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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 CeBIT:
Ascanio Orlandini, Tel.: 0162.6720.428, Hall 19, B40(1)
Hubert Chen. Tel.: 0162.4735.675, Hall 19, B40(1)
www.villagetronic.com
www.hightech.com.hk
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All current Village Tronic products are
"Ready for Panther" |
Milan - October 24th 2003 - 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.
Trident Microsystems and Village
Tronic Partner To Target Apple Market
Complete Solutions For Every Monitor
Sunnyvale, California, July 20, 2001: Trident Microsystems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: TRID), a pioneer in 3D graphics solutions for Windows-based
personal computers, and Village Tronic (http://www.villagetronic.com),
a growing supplier of dual-display technology for the Macintosh,
today announced a partnership to enter into the Apple Macintosh
market space with products targeted at both the notebook and desktop
platforms.
"We have been searching for a semiconductor partner who can
provide leading-edge graphics solutions for the fast changing and
demanding personal computer market. Changing the chipset is a strategic
long-term decision that requires a strong partner with proven graphics
design success and solid financial resources," said Hubert
Neumeier, president and CEO of Village Tronic.
"Trident is very well-known for their unique ability to deliver
mainstream performance, 3D graphics solutions with a much smaller
chip size, which always results in a much lower power dissipation
and lower manufacturing cost," continued Mr. Neumeier, "Their
innovative optimization to achieve a balanced design with respect
to power, feature set, performance, image quality and cost fit perfectly
with Village Tronic's goal of bringing superior dual-display graphics
solutions that connect any modern display to any AGP, PCI or PCMCIA
enabled Macintosh. It is for these reasons that we decided to partner
with Trident Microsystems."
"Leading OEM notebook manufacturers such as Toshiba and Hewlett-Packard
have chosen Trident's 3D graphics chips because we offer the most
well-balanced design at a great value," said Michael Economy,
vice president of US OEM Sales at Trident Microsystems. "Our
strategy of delivering a competitive level of functionality and
performance at a much lower power consumption and lower cost is
the hallmark of our engineering capability, the foundation of our
continued leadership in notebook and the fuel for our aggressive
push into desktop graphics in the future."
"I have been an Apple enthusiast for many years and I'm really
excited about being able to connect my 22 inch Cinema Display to
my PowerBook and add a second 17 inch Apple flat panel to my PowerMac,"
said Mr. Le Nguyen, assistant vice president of graphics marketing
at Trident Microsystems. "We are very pleased that Trident's
well-balanced graphics solutions will now enable Village Tronic
to deliver several new and exciting products to the Mac market such
as the VTBook graphics expansion card for notebooks and VTDualDE
which will be offered as a true dual DVI-I or dual ADC graphics
card for desktops all at very compelling prices".
Village Tronic develops dual-display graphics add-on cards for
the Apple market utilizing Trident's 3D graphics chips. All new
graphics cards announced at Macworld 2001 in New York employ Trident
chips and include the fastest PCMCIA graphics expansion card for
notebooks as well as the most flexible dual-display AGP/PCI add-in
card for desktop featuring VGA, DVI-I and ADC interfaces. Village
Tronic products are tailored to meet the fundamental needs of the
creative professional.
"The creative professional has technical needs different from
the standard 3D graphics game cards being produced today,"
said Mr. Neumeier. "We understand the importance of being able
to offer a more fine tuned set of resolutions to balance a large
screen size over the readability of text. By selecting the maximum
set of refresh rate choices, the creative professional can get the
utmost out of the display they already have."
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.
About Village Tronic
Village Tronic, with headquarters in Hanover, Germany, launched
the Macintosh add-on graphics card market in Europe by introducing
in 1995 the first 4MB graphic card under $200 (US) at 1/3 of 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 consult
the company's web site: http://www.villagetronic.com.
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.
Contacts
Trident Microsystems, Inc.
Stephanie Won
Tel: (408) 991-8800
Fax: (408) 733-1438
Email: public_relations@tridentmicr.com
Web site: http://www.tridentmicro.com.
For Investor Relations: Email: investor@tridentmicro.com
For Technical Support: Email: techsupport@tridentmicro.com
Village Tronic
Birgit Neumeier
Tel:+49 (5066) 9019-17
Fax:+49 (5066) 9019-10
Web site: http://www.villagetronic.com
Village Tronic Announces
Distribution Agreement in US with Small Dog Electronics
New York City - July 19, 2001 - Village Tronic Computer of Sarstedt
Germany and Small Dog Electronics announced today a distribution
agreement that gives Small Dog the right to purchase and resell
Village Tronic's new MPDD PCI Video Card to its customers, resellers
and academic purchasers.
"Village Tronic has established MPDD as the de facto standard
in German speaking countries for adding a second analog display
to the Mac" said Hubert Neumeier, CEO of Village Tronic. "We
are exited that Small Dog will now make this solution available
to the American Macintosh users."
"All Village Tronic products sold by Small Dog Electronics
will come with standard warranty and support." Don Mayer, CEO
of Small Dog Electronics says. "We are excited to bring this
low-cost display card to the USA. At just $99 this versatile PCI
display card supports both AppleRGB and VGA analog monitors without
the need of an
adapter, with 8 MB of video ram and it is Mac OS X compatible now."
Small Dog Electronics will also serve as a reseller
distributor for Village Tonic and will offer qualified Apple Macintosh
resellers wholesale pricing on this card. Small Dog will also serve
the educational market with special educational pricing for their
academic customers (15% discount).
Small Dog Electronics has a popular web site at www.smalldog.com
and publishes 4 electronics newsletters, including the popular Kibbles
& Bytes authored by Small Dog CEO Don Mayer and Eds Up! authored
by Dawn
D'Angelillo, Small Dog's VP for marketing.
About Small Dog
Small Dogs mission is to offer customers that unique combination
of value and superior customer service with the express intent of
making customers for life. A member of Vermont Businesses for Social
Responsibility, they have been in the Macintosh computer business
for over 14 years as suppliers of hardware through large mail order
companies, through software development companies and as Macintosh
enthusiasts since the introduction of the first 128k Mac.
For more information check the web at www.smalldog.com.
Contact: Dawn D'Angelillo, 802-496-7171, Fax:802-496-6257
About Village Tronic
Village Tronic launched the Macintosh add on graphics cards market
in Europe by introducing in 1995 the first 4 MB graphic card under
$200 (US) at 1/3 of the price of its competitors. Village Tronic¹s
graphics cards are tailored for the needs of creative professionals.
Village Tronic is currently expanding its market presence to the
US and Japanese market.
For more information check the web at www.villagetronic.com.
Contact: Birgit Neumeier,
Tel. +49-5066-9019-0
MPDD+ is the First Mac OS X Graphics
Card Designed for the Secondary Display
NEW YORK - July 18th, 2001 - Village Tronic today at MacWorld New
York announced MPDD+, the first Mac OS X graphic card that is designed
from ground up to drive a second analogue display.
"Village Tronic is the first company to introduce a graphics
card specifically tailored to drive a second display," said
Hubert Neumeier, Village Tronic's CEO. "The features for a
secondary graphics card are quite different than a primary graphics
card, 3D and DVD become unimportant, as these are used on the primary
display. Instead compatibility to another graphics card is most
important. Due to the Macintosh's built in support for multiple
displays and our own unique Displays Sense Logic, MPDD+ is very
easy to connect to any analogue display."
MPDD+ is made for creative professionals. Almost every web design,
video and graphics package these days seem to have a multitude of
palettes and panels, so it's good sense to increase your workspace.
MPPD+ makes it a snap to add another display to your computer, spreading
your desktop across two screens and reducing clutter.
The MPDD+ continues the award winning design of MPDD. It introduces
new features like being the first PCI graphics card to support the
deep sleep mode introduced with the PowerMac G4 AGP computers. Village
Tronic's unique "Screendoubler" provides a panning mode
that offers a virtual desktop larger than the screen size of your
display. Accessing this additional desktop workspace is a snap,
as it scrolls automatically when moving the mouse to the border
of your display, unveiling any open palettes you have stored there.
Future driver updates can now be simply made through ndrv technology.
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
MPDD+ is expected to be available in August for a suggested retail
price of $99 (US).
ABOUT VILLAGE TRONIC
Village Tronic launched the Macintosh add on graphics cards market
in Europe by introducing in 1995 the first 4 MB graphic card under
$200 (US) at 1/3 of 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 in US
and Japan.
PRESS CONTACT
Birgit Neumeier
Village Tronic
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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