets.

“VTBook unique product has been made possible by the advanced power management capabilities of XGI solutions. We are very pleased by this distribution agreement: it is a win-win situation both for XGI sales channel expansion and Village Tronic strategic presence in key market sectors.” – says Hubert Chen, Village Tronic CEO.

“We are thrilled to take Village Tronic’s product into XGI sales channel because VTBook is a great example of a technological challenge won using the most advanced features of XGI products.” – says Ralph Cheng – XGI Worldwide Sales VP.
XGI and Village Tronic jointly show VTBook in a breath-taking, multi-display setup in Las Vegas at CES 2005 (6-9 January, booth 36076). For more information about the Consumer Electronics Show please visit http://www.cesweb.org.
VTBook is a PC Card graphics card featuring a DVI-I video output, dual display capability, 32MB DDR memory, 2D/3D/DVD acceleration and is compatible with Windows, Macintosh and Linux portable systems.

VTBook allows to connect up to two additional external high performing displays to notebook and laptop computers, allowing to use them as real desktop computer replacement in specialized working environments like finance/trading, graphics, CAD and DTP. With VTBook in fact the last frontier of portable system expandability is broken, allowing multiple displays workstation to be built around mobile computers.

About Village Tronic
Since 1996 Village Tronic is the world wide market leader for independent graphics cards for Motorola based Work Stations. In 2004 Village Tronic ignited the Multi-Display-Revolution for Notebook workstations with the introduction of VTBook for the Windows, Macintosh & Linux platforms. For further information about Village Tronic and its products, please visit the company's web site: http://www.villagetronic.com. EMail: press@villagetronic.com

About XGI Technology, Inc.
XGI™ Technology Inc., originated from eXtreme Graphics Innovation, was founded in June 2003 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. XGI™ is the leading visual computing and GPU design company focused on delivering powerful and feature-packed GPU performance to enrich the users’ experience. XGI™ has positioned itself as a Fabless IC design company. It offers a full range of video solutions for Professional, Entertainment and Mobile users. For more detailed information, please visit XGI™ website at http://www.xgitech.com
Press Contacts:
XGI Corporate PR: Cynthia Lee
TEL: 886-2-87518918 Ext.112

The world only 32 MB Graphics Card for PowerBook connects additional High End Displays. All VGA, DVI and ADC Displays are supported.

VTBook: Up to 6 displays on 1 notebook

Press release:

CeBIT 2004.03.20, Hannover – Village Tronic shows worlds smallest solution to extend Desktop on up to 6 independent Displays.

For the first time Village Tronic/HIS present at CeBIT two accessories that are unleashing all the power of VTBook: VTBook DualDisplay and VTBook Overdrive.

VTBook DualDisplay allows to connect two displays to one VTBook card. With just one VTBook and the VTBook DualDisplay option, users can enjoy up to four displays with a Notebook. Two on VTBook, one on built in external video output of the notebook, one on the notebook internal panel.

VTBook Overdrive allows to insert a second VTBook card into a Notebook with two CardBus Slots and it supplies more power by an external power supply. Using two VTBooks, users can scale up to a total of six displays.

VTBook DualDisplay and VTBook Overdrive are specially designed for power users requiring a multi-display workstations at the work place and, at the same time, being able to move and travel with their computer and data. VTBook combines with its new accessories makes all this possible.

Trading workstations & control systems will mostly benefit from a truly portable multi display solution.

"VTBook is not only changing the appearance of Multi Display workstations hence the Notebook is so much smaller and quiet than the Desktop system. More important it is improving the life style, because for the first time it is possible to benefit from Multi Display Workstation and at the same time having the option to be mobile with all your Data in an instant.

We have customers who replaced in trading rooms hundreds of Multi-Diplay Desktops with a Notebook and VTBook, allowing for much smaller space requirements, heat dissipation and noise. The introduction of VTBook DualDisplay and VTBook Overdrive now allows for a scalable solution for as many as 6 Displays with one Notebook", says Hubert Chen, CEO of Village Tronic.

At CeBIT VTBook is shipping as cross platform version with the new drivers Version 1.6 for Windows 2000 & XP. VTBook is a shipping product for Apple Macintosh since Sept. 2003.

VTBook is already a winning product (www.villagetronic.com/e_pr_vtbook_review.html) to improve notebook computer user experience by letting to connect additional external high resolution displays, working as Desktop Extensions, both on Windows and Macintosh platforms.

For the List of distributors please check the sales section of our web site.

Any VTBook PCCard sold can be combined with these new accessories. VTBook DualDisplay is expected shipping in April for Windows platform priced EUR 49 + Tax end user. VTBook Overdrive is expected shipping in May for Windows platform priced EUR 59 + Tax end user.

Contacts:

www.villagetronic.com
www.hightech.com.hk

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All current Village Tronic products are "Ready for Panther"

A few hours prior to the official release of Panther, Pacific Standard Time, Village Tronic is releasing information and updates to assist its user base in the migration to the new Apple operating system.

All current Village Tronic hardware is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3. Nevertheless, Mac OS X 10.3 introduces quite a few changes that should be taken into account.

VTBook

Mac OS X 10.3 introduces many improvements over version 10.2. The VTBook driver 1.1 is supporting Panther as well as Jaguar.

We are actively working in collaboration with Apple to be able to offer a long awaited new feature to VTBook users using Panther: Hot Plug.

We recommend our users to not experiment hot plug yet. More information will be released soon.

Please keep monitored our VTBook FAQ pages for news on this subject, or use our tech support form and ask to be informed as soon as a solution becomes available.

New VTBook installer, compatible with Panther (10.3.0) and Jaguar (10.2.8), with 2D and 3D drivers, is available for download in the download area.

MPDD Pro

MPDD Pro standard drivers 1.1 and BIOS 1.3 work correctly under Panther. An installation problem can occur using the driver installer, involving the privileges for some MPDD Pro kernel extensions not being set correctly. A solution is to run the script available here after the driver installation and then restarting the system. An updated installer will be released soon.

The script is available in the download area.

MPDD+

MPDD+ is a discontinued product, but still it is fully Panther compatible without any special remark as long as the card has been upgraded to NDRV 1.6. The upgrade tool is available in the download area.

The world only 32 MB Graphics Card for PowerBook connects additional High End Displays. All VGA, DVI and ADC Displays are supported.

Press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Hanover, Germany —September 22nd 2003—Village Tronic announces that the new VTBook PC Card graphics card for Apple PowerBooks is shipping. VTBook works with any Type II PC Card slot equipped PowerBook, such as PowerBook G3 codename Wallstreet, Pismo or Lombard, PowerBook G4 15” and 17” running MacOS 9 or MacOS X. Any VGA, DVI or ADC Display (with a DVI to ADC adapter) is supported. The suggested retail price is $249.

Additional display space is ideal for those Notebook users who need an easily transportable notebook, but also need to use a full-size Display when sitting at a desk. Road warriors, video and audio editors, programmers, creatives and many more Notebook users will find the additional display space invaluable in order to maximize productivity. VTBook supplies more than simple video mirroring - it is a complete additional Display. Windows can be dragged from the Notebook display to the external monitor, seamlessly. For PowerBooks without a DVI connector VTBook is the only way to connect the high end ADC Displays.

PowerBook users can get as high as 1920 X 1440 resolution. VTBook's independent 32MB of 266MHz DDR memory ensures no impact on the PowerBooks performance even when running in highest Display modes. VTBook supports more than 70 pre-defined resolutions from 512 x 349 through 1920 x 1200 at Millions of colors. VTBook is hot swappable under OS 9 and OS X 10.3, supports Deep Sleep and Hibernation. VTBook ships with a DVI connector as well as a VGA adapter and comes with a stylish magic box carrying case.

"The VTBook is exactly what many PowerBook users have wanted for years. Now it's very easy to attach an additional external Display to your PoweBook, drive it in Millions of colors and get the extra Desktop space which before only was available to a Desktop system," said Hubert Neumeier, Village Tronic. “VTBook is the only solution if you want to connect your high end ADC Display to your G3 PowerBook or your second external Display to your 17” PowerBook.”

There are few competitive products such the Margi Display-To-Go PC Card (SRP $224). They support only 4MB of Video Memory and much less resolutions. VTBook is the only CardBus graphics card that offers both VGA and DVI-I in one product and runs on a modern OS.

Beta Versions of the Windows XP drivers for VTBook are available at the Village Tronic website http://www.villagetronic.com for download and will be shipping before November. VTBook supports Windows XP Home and Professional. Windows 2000 will be available in November.

Village Tronics website offers a list of Distributors for the various territories who will provide a list of retailers carrying VTBook.

VTBook is a trademark of VillageTronic, Germany. All other product names are trademarks of registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Contact

Hubert Neumeier - Village Tronic

Introducing VTBook:
The first 32MB DVI graphics card for notebook computers

Abstract

Hannover - CeBIT - March 13th, 2002:Village Tronic is announcing at CeBIT 2002 its brand new CardBus graphics card. Targeted for notebook users, VTBookDD makes it possible to connect a digital or analog high-end second display, converting a Notebook into a full Desktop Workstation, driving two displays simultaneously

Press release

Hannover - CeBIT - March 13th, 2002: Village Tronic is announcing at CeBIT 2002 its brand new CardBus graphics card. Targeted for notebook users, VTBookDD makes it possible to connect a digital or analog high-end second display, converting a Notebook into a full Desktop Workstation, driving two displays simultaneously.

People have recently been discovering the joy of ever smaller notebook computers. The more compact they are the more comfortable it is to carry them everywhere we go. However, the majority of the time the Notebook is used on our workdesk at the office. In this situation, after hours of working, many users prefer a larger display.

VTBookDD (short for Village Tronic Book Desktop Doubler) is the ultimate solution: It plugs into your CardBus PC Card slot and allows the connection of high resolution displays, both digital (DVI) or analog (VGA). Thanks to 32MB of memory it supports even the highest resolutions in maximum color depth (16 millions of colors) with very fast refresh rates to ensure maximum comfort. The display controlled by the VTBookDD is a true second display. This means that it offers additional display space for your use. You can move and arrange windows from the Notebook's display to be shown on the display being driven by the VTBookDD. Display-Mirroring, primarily for use in presentations, is also supported.

No other device will impact the way you work like a second display. Use more display space. Forget about workarounds such as closing and reopening multiple windows or zooming and scrolling simply because your Notebook display is too small. Keep palettes, your email-client and other applications continuously open to stay focused on your main project window. This enables you to concentrate on the project and not on navigating to squeeze out display space.

Features

Compact one piece CardBus (without cable dongle) allows both installation and removal in seconds
32 MB DDR high speed memory improves the performance of your notebook
Trident XP2 graphics chip ensures performance and low power consumption (3W)
Support of any VGA or TFT Display (analog or digital: DVI-I, DVI-A, DVI-D)
Support of very high resolutions in high refresh rates with maximum colors
Village Tronic's unique display sense automatically configures VTBookDD resolution to properly support your display
Software compatibility: MS-Windows 98/2000/Me/XP, Apple Macintosh OS 9 and X
Card type: CardBus PC Card Type II
Market introduction is expected for June 2002.

About Village Tronic

Village Tronic, with headquarters in Hannover, Germany, launched the Macintosh add-on graphics card market in Europe by introducing in 1995 the first 4MB graphic card under $200 (US) at one-third the price of its competitors. Village Tronic's graphics cards are tailored for the needs of creative professionals. Village Tronic is currently expanding its market presence to the US and Asian markets. For further information about Village Tronic and its products, please visit the company's web site: http://www.villagetronic.com.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID - news), with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, designs, develops and markets digital media for the masses in the form of graphics controllers and multimedia integrated circuits for both notebook and desktop PCs. Trident's products are sold through a network of OEMs, original design manufacturers and system integrators worldwide. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the company's web site: http://www.tridentmicro.com.

Technical specifications may change without notice. Trident is registered trademark of Trident Microsystems, Inc., Village Tronic, The Village Tronic logo, MPDD and Screendoubler are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Village Tronic. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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