DisplayLink today announced that Kensington Computer Products Group has chosen its network display technology for the Kensington sd200v Notebook Docking Station with Video, an innovative expansion of its Windows Vista-ready USB notebook dock product family.
The Kensington sd200v Notebook Docking Station with Video allows a user to connect speakers, a VGA display and up to five USB peripherals to a notebook PC with a single USB 2.0 connection. The dock enables multi-monitor computing, where a user can use both their laptop display and another desktop display which expands the room they have for their work – making more applications and information available at a glance, and allowing for simple information mining from multiple sources. The dock gives a notebook computer user a “desktop” computing environment with the ability to easily add a keyboard, mouse, high quality sound and other favorite USB devices.
The docking station’s DualView feature provides a button on the front of the dock that instantly toggles the computer’s display mode between “clone,” where the two displays mirror each other, and “extend,” which provides two independent displays for twice the screen space.
“Many professionals today often work as much or more at home as they do in their office, and the Kensington sd200v dock makes it easy to set up a comfortable and powerful command center for maximum productivity,” said Frederic Frappereau, Global Product Marketing Manager at Kensington. “Building DisplayLink technology into the sd200v allows us to offer crystal clear graphics and high performance computing in an affordable multi-monitor environment.”
The Kensington sd200v Notebook Docking Station with Video is based on the DisplayLink DL-120 chip and supports high-resolution graphics, DVD-quality video playback and instantaneous mouse and keyboard response. It is compatible with Windows XP and Vista PCs and VGA-connected displays with resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 or 1440 x 900. Complete details on the product are available at Kensington’s web site, www.kensington.com.
“Kensington pioneered the market for high-performance USB universal notebook docks a year ago, and this line expansion shows that the market for these products is evolving and expanding,” said Dennis Crespo, executive vice president of marketing and business development for DisplayLink. “It’s going to be an exciting time in the market as thousands of Kensington customers realize increased productivity and entertainment benefits of plug-and-display computing.”
Availability and Pricing
The Kensington sd200v Notebook Docking Station with Video is available for pre-order at Amazon.com and Kensington.com and will be available late September in other major electronics retailers. Suggested retail price of the sd200v is US $139.99. It will be available in Europe in October through major web etailers and IT retailers at a suggested street price of £89 and €129.
About DisplayLink Technology
DisplayLink technology is comprised of the DL-120 and DL-160 high-performance network display chips and Virtual Graphics Card (VGC) software that powers high-quality, fully interactive 32-bit true-color graphics with real-time video playback across a USB link. They are designed for monitor manufacturers, PC OEMs and PC accessory companies who want to develop easy to use high performance products such as USB-connected monitors, video-capable USB laptop docking stations, Skype video phones, picture frames and other devices. The company’s lossless compression algorithm and adaptive graphics protocol can also transmit graphics over other standard network interfaces, including wireless USB, Ethernet or Wi-Fi.
About Kensington
When you think mobile computing accessories, think Kensington. We put innovation, creativity and reliability into every product we make, from mobile power to notebook security to iPod® accessories. Wherever technology takes you, go with Kensington solutions, a worldwide leader in mobile computing. Kensington Computer Products Group, headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, is the technology division of ACCO Brands (NYSE: ABD), a world leader in branded office products, with annual revenues of nearly $2 billion and products marketed in more than 100 countries across the globe. For more information visit the Kensington web site at kensington.com or call toll-free 1-800-235-6708.
About DisplayLink
DisplayLink Corp. is a network display fabless company that is enabling seamless connections between computers and displays using standard wired or wireless networking protocols. The company's technology allows multiple monitors to seamlessly connect to a single PC and function independently to display different content. Founded in 2003, DisplayLink's institutional backers include Atlas Venture, Benchmark Capital and Esprit Capital. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with main R&D and product development activities in Cambridge, UK. More information can be found at www.displaylink.com.
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